Post-quake Christchurch wasn’t great fun for cycling, with lots of motor traffic suddenly transplanting itself to unexpected places – overnight, some roads got 10 years of traffic growth all at once. While I sympathise with the challenge created by this, …
Category: Cycle infrastructure
Cycle paths, networks, traffic lights, racks etc.
Flashback Friday – Guest Post: Impressions from a “tourist”
Seven years ago when I was still working at university, we were fortunate to be visited by a colleague and cycling expert from the UK, Prof John Parkin (I was very pleased to be able to return the favour when …
Have your Say on north Colombo St link
Ever since the Papanui Parallel cycleway was created, it’s been a really useful way to get to the central city from the northern suburbs. There’s just been one problem: once you are south of Bealey Ave there has been no …
First Look: Little River motorway link path
I’ve been meaning to post for a couple of weeks about the great new addition to the end of the Little River Link. With the near-completion of the next stage of the Southern Motorway, a new path connection has …
Locky Dock stations popping up around town
A few months back we informed you about an exciting new development for bike parking about to happen in Christchurch – “Locky Docks“. Essentially they are free secure bike/scooter parking stations scattered around the central city that also …
Flashback Friday: The way we talk about cyclist safety
I already had this article ready to post before the unfortunate events of last night – my condolences to family and friends. I’d like to think that media reporting around cycling safety is a little more enlightened now than seven …
Photo of the Day: South Hagley Park perimeter path
After a slight false start, spring has been returning to the garden city, and the daffodils (and cyclists) are certainly out in growing numbers around the city. I had the opportunity to have a look around town the other day, …
Flashback Friday – First Look: Ilam Road Cycleway
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The other day we heard news that the next bit of the Nor’West Arc major cycle route will get under construction next week, after the extra “shovel ready” cycleway funding was announced recently. That news item takes me …
Flashback Friday: Cycleways are Go!
Earlier this week we celebrated a healthy funding injection to get six cycleway routes completed around Chch. While that is great news, it’s sobering to think that all of the 13 Major Cycleways were initially meant to have been completed …
Big funding boost for Chch cycleways
Yesterday morning, Christchurch woke to the news that the Government was investing in the completion of six major cycle routes, thanks to funding from the Government’s shovel-ready infrastructure fund for COVID-19 recovery.
An extra $87 million is being pumped …
Flashback Friday: New cycle training park in Bexley?
Talk earlier this week of a new cycle skills track happening at Somerfield School brings to mind other similar tracks around the city. Seven years ago, there was discussion about another one being proposed for Bexley; this article, originally from …
Photo of the Day: Somerfield School Bike Track
My kids all went to Somerfield School; it was our local primary school. That was quite a few years back now, but it is still always interesting to see what is happening there when I go past. Lately it …
Guest post: “No bike parking” signs that don’t provide an alternative
Over at Talking Transport, Chris Morahan has been musing on a topic that annoys me too…
Something that irritates me far more than it should, is when people put up signs that say “no bike parking” but don’t tell …
Flashback Friday – Handy Tips: Turning Right
Sometimes at Cycling in Chch, rather than discussing the topic of the moment, we just like to give you a bit of helpful advice. This post, originally from April 2013, tackled one of the more vexing problems when biking …
Flashback Friday: Cycle Lane Separators Revisited
Long before Christchurch looked seriously at using more physically separated cycleways, a simple improvement was to provide some low-cost separators on existing painted cycle lanes. Research was even undertaken to assess its effects and this post, originally from Apr 2013…
Flashback Friday: Christchurch cycling – Copenhagen style
When we look at some of the intricate Major Cycle Route layouts these days, it’s interesting to recall that it wasn’t that many years back when we had no local guidance for how to design these. National cycleway planning/design guidance…
Flashback Friday: Christchurch Coastal Pathway – Draft Concept Plan
Many of you will have enjoyed riding on various parts of the Coastal Pathway over the past few years, almost providing a continuous off-road route from Ferrymead to Sumner. It’s interesting to think that it was only seven years ago …
Photo of the Day: Mothers’ Day Biking
Happy Mothers Day to all the mums out there! It was a lovely day too to be out and about. I went for a ride this afternoon and saw plenty of people walking, biking, whatever. Plenty of family groups enjoying …
The thing about Tuam St…
Now for something different to ponder, while we have the time… a couple of months ago, pre-lockdown, I was riding down the separated cycleway along Tuam St. For those who are familiar with it, you will know that it is …
Flashback Friday: Getting those Traffic Signals to Notice You
Invariably on a bike you have to go through traffic signals somewhere, and if you’re the only one around then you hope they detect that you’re there. Many of the new cycle detectors around town are actually overhead camera ones …