Comments on: More cycleway progress around town

By: willandrewsdesign

willandrewsdesign — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:41:15 +0000

Lovely new tarmac! Can’t wait to try them out. Thanks for the write-up, LennyBoy!

By: Benno bro

Benno bro — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 06:23:27 +0000

Well blow me down – it looks like Christchurch is going to become an urban cycling leader – this is all the stuff that should be happening in Sydney but is mired in state/city/talkback radio politics – it seems from your posts that they are quietly going about achieving their targets. Hopefully it gets more people on bikes in the city. I grew up here and its an amazing city for cycling being so flat (trouble is it only takes 15 mins to get anywhere in the car, so as soon as you get your drivers license cycling drops significantly). Hopefully with the hipster cycling link we get increased numbers (a great city for fixies) – I look forward to checking these out when I am back on holiday. Well done Christchurch, it gives me hope in a tilt slab city. Cheers for posting…..

By: LennyBoy

LennyBoy — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:23:20 +0000

In reply to Rick. I agree, although in practice the traffic (and hence, delay) is negligible on these side roads now.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:01:46 +0000

The photo “Following the river route – on-road for now” shows how inconvenient it is to use the cycle facility. Joining the path about 5m prior to a give way for the side road. Some cycle priority would have been a better solution given the low volume side road. Personally I stay on the road and hop onto the shared path after the side road.