When everything is well in the world I don’t even think about it. However, whenever the cyclists don’t pay rego etc argument is trotted out I seethe at the subsidies motorists receive with respect to car parking.

Where I live in Sydney a carpark is easily a 50k+ premium on the purchase price of a house or apartment. Yet there is free on-street parking that causes cyclists to have to claim the lane and hold up motor vehicles. And deal with occasional vitriol.

Sydney isn’t a great comparison for Christchurch in terms of cost structure but regardless of the place providing some decent bike parking shouldn’t be an issue. That includes providing secure parking where necessary. e.g. mixed mode commutes where the bike is left all day.