Category: Cycle infrastructure

Cycle paths, networks, traffic lights, racks etc.

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 …

Flashback Friday: South Express cycleway now out for consultation

Last week, Chch City Council announced that construction was about to start on the section of the (slightly mis-named) South Express cycleway from Islington to Templeton, allowing it to then connect with the cycleway continuing on to Rolleston. There is …

Flashback Friday Guest Photo of the Day: Theory and Practice of Wheel-Bender Cycle Parking

I’ve just biked over to The Palms shopping centre in Shirley to pick up some new glasses and a few groceries – thankfully the weather stayed relatively dry. The Palms has a number of handy bike parking areas, generally …

Top end of Nor’West Arc cycleway is making progress

Even while funding for some cycleway projects has stalled, it’s nice to know that work is still ticking along on some of the Major Cycle Routes around the city. One of those is the Nor’West Arc cycleway through Ilam and …

Cycling in Chch 2025 in Review: Slow and Steady wins the Race…

And just like that, we’ve reached the end of 2025! As we herald the New Year, let’s look at how things have gone in the cycling world over the past 12 months…

While the signs were looking somewhat worrying at …