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On my fairly regular trips out of town I often use a bike-bus combo to get to and from the airport. The central Bus Interchange is a great facility to join the dots here and they really did do a …
Tag: Bike parking
Flashback Friday – Vauban and Rieselfeld, Freiburg: Suburbs for Cycling
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Last week I reminded you about my time visiting the German city of Freiburg and some of its transport-friendly aspects that the similar-sized Christchurch could emulate. Another feature that Greater Chch could do well to consider is how Freiburg develops …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in Amsterdam – does it live up to the hype?
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Pay attention to some of the debates that occur in the media comments sections about cycleways and at some point a naysayer is invariably going to say that “[NZ town X] is not like Amsterdam!” Ignoring the fact that a …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in Utrecht
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Happy Easter! I hope you’re managing to get in some bike rides to work off all the additional chocolate… It’s been an interesting week, not least because I managed to catch Covid. I’ve been pleasantly surprised that my symptoms have …
Flashback Friday: Cycling in Bristol
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Any time that someone claims their city is too hilly for lots of cycling (and conversely, that’s why everyone bikes in Chch…) I invariably think about all of the hilly cities I have visited around the world that somehow buck …
Flashback Friday: Interesting cycle stuff from New York
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I’m still struggling to get many original posts out there right now – seem to be straight back into a busy workload for the year. So for now, another Flashback Friday will have to suffice, again returning to my North …
Flashback Friday – Rotorua: Cycling Bubbling Up
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I’ve just been up in Rotorua for a few days of work in the region, a place I seem to visit every 2-3 years or so. It brought to mind one of my previous visits, back in 2016 when I …
Chch Airport bike parking
I recently had occasion to take an early flight from Christchurch – too early for my usual “bike and bus” combo. So I decided to bike the whole way for once; a reasonable trek from the south side of …
Flashback Friday: Cycling to Events
It’s been a very busy week of work and social activities; hence the lack of blogposts lately. One of those events (pre-lockdown) was the Electric Avenue music festival – very fun, but disappointing again to see zero consideration of bike …
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 …
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 …
Bike Parking at Major Events
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Great Kiwi Beer Festival in Hagley Park, along with 15,000 others apparently. Not surprisingly, given those numbers, I figured that the most sensible way to get there was by bike, to …
Photo of the Day: Grocery Shopping by Bike
Apparently in many people’s minds, biking is still something you can only do recreationally “for fun” (some people still tellingly refer to it only as a “sport” or “hobby”…). And as for doing something practical like shopping – …
Cycling in Chch 2020: The Power of a Bike…
It’s that time of the year when we reflect on what has been happening cycling-wise in Christchurch in past 12 months and also look ahead to the coming new year. If I had to pick a theme this past year, …
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 …
Flashback Friday: Xmas Shopping by Bike
With the crazy season upon us once more (or does that just describe the entire year in 2020?!), it seems an appropriate time to remind you of the practical benefits of getting around on bike when traffic is at a …
Locky Dock stations popping up around town
A few months back we informed you about an exciting new development for bike parking about to happen in Christchurch – “Locky Docks“. Essentially they are free secure bike/scooter parking stations scattered around the central city that also …
Guest post: “No bike parking” signs that don’t provide an alternative
Over at Talking Transport, Chris Morahan has been musing on a topic that annoys me too…
Something that irritates me far more than it should, is when people put up signs that say “no bike parking” but don’t tell …
E-bike charging and bike locking stations coming to Chch
There was an article in The Press last week announcing the roll-out of a new suite of e-bike charging and locking stations for private bikes. Called “Locky Docks”, these stations allow anyone to securely lock their bike using a …
Where shall we put some more cycle parks?
As mentioned last year, City Council is undertaking a programme of minor cycling improvements around the central city. One of these projects is to improve the provision of portable bike parking where it is needed.
You might recall how additional …