So we’re getting to the pointy end of another three years of Government. I am encouraged at least by the results across the Pacific where the US mid-term elections have delivered a sweeping democratic blue wave across the country (even …
Author: LennyBoy
Should we make the Rolleston Ave / Park Tce pop-up cycleway permanent?
It was a little over three years ago that a temporary cycleway was installed along Rolleston Ave and Park Tce to make room for the refurbishment works happening in the adjacent Canterbury Museum. The new cycleway continued to cause angst …
Election Time 2026 – Who to vote for…
Amazing to think it has been already three years since the last General Election and now it’s time to do your civic duty again in a few days (although you can already cast your vote now too).
It’s arguably …
Cycling in Sydney
Having just returned from a conference in Sydney, it seemed opportune while I was there to also have a look around the central city and see how cycling is faring there.
Sydney has had a fairly stop-start approach to …
Reminder: Tom Flood in Christchurch this Sat 31st
I’m currently in Sydney attending the Australasian Road Safety Conference here; some interesting sessions so far. I also got to have a bit of a wander around last weekend and check out a few bits of their impressive cycling network …
Flashback Friday Guest Post: 5 Maintenance Tips New Cyclists Should Never Forget
Last weekend, the front gear cable on my bike snapped, so it’s been a frustrating week of either getting by riding in low gear or swapping out to another bike. And the bike shops are all chocka busy with repairs …
Photo of the Day: Brougham St Overbridge takes shape
The other day my partner and I were biking over to Addington to attend the Christchurch Home Show. On the way, the route took us past the overbridge construction work currently underway on Brougham St, so it seemed an …
Wanna a Biketober T-Shirt? Better get in quick…
As a thank you for my Biketober seminar presentation a couple of weeks ago, I got given a lovely sage green Biketober t-shirt featuring a “Tube”-style map of Christchurch’s cycle network (kudos to Adam Lines for the great design …
Flashback Friday: Shouldering the burden
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It was incredibly sad to hear about the death a week ago of a cyclist near Governors Bay, in what appeared to be a freak chain of events – my sincere sympathies to his family. Looking at the road in …
Photo of the Day: Safe Pedestrian/Cycle Rail Crossings
I’ve just spent two days undertaking KiwiRail certification training for undertaking Level Crossing Safety Impact Assessments (a certain irony then that my current featured post is about safety around tram tracks…). While I have undertaken various LCSIAs in the …
Photo of the Day: Bikes on Trains
I was up in Auckland a few days ago doing some university guest teaching. As you might expect, I took a bus and train combo from the airport to make my way into town and then back again to the …
Cycling continues to reign in Copenhagen
Soon after our return from Europe, I mentioned how I had managed to snap an updated photo of cyclists while at a Copenhagen intersection in early June. Having regaled you since with posts of several other cities around Europe, it’s …
Flashback Friday: Biketober 2023 is Here!
Hot on the heels of our announcement about next month’s Biketober 2026 programme, let’s cast our mind back to when it was last held three years ago. Not surprisingly, there were a LOT of events on that month too, …
We’re nearing the end of September – and then it will be Biketober 2026!
Some of you may recall the very successful Biketober festivals of cycling, set up here originally back in October 2017 and continued annually for several years after that. The last one was back in 2023, after which there was …
Biking in Prague
In early June, we visited one of our favourite European locations, the Czech capital of Prague. In terms of old town beauty and history, you certainly can’t go past it.
The central “Old Town” of Prague is particularly noted …
Visit the 2026 Chch Outdoor Expo – and get a Cycling in Chch discount!
Having first kicked off here in 2024, the 3rd Christchurch Outdoor Expo is happening on Fri 2 – Sun 4 October at Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch – and the organisers have got 20% OFF tickets for Cycling in Christchurch…
New cycle-friendly Road Rules from Oct 1st
You may recall how earlier in the year the Government consulted on a series of proposed changes to existing Road Rules, many of them looking to provide advantages for people cycling. In July, the Transport Minister announced that four …
Mamma Mia, Stockholm is still a Cycling Queen…
In the past week, as part of some research I’ve been doing, I have had two video interviews with representatives from Sweden about their country’s impressive road safety performance over the past few decades. It’s hard to believe that it …
Flashback Friday: Nor’West Arc Cycleway now due for consultation
In the last week, the City Council has agreed to finish the last pieces of Section 3 of the Nor’West Arc Major Cycle Route through Bryndwr and Papanui. Some of you may recall that I looked at the parts that …
