The media have just picked up the announcement from Christchurch City Council that our fair city has been named the most bicycle-friendly city in Asia and Oceania and 38th globally (I’d like to think they got the heads-up from an …
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Bright ideas about cycling
Flashback Friday: Seasons Greetings for Christmas 2019
Gosh, how did we get to the end of the year already? Hopefully you’re starting to wrap up before Xmas (if not already on leave), and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a great holiday break! Here’s some …
Flashback Friday: Bicycle Jousting a Hit at the Santa Parade
Tomorrow morning from about 10am, New Brighton will host a seaside Christmas Parade. Spokes Canterbury and other local cycling groups have been regular supporters and attendees of Christmas Parades in the city over the years, often delighting the onlookers …
Apparently other parts of the world are also noticing Christchurch…
I’ve bemoaned in the past how Christchurch has often gotten overlooked when it comes to global “best cycling city” rankings, often just focused on the largest cities and the capital cities. We partially addressed that issue when People for Bikes …
Flashback Friday: Cycling News from Across the Ditch – Perth
While this post is getting published, I will be slowly winging my way back from Perth, having just attended a road safety conference there this week. And as many of you know, I was also over in Perth back in …
Flashback Friday – Cycling in Singapore: A study in contrasts
Today is gearing up to be a busy one as Tracey and I prepare to head over to Perth tomorrow for a conference next week – still a bit of bag packing and finalising presentations before getting up rather early …
Flashback Friday: Feeling the Love
Earlier this week, Star News featured a very nice article about one of our regular contributors Robert Fleming. Over more than a decade, Robert has contributed more than 60 blog posts (not counting Flashback Fridays), including updates on cycleway …
Every Breath You Take…
A few years ago I had an email from a reader (and my apologies that it’s taken this long to respond to it!):
I ride my bike every day in my rounds as a support worker visiting people’s homes …
Commuter Waka: a great tool for travel data
You will recall last year that the results of the 2023 Census came out with some interesting (and mostly positive) findings for transport patterns around the country and in Christchurch. While Statistics NZ has some online data tools for delving …
Flashback Friday – Unterhaching, Munich: Cycling and good planning
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This week we have hosted a young German at our place, who hails from outside Cologne. Ten years ago, I got to explore a fair bit of Germany, both big and small places. In the southeastern part of Germany, this …
Flashback Friday: Have your Say on the Park Terrace Cycleway
Earlier this week, mayoral re-election hopeful Phil Mauger engaged in a spot of dog-whistling by calling for the Park Terrace pop-up cycleway to be ripped out. For something that has been working successfully for over two years (I often …
Proposed new Road Rules might help cycling
It’s fair to say that the current Government hasn’t been a big fan of cycling. So it was something of a minor surprise when about a month ago, Transport Minister Chris Bishop announced a raft of proposed Land Transport …
Christchurch moves up in the @PeopleForBikes City Ratings – and a few more NZ cities show up too…
Another year has passed since the North American based group People For Bikes undertook their last ratings of the bike-friendliness of cities in the US and beyond. As we mentioned last year, Christchurch is in the mix and doing …
Is Big Bike Film Night getting a bit… niche?
Last Friday night, I attended the second screening of this year’s Christchurch Big Bike Film Night series, This year there were only eight films shown, with five of them being about 20 minutes each. Here’s what was on the menu …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in Chch loves Guest Posts!
When I gave a presentation about this website a couple of months ago to the CAN Do here in Chch, one of my requests was more guest posters to come forward to help share the load of the job. Spokes …
Flashback Friday: Ferry Road Streetscape Improvements at Woolston Village
In the past week or so; the topic of car parking has loomed large in Christchurch. Firstly when proposed cycle lanes along Glandovey & Idris Rds were canned due to the expected reduction in on-street parking (never mind that the …
Review: NZ cycling books for kids
In my time being involved in cycling advocacy for CAN, I got to know Liz (Solveig Elisabeth) Mikkelsen, who was based on the Kāpiti Coast and provided many years of sterling service for CAN’s Exec Committee (including several years …
Guest Post: Ninja Valley Bike Valet Parking
Spokes Canterbury secretary George Laxton recently helped with an interesting bike event in Upper Riccarton; in this guest post he recounts the action…
A few weeks ago Spokes Canterbury (with the support of Ninja Valley Christchurch and Bush Inn Mall) …
Flashback Friday: Exciting Plans for New Mountain Bike Adventure Park
I’m about to head off for a long weekend holiday to Rotorua; should be a fun time. Certainly we’ll be looking at doing some zip-lining and maybe even mountainbiking. Closer to home, both of those pastimes can be found at …
Flashback Friday: Three years of “Cycling in Christchurch”
This weekend at the CAN Do being held here in Christchurch, I will be giving a little presentation about the Cycling in Chch website and its history and ongoing development. It’s been quite the journey for well over a decade, …