Category: Cycle infrastructure

Cycle paths, networks, traffic lights, racks etc.

Flashback Friday: New Walk/Cycle Overbridge planned for Brougham St

Greetings everyone, I’m back from Europe! More posts about some of my travels to come… As we drove home from the airport yesterday morning, we saw the new cycle/pedestrian bridge in place above Brougham St, lifted up there last weekend…

Flashback Friday: Groningen and Zwolle – the best for cycling?

Greetings from Ireland! My partner and I have arrived in the Emerald Isle for the first time, having just spent the past few days in Amsterdam and elsewhere around the Netherlands. The last time I was in the Netherlands was …

Flashback Friday: Cycling in Bristol – more photos

Another week on the move around Europe with my partner; in recent days we have been through Vienna (Austria), Prague (Czechia), and now exploring Berlin (Germany). Along the way, I’ve probably been doing a bit of a mix of both …

Flashback Friday: Cycling around Perth

Greetings from Europe! My partner and I have made it halfway around the world… In between getting over the jet lag, we have so far explored the beaches and coastlines of Santorini (Greece) and Dubrovnik (Croatia). A little over a …

Photo of the Day: Rolleston Ave (former) shared path

The potential risks of shared paths have suddenly come into the spotlight this week following the sad story of the woman who was struck by a passing cyclist on a shared path along Wooldridge Rd. This incident certainly highlights …

Flashback Friday First Look: Little River motorway link path

One of the interesting projects I’ve been working on lately is the development of some new guidance for Auckland Transport on providing for people walking, cycling and horse-riding in rural (or peri-urban) areas. It’s certainly involved digging out some good …

Guest post: Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and Cycling

Occasional guest blogger Jim Pickles has a few observations from overseas that could be applied to Christchurch…

Over recent years there have been extensive additions to Christchurch’s cycling network. At the same time some of the local streets that make …

Flashback Friday: Has Auckland Cycling turned a corner?

After last weekend’s photo-op, the Auckland theme continues because it happens that I’ve just spent the past couple of days in the City of Sails doing some guest lectures at Auckland University (including one on rural cycle safety…). A …

Photo of the Day: New Victoria St cycleway in central Auckland

Away from Christchurch, there is a lot of excitement building up for the final commissioning and opening of the new City Rail Link in central Auckland. It has taken several years and certainly resulted in considerable construction disruption for the …

Flashback Friday: New cycleways in Wellington are making a difference

With the current surge of interest in cycling, it was encouraging to see the other day local advocacy group Spokes Canterbury urging Chch City Council to fast-track rolling out low-cost cycleways across the city similar in style to the Rolleston …

Chch cycle counter update Mar 2026: Steady as she goes?

It’s been about two years since I last had a good look at how cycling numbers have been trending across Christchurch city. At the time (March 2024), the numbers were very encouraging, with good growth across Major Cycle Route …

Draft 2026/27 Chch Annual Plan – Kicking the Cycleway can down the road?

It’s that time of the year when Councils across the country review their budgets for the coming year to see what they can spend and how that might affect people’s rates bills. Christchurch City Council are currently consulting on their …

New northern Wellington cycleways coming along

Last week I was up to Wellington for a few days attending a Transportation Conference there (lots of great cycling-related papers there too by the way!). On one of the afternoons we got the opportunity to get out and …

Flashback Friday: More dodgy bike and car parking

New cycleways can be great for cycling, but they don’t always stop bad behaviour by motorists. This has certainly come to the fore lately in Auckland, where several drivers have (for whatever reason) elected to park their cars in the …

Flashback Friday: Do cycle crossings need a bell?

Last weekend I biked out to Hornby to help Spokes Canterbury gather some feedback on improving cycling in Christchurch. I mostly took the South Express cycle route, and a couple of the stand-alone cycle crossings along the way reminded me …

Flashback Friday: Have Your Say – Cycleways in New Projects

More cycle-friendly transport projects continue to happen around the city, with the news this week of the start of construction around the Wigram/Hayton intersection. We first heard of consultation for this (and other projects) over two years ago, as reported …