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Bicycle Jousting a Hit at the Santa Parade

A group of keen cyclists known as the Biking Vikings with support from Frocks on Bikes had a very enjoyable time in the Santa Parade with tinselled bikes, armchair trailers in a 4-carriage bike train, bees and angel costumes. The …

Have Your Say: Annex/Birmingham/Wrights/Matipo Street Proposals

I’d better mention this interesting development that is currently out for consultation (closing Friday) – I didn’t even know that this project was in the pipeline until it came out a few weeks ago. But it features A LOT of …

Destination Halswell Junction Road

Regular guest blogger Robert reports on his latest ride around town:

Is there such a thing as moderate addiction to everyday-style cycling?  We hear plenty about those serious athletes of all codes who profess to having down times when they …

#2walkandcycle: Interesting stuff around Nelson

One of the great things about a walking and cycling conference like 2WALKandCYCLE is the opportunity to have a good look around at what the locals have been up to in that regard. So it was that last week’s conference …

Highlights from #2walkandcycle Conference Nelson

Well I’m a few days back from Nelson, where an action-packed 2WALKandCYCLE Conference kept ~190 delegates engaged for three days last week. The term “action packed” might not sound right in the same sentence as “conference”, but it seems an …

Cycling Complaints: When Feedback is Appropriate

Another useful missive from guest blogger Robert:

The cycle safety debate continues and road user behaviour remains under scrutiny and comment. Could be time to offer some guidelines about making a complaint, if it feels that your recent ‘near miss’ …

Apologies – and here’s what’s coming up (or already did)

Wow, ten days without a blogpost, I think that’s a new record. Sorry about the radio silence everyone; the end of semester always tends to be rather crazy for me, wrapping up lectures, marking assignments and so on. I clearly …

Seminar: How Did They Get Around? Transport in Early Chch, Sat 18 Oct

This weekend there’s an interesting seminar that you might be interested in, courtesy of the WEA and the Beca Heritage Week programme of events:

HOW DID THEY GET AROUND?  TRANSPORT IN EARLY CHRISTCHURCH

Saturday 18 October, 1 – 4 pm, …

Construction starts on Avon River Promenade

The rebuild of the Central City continues at a busy pace. This week, CERA’s Central City Development Unit announced the start of the “Terraces” section of the Avon River Corridor, on Oxford Terrace between Cashel and Hereford Streets. This link …

Bikes and buses – starting to think about multimodalism

Great cities allow people to get around them in many different ways and to mix and match transport forms.  Christchurch already has some facilities that allow mixing and matching to happen, so I thought I’d reflect on this for a …

ICECycles Free Bike Maintenance Workshop 18th October

ICECycles (Inner City East Cycles) is running its 18th free bike maintenance day on Saturday 18th October at Linwood Community Art Centre, corner Stanmore Rd and Worchester St. 1-4pm. Come along get your tyres pumped, chain oiled, bearings un-seized, gears …

Would the Draft Cycle Safety Panel Recommendations make a Difference?

It seems like a long week since the tragic events of last Monday when a cycle tourist lost his life in Hornby courtesy of a turning truck. As timing goes, it was intriguing that this was also the same week …