One really interesting feature of my recent visit to Adelaide was the urban laneways; they are a great example of how providing better for cycling doesn’t always mean building some cycleways.
Rather like Christchurch, Adelaide has many small narrow streets …
A few months ago we mentioned how sharrows (“share arrows”) were starting to be trialled in a few cities around New Zealand. While in Adelaide for Velo-City Global recently, I got the chance to have a look at (and ride …
With the days getting shorter, colder, and now it seems wetter again, it can be hard to motivate yourself to get on your treadly. So what better excuse than the shortest day of the year to pimp your ride and …
Last week’s visit to Adelaide for Velo-City Global 2014 was also a great opportunity to see what our Trans-Tasman neighbour is up to on the cycleway front. And the jewel in the crown to date is the newly-opened Frome Street …
Well it’s been a while since my last post, but that’s mainly because I’ve been in Australia this past week. Most of my time was spent in Adelaide for the Velo-City Global 2014 cycling conference, the first time this international …
Another sign of the Major Cycleways starting to appear is the current consultation out for the Matai St East section of the “UniCycle” (Town-Ilam) cycle route (it will also connect those coming into town via the northern Railway Cycleway too). …
Following the success of the previous cycling-related “What If Wednesday” events held by the University of Canterbury, another interesting event is coming up in a couple of weeks. Two years ago, Geography Professor Simon Kingham posed the question “what …
It was a brilliant day on Sunday; perfect cycling weather. Just the right kind of day to Cycle on Colombo St. So I headed out to see who else was taking advantage of a good ride…
I started at …
Following last month’s tragic cycling incident in Hillmorton, yesterday’s Press reports (on the front page no less) that the victim’s father is now too scared to ride himself. It’s perhaps an understandable reaction, although I wonder whether the real …
While it can be depressingly easy to blow raspberries at various agencies when it comes to cycling, it’s nice to also acknowledge the good stuff that is progressively happening around the place. That was the thinking behind the creation of …
We mentioned previously about the coming national conference for walking and cycling, 2WALKandCYCLE 2014. This year’s conference will be held in sunny Nelson in late October. Now the conference organisers are calling for those interested in presenting at the …
With the rain returning today, it’s easy to forget that we just had three glorious day of sunshine. And so it was on Saturday, with my youngest boy at a loose end, that we decided to hop on the bikes …
Time again for another get-together of people interested in aspects of walking and cycling (aka: “active transport”) in Canterbury. The next Canterbury Active Transport (CAT) Forum will be held on Wednesday 30th April from 12.30-2.00pm at the Chch City Council …
One of the outcomes of the quakes has been a greater emphasis on collaboration by the various organisations involved in delivering transport facilities and services around Chch. Partly this has been driven by the significant upheavals in our transport patterns …
The recent local media coverage has been fairly comprehensive in discussing first the planned delays to completing the Major Cycleway network and then reaction to the tragic cycle death a couple of weeks ago. Through it all, you might have …
So you may have heard that I got myself another little job to do in the next few months – help the Government formulate some proposals about what to do about cycle safety in this country. The NZ Transport Agency …
Another bike maintenance workshop this weekend from the ICECycles team. Got a bike that needs some work, or would you like to help make some new recycled ones?
Where: MacFarlane Park Community Centre, 17 Acheson Ave, Shirley
When: Saturday …
With some of the recent discussion around Major Cycleway delays (and in light of today’s tragic events), you might have got the impression that the City Council is sitting on their hands doing nothing for a few more …
So last week I spent most of my time in Wellington (which explains the slight gap in posts). For much of it I was attending the 2014 IPENZ Transportation Conference, but I did also have a little bit …
It’s submission time again: this time it’s the turn of the Chch City Council to put our their Draft Annual Plan 2014/15 and amendments to their Three Year Plan. This sets out what the Council will do over the next …
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