Comments on: Photo of the Day: Cycle lanes in Wigram Skies https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2018/11/02/photo-of-the-day-cycle-lanes-in-wigram-skies/ Regular people riding bicycles Wed, 11 May 2022 11:08:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jan Jakob https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2018/11/02/photo-of-the-day-cycle-lanes-in-wigram-skies/#comment-25914 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 06:06:35 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=18626#comment-25914 In reply to Jan Jakob.

Actually, according to Google Maps measuring tool, Northwood Blvd is 5.5m. So seems like there’d be room for a cycle lane. There is also not a single good reason not to make it one that is not separated with some low-tech like poles or planter pots. No one parks there, and there is plenty of room. It would really be interesting to build some low-tech path (compacted gravel surface) between Main North Road and the CNC shared path, connect that to a separated bike lane that is trialed on Northwood Blvd, and see how many people cycle from Northwood to Papanui or even the CBD.

]]> By: Jan Jakob https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2018/11/02/photo-of-the-day-cycle-lanes-in-wigram-skies/#comment-25913 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 06:00:41 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=18626#comment-25913 I haven’t measured the width, but Northwood Blvd seems an obvious choice, with an extended connection to the CNC shared path access point on Radcliffe Road and at some point the Northern line. The Community Board would probably not be a big fan, though. As a recent arrival to Christchurch, I find it amazing that car-centric roads like Northwood Blvd or Corsair Drive were still build at a time when the 50s were long over.

]]> By: LennyBoy https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2018/11/02/photo-of-the-day-cycle-lanes-in-wigram-skies/#comment-16548 Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:58:42 +0000 http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/?p=18626#comment-16548 Some previous thinking on this topic too: http://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2016/05/04/where-could-we-easily-add-cycle-lanes/

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