Cycling in Christchurch

More messy pathways in winter

At this time of year, I’m not a big fan of cycling through our reserves like Hagley Park. As I go along the various paths, I can only conclude that the parks management staff really don’t understand the role of …

Guest Post Part 2 – Cycling in York

Our roving guest blogger Robert continues his journey with a missive from one of my favourite towns – York, UK:

The proprietor of Cycle Heaven bike shop situated outside of the York Railway Station hired us a couple of bikes …

Guest Post – Cycling in Shanghai

Here is another guest post by intrepid guest blogger Robert. Watch for a few more as he travels around the world…

Biking in other cities – How does Christchurch compare? This is the first of a series of articles that …

Cycleway stuff actually happening on the ground

With all the planning and talk about cycleways and other ways to improve cycling in Christchurch, it’s nice when we can actually start to see some stuff on the ground. Just the other week, it was confirmed that the first …

Cycleways in Five Years – Now How to Do It…

While the headline rates rise struck by City Councillors last week might be tough to swallow, one really bright outcome for cycling was the decision to revert to completing the Major Cycleway Programme in only five years.

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Adelaide Cycle Training Park

One more last post about my recent visit to Adelaide: on one of our field-trip rides we came across this amazing facility in Bonython Park.

Now I’ve always thought our own local bike training area at Westburn Park…

Adelaide: Laneways

One really interesting feature of my recent visit to Adelaide was the urban laneways; they are a great example of how providing better for cycling doesn’t always mean building some cycleways.

Rather like Christchurch, Adelaide has many small narrow streets …

Adelaide: Sharrows

A few months ago we mentioned how sharrows (“share arrows”) were starting to be trialled in a few cities around New Zealand. While in Adelaide for Velo-City Global recently, I got the chance to have a look at (and ride …

Adelaide: Frome Street Bikeway

Last week’s visit to Adelaide for Velo-City Global 2014 was also a great opportunity to see what our Trans-Tasman neighbour is up to on the cycleway front. And the jewel in the crown to date is the newly-opened Frome Street …

Matai St East Cycleway Consultation

Another sign of the Major Cycleways starting to appear is the current consultation out for the Matai St East section of the “UniCycle” (Town-Ilam) cycle route (it will also connect those coming into town via the northern Railway Cycleway too). …

A Ride around Town – The Old and the New

With the rain returning today, it’s easy to forget that we just had three glorious day of sunshine. And so it was on Saturday, with my youngest boy at a loose end, that we decided to hop on the bikes …

Feedback wanted: Is “Transport for Chch” useful for you?

One of the outcomes of the quakes has been a greater emphasis on collaboration by the various organisations involved in delivering transport facilities and services around Chch. Partly this has been driven by the significant upheavals in our transport patterns …

First Cycleway Signs: Grassmere-Rutland Cycle Path

With some of the recent discussion around Major Cycleway delays (and in light of today’s tragic events), you might have got the impression that the City Council is sitting on their hands doing nothing for a few more …

Cycling Stuff from Wellington

So last week I spent most of my time in Wellington (which explains the slight gap in posts). For much of it I was attending the 2014 IPENZ Transportation Conference, but I did also have a little bit …

Draft Council Annual Plan – Have Your Say

It’s submission time again: this time it’s the turn of the Chch City Council to put our their Draft Annual Plan 2014/15 and amendments to their Three Year Plan. This sets out what the Council will do over the next …

Plans for New Bus Interchange

Sneaking out in amongst the other big headlines last week was the release of some preliminary information about the new Christchurch Bus Interchange, which will be located in the Lichfield/Tuam/Colombo block. This one of the anchor projects for the …

A Week in Auckland – Is there hope for Cycling?

I’ve just had a week teaching up in Auckland, which is much more time than I usually get to spend up there. A lot of that week was spent inside presenting course sessions or listening to others. But I did …

Keeping Pathways Dry

Any time there’s a decent rain (like this past evening) it’s instructive to see how our various cycle paths fare. Often it seems that it doesn’t take a lot of water for them to more closely resemble a swimming pool …

Are painted cycle lanes dangerous?

The planned Major Cycleways for Christchurch will comprise a mixture of treatments: separated bikeways, shared paths, and quiet streets (“neighbourhood greenways”). These are designed to attract a lot of new “interested but concerned” people to cycling (or cycling more) …

Where would you like some Separator Posts?

A few weeks ago we talked about the City Council’s “Targeted Improvements” (or “Quick Wins”) programme that is being rolled out. One of the tools that fits in very well with this programme is cycle lane separators, as previously trialled…

Category: Cycle infrastructure