Another piece of the central city puzzle is falling into place, with the opening of the public space through the East Frame (now we wait for the residential developments to accompany it). Dubbed Rauora Park (the name meaning ‘well-being’), …
Category: Photo of the Day
One-off photo posts that briefly capture a small aspect of cycling in Christchurch
Photo (and a half) of the Day: Cycleway signage
As a number of Major Cycle Routes come on-stream, it’s pretty important that people know where these routes are and where they go to. So it’s good to see quite a few of these popping up around the place …
Photo of the Day: Auckland Dockless Bike Share
I was in Auckland earlier in the week attending a transport conference. Taking a bus through town, I snapped this shot while stopped at the lights (excuse the reflections from the bus window):
In case you haven’t come …
Photo of the Day: New cycleways
The unscheduled break in website service followed by a busy Biketober means that we haven’t spent much time lately highlighting all the work that has been going on on the Major Cycleway network recently. Unless you’ve picked up a copy …
Photo(s) of the Day: Council Bike Parking
This is a tale that started about six months ago when I was bemoaning once again the lack of bike parking on the Worcester Blvd side of the City Council building. I’m a fairly regular visitor there and, while there …
Photo of the Day: Bus Bike Rack Practice
Bike racks on the front of buses are becoming a familiar sight around the city, particularly now that they are standard on all Metro services. I’m seeing a fairly steady level of usage on the buses travelling around town, …
Guest Photo of the Day: Hotel Bike Parking
Regular contributor Robert sent in this photo that he thought was a nice sign of how things are changing. This was at the very swanky hotel, The George; as Robert said “I was impressed by this. Expected to need …
Photo of the Day: New CBD bike parking
We’re seeing a lot of great new cycleways popping up around town, but of course they won’t be much use if there’s nowhere to park your bike at the end of your ride. Fortunately, the City Council has been thinking …
Photo of the Day: Santa Monica Bikeway
The blog posts have been a bit sparse of late; that’s because I have just spent the past week in Washington DC for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, a huge transportation conference of 14,000 (!) people (and …
Photo of the Day: Avon River Precinct path
One of the rebuild projects slowly taking shape in the central city is the Avon River Precinct. Already we’re seeing some really nice urban spaces around the Worcester-Cashel section of Oxford Tce. What’s not so clear yet is just …
Photo of the Day: The pub run – by bike
It’s the end of the working year for many; time to put your feet up and perhaps enjoy a favourite drink. It so happens that my work is located directly above a pub (handy for those “downstairs meeting room” appointments…)…
Guest Photo of the Day: Playcentre Bike Parking
A good sign that cycling is becoming normalised in Christchurch is when it’s not just the clichéd “lycra road warriors” to be seen riding to work or for exercise. So it was nice to receive this photo from …
Photo of the Day: Quake City Biking
The recent shaky events not too far north of us remind us all of our own darkest days back in 2010-11. The graphic and thought-provoking details of the city’s earthquakes are well captured in the Quake City exhibit in Cashel …
Photo of the Day: St Asaph Cycleway
Anyone who has been around the southern part of the central city lately can’t help but notice the road construction work along St Asaph St. A key part of this street reconstruction is the creation of a westbound one-way cycleway…
Guest Photo of the Day: Helmores Lane Bridge
Regular contributor Robert has provided today’s photo – we welcome other photographic contributions!
With all the focus on the Major Cycleways, sometimes it’s easy to forget the little wins. Most people’s cycle journeys will extend beyond a fancy cycleway …
Photo of the Day: Central City Sharrows
The rebuild continues apace in the central city, and that includes the Accessible City transport plans. While some of that includes separated cycle facilities like those seen on Tuam St and south Colombo St, other parts rely on traffic-calmed …
Photo of the Day: Hook Turn Signs
Although we’ve had hook turn boxes at intersections in Christchurch for a few years, it may not always be obvious on approach that they’re there for your use. So a new advance information sign has now been approved in New …
Photo of the Day: Chch Adventure Park Progress
While we bemoan how long it takes to build things like a conference centre (or at least do something with the Cathedral…), it’s great to see that the exciting new mountain-bike adventure park in the Port Hills is continuing …
Photo of the Day: Quay St Cycleway, Auckland
It’s been a while between posts; apologies for that. I’ve been up in Auckland attending the 2WALKandCYCLE Conference and my spare time seems to have been filled with either socialising or preparing presentations. More on the conference and a few …
Photo of the Day (Night): Winter Solstice Ride 2016
Another year, another great turn-out for this year’s Winter Solstice Bike Ride. People young and old converged on North Hagley Park at the end of Tuesday to show off their bike bling and go for a fun ride…
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