As mentioned last year, City Council is undertaking a programme of minor cycling improvements around the central city. One of these projects is to improve the provision of portable bike parking where it is needed.
You might recall how additional …
Category: Cycle infrastructure
Cycle paths, networks, traffic lights, racks etc.
Community Board Plans 2020
The children and a lot of us adults need a few minutes of your time.
Community Boards are now seeking input on what their priorities should be for the next 3 years. Draft plans will implement what they want as …
Flashback Friday: Some Bike Ideas from Washington DC
In my previous job at Canterbury University, I was lucky to be able to visit many interesting places overseas, and one of my regular haunts (due to its annual transportation conference) was Washington DC – unfortunately always in the …
Photo of the Day: Coastal Pathway Sumner
The cooler wetter weather right now is a pleasant respite from the hot dry summer we’ve had for the past month. Earlier this week when the mercury was still stupidly high, I finally got the opportunity to check out the …
Flashback Friday – Clever Cycling Stuff: Cycle Detectors
Anyone who uses many of the new Major Cycle Routes will appreciate the way that most of the signalised crossings along the way quickly detect a rider and then provide a crossing phase for riders. Some of the detection technology …
Flashback Friday – Handy Tips: Sharing those Pathways
While separated cycleways are certainly nice, often we still have to make use of facilities that are shared with pedestrians and other path users (e-scooters more often than not these days…). Some of the new pathways are definitely much better …
First look: Quarrymans Trail Stage 2
As mentioned recently, the final section of the Quarryman’s Trail, from Hoon Hay to Halswell (3.5 km), is now completely open. We previously provided an overview of the first stage of the cycleway, so it’s time to provide a …
Cycling in Chch 2019: More bikeways, more bikes, more bother…
It’s almost the end of another year so, as we get to enjoy our various festivities, let’s take a gander back over what happened in 2019…
Back at the end of 2018, we were musing about the continuing growth …
Flashback Friday – Hidden Treasures: Westburn Reserve Bike Park
Of all the blog-posts we have published over the years, consistently the most popular is the one I wrote back in Dec 2012 about the Westburn Reserve bike park. Back when my kids were younger (as featured in this article), …
Flashback Friday: The 1000-Day Challenge
When we think about how long it is taking to deliver the much promised convention centre, multi-use arena/stadium, and metro sports centre (to say nothing of inner-city housing), getting things done here in a three-year timeframe seems …
Flashback Friday: Maintenance – Who Ya Gonna Call…?
Here at Cycling in Chch, we like to be useful as well as just fun and topical. Which is why I like to create blogposts that try to provide helpful advice for all the little things that can create headaches …
Photo of the Day: Quarrymans Trail completion
Heading to Halswell from the southern suburbs used to be an exercise of nerves, putting up with narrow shoulders on busy roads like Sparks Rd. The first part of the Quarrymans Trail made it easy to access the likes of …
Flashback Friday: Will Christchurch be an Accessible City for Cycling?
If you think about all of the features of the new central city (including the “controversial” ones like St Asaph St and the 30km/h speed limit…), then they had their genesis in a transport plan released seven years ago by …
Flashback Friday: Christmas Shopping
It’s hard to believe it’s less than one month away from Christmas again. And while we might all ponder what presents we want to give each other this year, an interesting ongoing related question is what “gifts” our local and …
Some guest pictures of the day – the not so good…
Well I did ask for more guest contributions and, even before then, Don Robertson was in with some less-than-desirable cycleway etiquette around town:
“Thought you might like some pictures for the picture of the day feature on your site. The …
Flashback Friday: Is cycling really cared about in this city?
The tragic events of last week on the outskirts of town and the subsequent suggestions of poor cycle-friendly safety practices can make it feel like the world is very much against you when on your bike. It’s a theme that …
Photo of the Day: New Central City Bike Parking
It is a truism the world over that there never is enough bike parking (motorists might argue that there is never enough car parking either, but that’s another discussion…). Whether you’re in Amsterdam or Auckland, Copenhagen or Christchurch any …
New City Council gets underway
Following the recent local body elections, it hasn’t taken long for the new Christchurch City Council to get stuck into their business. A first Council meeting is happening this Thursday 31st Oct, and already there are some interesting developments …
Do cycle counters only count bikes?
The recent news article about the growth in Christchurch cycle numbers was great to see (even better to see such a good-news story on the front page of The Press too…). It looks like the investment in cycling infrastructure …
Flashback Friday: Eastern Visions
The battle cry “what about fixing the East?” has been a constant in recent years since the earthquakes. While a lot of it seems focused on the state of the roads (despite over $1.2 billion having already been spent on …