Comments on: Cycling Postcards from Australia

By: Roy Sinclair

Roy Sinclair — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 01:26:39 +0000

In reply to AngryOfAshley. Should we also change our flag?

By: Roy Sinclair

Roy Sinclair — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 01:24:22 +0000

Good piece on Aussie Lenny Boy. Re not wearing helmets. Found in WA helmets were not mandatory where vehicle speeds were reduced. Fremantle is one example. But don’t know if eastern states have taken this up? Disappointing to see Aus going backwards in some respects. For a time they were the envy of us Kiwi peddlers. I know WA is spending millions to bring unity into cycling infrastructure. A result of not thorough planning to begin with. For all that I enjoy cycling Perth and environs.

By: meltdblog

meltdblog — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 23:19:12 +0000

Interestingly both Australia and New Zealand share the same underlying design “standards” for road infrastructure from Austroads, but one of those countries is actually applying the guides while the other ignores it.

By: Easter

Easter — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:32:05 +0000

If you think those speed limits are high, have a look at the speed limit for this Australian school zone:
http://blogs.abc.net.au/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/23/school_zone_80_2.jpg

By: LennyBoy

LennyBoy — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:14:31 +0000

In reply to Dave P. It's a case of baby steps; we have very few existing permanent 40km/h zones as it is in Chch (and no 30km/h zones). The observed speed data after construction showed that average traffic speeds were down to about 40km/h so it was a good fit. Hopefully this year we should see a number of new 30km/h zones (including the central city), so that will make it easier to expand the network later.

By: Dave P

Dave P — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 07:51:29 +0000

What do you think of the 40kmph zone around the Christchurch university? I always wondered why they didn’t make that stretch 30kmph given the high pedestrian volumes and frequent road crossing.

By: AngryOfAshley

AngryOfAshley — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:18:41 +0000

Australia… it has 10 of the most venomous creatures in the world, and most of them are in government. The best thing that ever happened to NZ was continental drift.