Another calendar year flies by and we're ready to herald in 2025 - Happy New Year! For many of us, we might be grateful to see the back of 2024, with various worrying signs for cycling foreshadowed back in our 2023 review... The new Government for starters was very quick ...
Flashback Friday: Vale, Keith Guthrie27 Dec 2024Cycle-centric ideas / People riding bikesNearly a week ago, my partner’s father passed away; needless to say it has been a sad and emotional time – rest in peace, Poppa… As all of us get older, sadly we can expect to have more in our own cycling circles depart this earth. Many of them have made an important impact in … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Vale, Keith Guthrie” [...]
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If not bikes on buses, how about prams again?24 Dec 2024Bikes & equipment / Cycle-centric ideasSeasons greetings everyone! I hope you will have a fun Christmas and summer break and also hopefully get out and about on your bike when you can too… I’ll pop up an end-of-year review in a week, but certainly one of the recent hot topics has been the banning of bikes from bus racks. As … Continue reading “If not bikes on buses, how about prams again?” [...]
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Flashback Friday – Photo of the Day: Cycle Counter Display20 Dec 2024General A2B by bike / Photo of the DayLast week we celebrated the notable milestone of the half-millionth bike traversing the Antigua Boatshed bridge cycle counter. Let’s look back to when it was first installed over six years ago, as reported in this blog post from June 2018… A nice development in Christchurch over the past few months has been the introduction of … Continue reading “Flashback Friday – Photo of the Day: Cycle Counter Display” [...]
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Photo of the Day: Half a million bikes15 Dec 2024Cycle infrastructure / People riding bikesChristchurch’s Major Cycle Routes have helped to fuel an impressive surge in numbers of people cycling around the city over the past few years. One of the busiest locations is at the Antigua Boatshed bridge, where an electronic display helps show passersby how many people have biked past the spot each day and for the … Continue reading “Photo of the Day: Half a million bikes” [...]
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Flashback Friday – #2walkandcycle: Interesting stuff around Nelson13 Dec 2024Cycle infrastructure / Cycle-centric ideas / EventsLast weekend I was up in Nelson for a wedding; while there, we also took the opportunity to do a bit more socialising and checking out the Nelson-Richmond district. Not surprisingly, we saw plenty of people biking while there as well – Nelson is the one city in New Zealand that surpassed Christchurch for cycling … Continue reading “Flashback Friday – #2walkandcycle: Interesting stuff around Nelson” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Should Cycling be allowed in the Botanic Gardens?6 Dec 2024Cycle infrastructure / Cycle-centric ideasThe Christchurch City Council is currently consulting on an update to its Parks and Bylaw 2016; you’ve got until Sun Dec 15th to get some feedback in. One of the changes proposed is to expand the mentions of “bicycles” to include “electric bicycle, scooter or electric scooter” to reflect the current prevalence of new micro-mobility … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Should Cycling be allowed in the Botanic Gardens?” [...]
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Photo of the Day: To the cricket by Bike4 Dec 2024Bikes & equipment / Cycle-centric ideasAs many of you will know, last week saw the NZ cricket team play England at Hagley Oval in the first of three test matches. And, while the end result wasn’t what I was hoping, my partner and I had a fun day attending on the Saturday and joining in the “dress-up day” fun as … Continue reading “Photo of the Day: To the cricket by Bike” [...]
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What’s the Future for Transport in Christchurch? Have your say…1 Dec 2024Cycle infrastructureTransport invariably seems to be a contentious topic in the public eye, with many views on different ways to address the various impacts associated with it. Beyond the short-term issues that focus people’s attention, long-term transport planning is needed to deal with the inevitable challenges that come with a growing population and associated growing demand … Continue reading “What’s the Future for Transport in Christchurch? Have your say…” [...]
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Flashback Friday: Have mercy on me, a Health & Safety sinner29 Nov 2024Bikes & equipment / General A2B by bikeFresh off last week’s musings about the absurdities of health and safety, let me take you back to June 2016, when guest blogger Steve Muir tried to use his bike for some transporting… I was made to feel like an irresponsible criminal yesterday. My crime? I wanted to carry 3 lengths of stainless steel home … Continue reading “Flashback Friday: Have mercy on me, a Health & Safety sinner” [...]
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Health & Safety and Cycling – When perceived risk trumps reality23 Nov 2024Cycle-centric ideas / People riding bikesAs you might imagine, I’m not a big fan of many of the current Transport Minister’s actions, particularly when he seems hell-bent on eradicating most funding for walking & cycling and lower speed limits. So it is a slight surprise when I find myself agreeing with him on a couple of recent issues that have … Continue reading “Health & Safety and Cycling – When perceived risk trumps reality” [...]
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