Seven years ago, Chch was well into rebuild mode after the quakes, making for a lot of road works, closed streets, and other detours. The operational impacts of those works on people trying to bike around town weren’t always great, …
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Flashback Friday – The World’s Most Bicycle Friendly Cities
It’s always fun to ponder where Christchurch stands in the cycle-friendly world. I’d happily say that it rates as the best cycling city in Australasia (oohh, challenge…) – but what about the world in general? We’ve all heard of the …
It’s Not Just Infrastructure Stupid Part 2 – Bridges
This is the second in an occasional series of posts on cycling related matters. See Part One here. Some of the same issues then are repeated. While it is about infrastructure, it reflects on an underlying culture of staff employed …
It’s Not Just About Cricket
The cricket ODI World Cup is under way, see the advisory issued by Transport for Chch… http://www.tfc.govt.nz/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015-game-days-dont-get-caught-out/ for people wishing to travel in the area.
Note the car-centric bias it has. During the opening ceremony on Thursday some of the …
It’s Not Just Infrastructure Stupid – Part 1
In recent times a lot has been said about trying to encourage more people to walk and cycle instead of using motor vehicles. One obvious way to do it is to build better infrastructure. But is that enough? Is there …
Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Shared Path Part 2
More news about the shared path along the river.
Yesterday a forum on Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Precinct and Art Trail was held at the civil offices. The forum was in the form of a presentation, discussion and feedback and …
Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Shared Path
Te Papa AvON-Ōtākaro River Precinct is the first anchor project of the rebuild to commence. It is the “showcase” project and an indication of where we are going for the next 100 years.
The project is managed by CCC’s CityCare …
Road Works Around the Rebuild
Earlier in 2013 following persistent complaints about the management of site safety around roadway work sites from people riding bikes, members of Spokes asked for a meeting with SCIRT (Stronger Chch Infrastructure Rebuild Team) to discuss how things can be …
Cycling News from Across the Ditch – Perth
1) About a Vibrant, Accessible City:
Listen to a discussion about replacing one way with two way streets in Perth, Western Australia and the rationale behind it.
Plains FM Community Radio Station host Bill Demeter talks to Graham Newsome, Principal …
High-visibility clothing for cyclists a must – coroner
This is the moment I feared would come. Why does NZ officialdom come up with so many crackpot ideas? Why do they think it is more effective to have ambulances at the bottom of the cliff than erecting fences at …
Accessible City – Christchurch Central Recovery Plan 2013
The submissions on the proposed transport chapter of the central city rebuild blueprint closed on 1st Feb. The transport section of the blueprint was delayed so more time could be given to getting it right.
Amongst other things it proposes …
The World’s Most Bicycle Friendly Cities
A closely related organisation to Cycling in Christchurch is Spokes Canterbury, who amongst other things advocate for better infrastructure to encourage more people to cycle more often. They have recently adopted a goal of making Christchurch one of the …
The Cycle Path to Happiness
Scientists are confirming what most cyclists instinctively know – that riding a bike has extraordinary effects on our brain chemistry
Discover how the latest research is revealing