Christchurch’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 …
Tag: Central City
Flashback Friday: Central City street consultations now out
Anyone who has been riding around the southeastern part of the central city lately couldn’t fail to notice the major road works going on around the new Te Kaha stadium. A couple of weeks back, Council agreed to go ahead …
First Look: High St south redevelopment
Riding into town last weekend, I took the route through the southern part of High St to head towards the city centre. For the past few months that has been a bit of a construction zone as the final part …
Flashback Friday – First Look: Rolleston Ave / Park Tce Cycleway
Tonight was the latest annual Winter Solstice Ride around North Hagley Park and nearly 200 punters (and all their lights/bling…) turned up for a fun cruise around! The first section of the ride took in part of the pop-up cycleway …
Flashback Friday: Roger wants cycling in the city too…
This week, we’ve just had the 13th anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck Christchurch back in 2011 – it really does seem a lifetime ago now. In the first few years afterwards, a lot of discussions were had about …
Flashback Friday – Photo of the Day: East Frame Pump Track
It’s always nice biking through town using some of the cycle-friendly corridors like the East Frame and the Avon River. Nearing Margaret Mahy Playground from the south, it can be fun to take in a little diversion via the pump …
Flashback Friday: High St revitalisation
Those of you who travel through the southeast part of the Central City may find that part of your route along the bottom end of High St will be impacted soon by works starting to complete the last section between …
Flashback Friday: New Central City cycling projects aim to fix the little things…?
Summer is a great time to be enjoying activities in the central city, and it’s definitely easier to do that by bike – no traffic or parking hassles. It’s always nice though when there are even more little touches …
Flashback Friday(-ish): “No-one bikes into town, it’s not practical…”
You know that it’s been a busy week when you don’t even find time to get a Flashback Friday out on time – ah well, Saturday morning it is… It is of course starting to get into the silly season …
Flashback Friday: Cycle-friendly places vs People-friendly ones
If you’ve been anywhere near Cathedral Square lately, you might have noticed the works that have been going on in the southeast quadrant (near Distinction Hotel) to improve the look of the area. It’s part of a wider project to …
Avoiding the perils of tram tracks
Nearly two weeks ago, my partner’s exciting foray into cycle commuting to work came to a crashing halt thanks to a run-in with a tram track in the central city. It wasn’t even on her normal commute, but a side …
Have your Say on the Park Terrace Cycleway
As was posted last week, there is a new pop-up cycleway installed along Rolleston Ave and Park Tce next to Hagley Park. The main motivation was to alleviate active mode travel congestion while the museum is being redeveloped, but …
First Look: Rolleston Ave / Park Tce Cycleway
As mentioned briefly the other day, Rolleston Ave and Park Tce in the central city have had a bit of a rapid makeover in the past few weeks, creating a new interim separated cycleway while major refurbishment works are …
Hidden Treasures: The South Frame
We hear a lot about the various Major Cycle Routes around the city, and also the nice central city corridors like the Oxford Promenade and the East Frame. But another cool little route has been slowly making its way across …
Central City street consultations now out
A couple of central city street improvement projects have been out for consultation over the last few weeks, with consultation originally closing this Monday 7th Nov – although in one case that has changed.
Let’s start with the one where …
Flashback Friday – Return to Christchurch: Cycling works underway
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When we haven’t been pondering our own cold/wet weather lately, much of the focus this week has been on the incredibly hot weather over in Europe (climate change, anyone?). Seven years ago, I had just returned from three months in …
Flashback Friday: Antigua Street Bridge is Open
One of the big gaps in post-quake Christchurch was the damaged Antigua boatshed bridge, a very popular connection near the hospital for walkers and riders alike. So there was a lot of excitement about its reinstatement in April 2015, …
Consultations on Antigua / Worcester central city cycleways
Post-quake, there was always a bit of a gap between what Ōtākaro (ex CERA) did for cycling within the central city and what the City Council did for cycling outside the Four Avenues. This has led to the odd situation …
Flashback Friday: Hagley/Hospital street works so far
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We cycling advocates can be a picky bunch sometimes; as I illustrated with yesterday’s post, something new might be mostly good but there always seems to be something they could have done a little better… This is not a …
Photo of the Day: Tuam/High Cycle Crossing
Sometimes when it comes to cycling, it’s the little details that make the difference to an easy ride or a tortuous one. That appears to be the case with the near-completion of the High Street upgrade, aiming to provide …