A few weeks ago, my partner and I were having dinner at a restaurant on Cashel St east of the new stadium. On our way home afterwards, we spotted an interesting new bike park just down the road…
Elsewhere along the street, there were also planter boxes, artwork, and seating. Turns out that Christchurch City Council have been doing a bit of blinging up this fairly industrial area in a bid to get a few more people to frequent it. This is part of their wider Enliven Places Programme, aiming to use simple relatively low-cost measures to enhance various streets and communities.
We’ve already seen lots of new bike parking popping up around the central city, but it’s handy to have it available in other suburban locations, so that more people can easily access local retailers and organisations in their community. For the cost of one car park space, this new measure can hold eight people biking there – simple and effective…
What do you think of these simple low-cost street treatments?