A little milestone that snuck on past last month was the fact that Cycling in Christchurch is now two years old! Yes, it all began back on 12 May 2012 when the original blog creator Jenny (aka “Unity”) published the …
Author: LennyBoy
2014 Winter Solstice Ride Highlights
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Well, the contrast with last year’s chilly solstice ride couldn’t have been more stark. A lovely balmy winter’s day (17 deg I think) encouraged the punters out to Saturday’s 3rd Annual Winter Solstice Ride.
All up, I counted about …
Adelaide: Laneways
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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 …
Adelaide: Sharrows
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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 …
2014 Winter Solstice Ride – Sat 21 June
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 …
Adelaide: Frome Street Bikeway
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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 …
Thoughts from Velo-City Global 2014 Adelaide #vcg14
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 …
Matai St East Cycleway Consultation
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). …
What if… it was safe to cycle in Christchurch? Seminar Wed 11 June
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 …
Cycle Colombo: A Pleasant Day Out
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 …
Perceived Danger or Actual Danger?
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 …
CAN Cycle Friendly Awards 2014 – Nominations Now Open
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 …
2WALKandCYCLE 2014 Conference – Call for Presentations
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 …
A Ride around Town – The Old and the New
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 …
Canterbury Active Transport Forum – Wed 30th Apr
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 …
Feedback wanted: Is “Transport for Chch” useful for you?
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 …
A little plug for Spokes Canterbury
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 …
How should we tackle Cycle Safety in NZ?
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 …
ICECycles Bike Maintenance Workshop Sat 5th April
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 …
First Cycleway Signs: Grassmere-Rutland Cycle Path
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 …