Comments on: Guest Post: First Count – Rapanui / Shag Rock

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 05:30:52 +0000

Depends upon the time of day and where specifically you’re going in the city. The Fitzgerald Ave crossing leads to crossing some busy roads in the morning and evening. Crossing queues of traffic down Barbadoes nearly led to an early end from a vehicle which had stopped, quickly changing lanes without indicating in the wrong lane to beat the lights. (so called cycleways crossing busy roads with no controlled crossings and queued traffic = not really a cycleway). Also used to have problems crossing at Fitzgerald during the busy times in morning and afternoons. So the Worcester St crossing would have been handy. The Worcester St crossing connects to the new safer city cycleways. Now we use both of them when we’ve been there but don’t regularly travel in that area anymore.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 00:45:48 +0000

I ride Worcester st on my daily commute to work/ffom work and was looking forward to a cycleway being built. Yet disappointed at the cheap design. Never heard or saw anything about public consultation. Have daily strugles with parked cars and bin day is the worst. Worcester st was much safer to use before the road narrowing and speed humps, now am on edge when cars pass as have come close a couple of times. Councils approach to these problems appears to be a band aide solution (try educate residents) and not actually do anything about fixing the design.

By: Criggie

Criggie — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 01:23:27 +0000

Its a nice route – my only observation is the speed bumps probably didn’t need bypasses. The three times I’ve gone along part of the route, there has been several cars either in the bypass or parked so close that they’re useless.

If traffic calming was the plan, a speed bump by itself might have worked adequately, and left carparking for the stationary cars.

So, do you generally take the bypasses or do you jump-the-hump? Sounds like a possible poll ?

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:38:04 +0000

I use the existing cycleway about 3 times a week but turn west on Hereford to keep the pace up. I love it, and am especially happy about now being able to avoid the Eastgate intersection-way too many close calls there. Really looking forward to the Linwood Ave section being completed this winter!

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:06:20 +0000

Hi Robert, thanks for the comments. I’ve used the cycleway from where I am at Ferrymead many times (and am looking forward to the Linwood Ave stretch being finished). As I am never in a rush I enjoy the ride around the streets but I’m mystified by the crossing at Fitzgerald Ave. I have yet to trigger the crossing and after far too much waiting (yes, I know, I’m not in a rush but….) I inevitably take my chances with the traffic. Am I missing something? I’ve tried waving my hand in front of the sensor to no avail!
Regards
Paul

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:47:36 +0000

Postscript : not being a part of the MCR programme, the section from Fitzgerald Avenue along Worcester Street through to Latimer Square was the responsibility of Cera/Otakaro/CCC ‘An Accessible City’ project and hence not executed to date. Unlike the Papanui Parallel cycleway where Colombo Street from Bealey Ave to Salisbury Streets got into the LTP via ‘Accessible City ‘ , Worcester Street did not. However the good news (thanks to the Transport , Infrastructure and Environment meeting on Feb 12th ) is that this anomaly has been rectified and the connection will be completed in the near future along with three other cycleway connections into the CBD ,
( Pap Parallel, Heathcote Express, and Quarryman’s Trail ) Seemingly sensible and obvious, this is actually significant because it underlies how CCC is serious about the success of the whole project by bringing forward a cycling infrastructure project not in the long term plan. Kudos to them.