Comments on: On Consultation, Power and the Hobbling of Cycle Routes https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2017/11/17/on-consultation-power-and-the-hobbling-of-cycle-routes/ Regular people riding bicycles Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Doug https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2017/11/17/on-consultation-power-and-the-hobbling-of-cycle-routes/#comment-3657 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:51:00 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=16891#comment-3657 Not at all related to cycling, but yet another examples of Nimbys holding people to randsom: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/98955557/ratepayers-billed-nearly-58000-so-far-for-suburban-christchurch-funeral-home-judicial-review.

]]> By: Doug https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2017/11/17/on-consultation-power-and-the-hobbling-of-cycle-routes/#comment-3655 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:31:56 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=16891#comment-3655 One thing I noticed on the schematics in the previous post was the absence of a pedestrian crossing on the road at the Oxford Street entrance. This is a recipe for trouble. You can’t expect people riding a bike or jogging on a shared path to stop for pedestrians randomly crossing when there is not a proper pedestrian crossing treatment (with a sufficient margin so road users can see pedestrians about to cross) for both motorists and people using the shared path through route.

On the road space contention issue regarding parking versus other transport route uses I really wish councils would tough up and just say “Ok, you can keep your parking if you pay market rental. Here is what is worth”. If the complainers cough with the cash to pay for the parking then fine, they keep it. If they don’t then they have no further property rights over the public transport land.

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