One of the things I realised when I was in The Netherlands a few years back was that their great cycle infrastructure hadn’t happened overnight – it had been a series of gradual improvements as lessons had been learned from …
Category: Cycle infrastructure
Cycle paths, networks, traffic lights, racks etc.
Flashback Friday: What “Quick Wins” would you like?
There’s often a lot of focus on the big flagship projects to help cycling, like the Major Cycle Routes. And, to their credit, they have already started to turn around cycling demand and safety in the city. But many of …
Photo of the Day: Portobello coastal pathway
My recent time down in Dunedin for the 2WALKandCYCLE Conference also allowed some opportunities to have a look around the city at what they have been up to cycling-wise. One such opportunity was to ride along the southern side of …
Flashback Friday(-ish): So what’s a Sharrow and do we want them here?
It’s been a rather busy week work-wise for me and with much of it spent down in Dunedin attending the latest 2WALKandCYCLE Conference (more on that in a future post…). So this week’s Flashback Friday has been a little late …
Cycle-friendly consultations out now
There seems to be a bit of a flurry of proposals currently out for consultation by the City Council right now, with a few of them due in the next week or so. So it’s worth letting you know about …
Photo of the Day: Rangiora Bike & Ride
There seems to have been a bit of a theme about bike parking in our posts of the past week or so, so let me continue that trend with a good example I came across recently, up in Rangiora. As …
Cycleway Construction – Summer Progress
This summer has had its ups and downs weather-wise; from the drab and drizzly during December, to wetter and even more miserable at times over Xmas. Now we’re into a real summer Canterbury style, rainy days excepted it’s been good …
Flashback Friday – Parking: The Critical Issue
Hot on the heels of my grumble the other day about bike parking at events, comes the question: what makes for good bike parking? For day to day activities, how you park at your local shops is more of …
Flashback Friday: “Accessible City” Plan – What’s In it for Cycling?
As we get around our post-quake rebuilt city, it seems a lifetime ago when the original plans for the rebuild (esp. in the central city) were being finalised by Govt after Council’s initial proposals. Not surprisingly the transport aspects of …
Has Cycling increased in Christchurch?
“Build it and they will come” – that’s what we’re regularly told about the magic of induced demand, especially for something like transport. It certainly seems to happen when we build additional roading capacity – what about when we …
Flashback Friday – Separated Cycleways: Which Separators are Best?
Happy New Year! Another year, same old Flashback Friday. This time, let’s go back to something first posted in Oct 2013 when separated cycleways in Christchurch were quite the rarity. Now we have a considerable selection of separators around the …
Photo of the Day: Old Blenheim Rd cycle path work
Seasons greetings! I hope you’re having a nice holiday break and reflecting on an “interesting” year (2020 end-of-year review coming soon…). You might also be getting out and about on your bike around town, and you might notice a …
Final route for Rapanui Stage 3 confirmed
Another little bit of cycling good news a week or so back was the confirmation of the route for the final stage of the Rapanui / Shag Rock Major Cycle Route between Dyers Rd and Ferrymead Bridge.
The original route …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in the Netherlands
After a year in which most of us have been unable to do any overseas travel, it is nice to reminisce on opportunities in the past to visit interesting new places. Regular viewer Frank Dohmen (Cyclomaniac) provided a guest post …
Photo of the Day: Northern Motorway Ride
It’s a few days back now, but I thought I should pop in a wee post to commemorate the fun that was had last Saturday by many taking advantage of the open day on the new Chch Northern Motorway corridor…
Final Coastal Pathway section out for consultation
There are just a few days left to go (submissions closing Mon 7th), so I probably should give this a mention: The final section of the Chch Coastal Pathway, closing the gap through Moncks Bay, is now out for …
Flashback Friday: Road Works Around the Rebuild
Seven years ago, Chch was well into rebuild mode after the quakes, making for a lot of road works, closed streets, and other detours. The operational impacts of those works on people trying to bike around town weren’t always great, …
Northern Arterial Extension – Biking Opportunities Part 2
The second part of this post focuses on the benefits to those who ride a bike, as part of DEMP – Downstream Effects Management Plan. A plan developed for CCC to facilitate the smooth passage into the city of …
Northern Arterial Extension – Biking Opportunities
Part One – QE II Drive to Innes Road
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. A Tale of Two Cities – …
Photos of the Day: Nor’west Arc under construction
You might recall that a few months ago the Govt announced some additional funding to help get more Christchurch cycleways constructed. That included the Nor’west Arc, stretching from Cashmere to Ilam, and it didn’t take long at all for …