Central City – Cycling in Christchurch

Flashback Friday: Christchurch Will Never Be Amsterdam

Robert Fleming — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:54:37 +0000

Greetings from Rimini, Italy, where I’m just wrapping up attending the Velo-City Cycling Conference here. After that, my partner and I will be taking in a whirlwind journey on to Venice, Zurich, and then Amsterdam. In a blogpost back in …

Bike parking at Te Kaha (One NZ) Stadium

LennyBoy — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:37:41 +0000

The weekend just gone in Christchurch has been an awesome feast of activity as the new One NZ Stadium (aka Te Kaha) hosted the Super Rugby round for all ten teams. It certainly brought the crowds in; the central city …

Photo of the Day: Boatshed Bridge cycle count (maybe…)

LennyBoy — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:22:13 +0000

The cycle display counter next to the Antigua St Boatshed Bridge is arguably the busiest cycling point in the whole city. In 2024, we even celebrated over half a million people cycling across it within the year. On the last …

Flashback Friday: Consultations on Antigua / Worcester central city cycleways

LennyBoy — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 23:08:56 +0000

The Chch City Council currently has a few speed limit consultations out related to key cycling corridors, namely the Antigua St, Worcester/Hereford/Barbadoes St, and Nor’West Arc cycleway routes. Get your feedback in by the end of October! Over …

Flashback Friday: Have your Say on the Park Terrace Cycleway

LennyBoy — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 01:57:49 +0000

Earlier this week, mayoral re-election hopeful Phil Mauger engaged in a spot of dog-whistling by calling for the Park Terrace pop-up cycleway to be ripped out. For something that has been working successfully for over two years (I often …

Heads Up: Antigua St Footbridge works

LennyBoy — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 01:31:05 +0000

The shared cycle/footbridge by the Antigua Boatsheds is one of the busiest cycling routes in the city (as evidenced by the cycle counter there). All this congestion does have its challenges though, causing some conflicts as different users try to …

Photo of the Day: Half a million bikes

LennyBoy — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:10:30 +0000

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 …

Flashback Friday: Central City street consultations now out

LennyBoy — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:36:51 +0000

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

LennyBoy — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 08:16:24 +0000

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

LennyBoy — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:52:49 +0000

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 …