Author: LennyBoy

Health & Safety and Cycling – When perceived risk trumps reality

As you might imagine, I’m not a big fan of many of the current Transport Minister’s actions, particularly when he seems hell-bent on eradicating most funding for walking & cycling and lower speed limits. So it is a slight surprise …

Flashback Friday: Central City street consultations now out

Anyone who has been riding around the southeastern part of the central city lately couldn’t fail to notice the major road works going on around the new Te Kaha stadium. A couple of weeks back, Council agreed to go ahead …

Flashback Friday – Hidden Treasures: Bottle Lake Forest Park

Here’s to a Canterbury Anniversary long weekend! Hopefully you’ll have time to do a few fun things, including getting out on your bike. There are certainly plenty of places to explore (if you need some advice, check out our Where …

Flashback Friday: All aboard the Heathcote Expressway consultation

As if we didn’t have enough issues with bikes now being banned entirely from bus racks, the other equally bizarre restriction that has been proposed is the closure of a section of the Heathcote Expressway cycleway due to “safety” …

Flashback Friday: Way out West – Are new developments cycle-friendly?

Earlier this week, I took part in the latest Te Putahi seminar on making better neighbourhood streets (you can watch the video from the evening here). During the Panel discussion, I talked about some good examples of sustainable transport-friendly …

The Long, Long, Long Journey of the Wheels to Wings Cycleway is ready for another twist…

I’d like to invite you to cast your mind way back to mid-2009… Spurred on by some concerns from nearby school children about cycling to school, consultation was undertaken on a proposal to add cycle lanes to Harewood …

2023 Census stats show cycling growth in Christchurch

About 18 months ago, the 2023 Census was undertaken, asking everyone in NZ various details about their households and work/life habits. I’m not entirely sure why it takes so long to collate the relevant information from what is now largely …

Flashback Friday: Carrying stuff by bike

Some of my work colleagues have been getting new bikes lately (including making use of the clever new WorkRide scheme). Most of these have been e-bikes (which warrants a whole post about that one day…) and some have also been …

Flashback Friday: Enschede – a pioneer for cycling

In my work, we’re about to start a really interesting project to hopefully trial some small low-level cycle signals at various cities around NZ. The inspiration for this is from several places in Europe that are already using these to …

Flashback Friday: Where else should we count bike numbers?

There has been an interesting conversation going around Spokes Canterbury lately about the potential for extra cycle counters across Christchurch in new locations. There is of course a cost to installing (and maintaining) any new permanent cycle counters; fortunately there …

Cycling in Singapore: A study in contrasts

I was lucky enough to spend a week holidaying with my partner in Singapore back in early August. We did a lot of fun activities around this equatorial island and mostly survived the sweltering heat.

Of course, ever the transport …

Flashback Friday: Separated Bikeways – More Good Evidence

This week I have been delivering some guest lectures on cycle planning and design to engineering postgrad students at Canterbury University. I covered a range of topics, from developing cycling networks to the many different ways you can provide for …

Flashback Friday Photo: 2020 Winter Solstice Ride

I’m back in Christchurch following a week in the heat of Singapore – more about that in a future post… After the temperatures and mugginess of the equator, it’s quite the shock to return to late winter in Christchurch and …