Similarly I like riding on the right hand side of one way streets. I’m beside the drivers so feels like they give me more width and there’s less chance of being doored as every parked car has a driver but not all have passengers (although I think passengers are less likely to check before opening door…) Wondering if any studies have been done about where the cycle lanes are compared to driver position i.e. on left or right

Its a perception thing I guess. Perhaps not real but feel more exposed to cars leaving driveways. The gap is only the width of the footpath. On Kilmarnock the gap is the width of the foot path plus the width of the parked cars.

Interestingly, when the project was being mooted back in 2006, some of the local residents cited similar concerns about coming out onto the cycleway. I pointed out to the Community Board that the cycleway kerb position was in the exact same place as the road it was replacing, so not sure what fundamentally had changed… And in the nearly 10 years since its installation there hasn’t been any reported driveway crash with pedestrian or cyclist along here (in fact, I’m struggling to think of ever encountering someone coming out of their driveway here while cycling past).

The rail crossing chicane will be replaced with a straight-through crossing with barrier arms; it’s all down to how fast KiwiRail get their act together. The S-curve could have been aligned better but it’s rideable; I suspect that many confident riders will just use the fairly quiet street anyway.

Glad to see they are making an effort, but I will probably continue to use Kilmarnock St.

It’s interesting that you say it is vague who has right of way at Harakeke Street. I would have thought the compulsory stop signs and solid yellow stop lines on the road made it clear.

However not everybody recognises this. There is a similar situation in Sydney at the corner of Bourke and Devonshire where most, but not all, drivers stop and give way. There is a zebra crossing at the intersection for pedestrians as well; I’m pretty sure that helps to improve driver behaviour.

Here it is on StreetView https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-33.8896476,151.2150621,3a,75y,346.34h,63.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szb9Cy4hIqMzRrduy54Tj8A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1.