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		<title>Flashback Friday: Some more Cycling Projects on the go</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/11/28/flashback-friday-some-more-cycling-projects-on-the-go/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/11/28/flashback-friday-some-more-cycling-projects-on-the-go/" title="Flashback Friday: Some more Cycling Projects on the go" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MataiCycleway-Map-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" /></a><p><em>My consulting company has just celebrated <a href="https://viastrada.nz/news/heres-20-years-viastrada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 years in business</a>. I actually joined them nearly ten years ago, after 12 years at university &#8211; quite the industry change&#8230; So what was happening around Christchurch when I first started at </em>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flashback Friday: Feeling the Love</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/09/19/flashback-friday-feeling-the-love/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Fleming]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/09/19/flashback-friday-feeling-the-love/" title="Flashback Friday: Feeling the Love" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Mar7-photo 1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" /></a><p><em>Earlier this week, Star News featured <a href="https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/christchurch-rider-making-streets-safer-cyclists-after-being-hit-car" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a very nice article</a> about one of our regular contributors <a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2024/05/06/in-the-spotlight-robert-fleming-and-the-wednesday-wheelies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Fleming</a>. Over more than a decade, Robert has contributed more than 60 blog posts (not counting Flashback Fridays), including updates on cycleway </em>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Heads Up: Antigua St Footbridge works</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/06/08/heads-up-antigua-st-footbridge-works/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 01:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cycle infrastructure]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2025/06/08/heads-up-antigua-st-footbridge-works/" title="Heads Up: Antigua St Footbridge works" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AntiguaBridge-PathWidth-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The shared cycle/footbridge by the Antigua Boatsheds is one of the busiest cycling routes in the city (as evidenced by the <a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2024/12/20/flashback-friday-photo-of-the-day-cycle-counter-display/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cycle counter</a> there). All this congestion does have its challenges though, causing some conflicts as different users try to &#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flashback Friday &#8211; First Look: Rolleston Ave / Park Tce Cycleway</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2024/06/21/flashback-friday-first-look-rolleston-ave-park-tce-cycleway/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2024/06/21/flashback-friday-first-look-rolleston-ave-park-tce-cycleway/" title="Flashback Friday &#8211; First Look: Rolleston Ave / Park Tce Cycleway" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RollestonAve-cycleway-8-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p><em>Tonight was the latest annual <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1057974728833132/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winter Solstice Ride</a> around North Hagley Park and nearly 200 punters (and all their lights/bling&#8230;) turned up for a fun cruise around! The first section of the ride took in part of the pop-up cycleway </em>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Temporary Traffic Management for Cycling &#8211; Little Steps&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2024/01/03/temporary-traffic-management-for-cycling-little-steps/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 02:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2024/01/03/temporary-traffic-management-for-cycling-little-steps/" title="Temporary Traffic Management for Cycling &#8211; Little Steps&#8230;" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CycleLane-TTM-Before-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>Happy New Year! I&#8217;m currently enjoying a bit of a break before getting back to work <em>(if you can call still writing CiC blogs a &#8220;break&#8221;&#8230;)</em>. Thought I&#8217;d start the new year with a positive story that I&#8217;m starting &#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>First Look (and an Opening) &#8211; Coastal Pathway final section</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/11/25/first-look-and-an-opening-coastal-pathway-final-section/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 04:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/11/25/first-look-and-an-opening-coastal-pathway-final-section/" title="First Look (and an Opening) &#8211; Coastal Pathway final section" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CoastalPathway-MoncksBay-1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>It seems like a long time since the idea of a <a href="https://www.ccp.org.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coastal pathway</a> all the way out to Sumner was first floated &#8211; and indeed it was <a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2012/08/30/eastern-visions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over a decade ago</a> that the idea started to build momentum. Then a &#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flashback Friday Photo of the Day: North Hagley Pathway Works</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/06/02/flashback-friday-photo-of-the-day-north-hagley-pathway-works/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/06/02/flashback-friday-photo-of-the-day-north-hagley-pathway-works/" title="Flashback Friday Photo of the Day: North Hagley Pathway Works" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NthHagleyPath-works (2)-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p><em>Shared paths have a mixed reception from various users of them, especially when they&#8217;re not particularly wide. It&#8217;s why there is often a push to have separate walking and cycling paths where possible. The alternative is to at least widen </em>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>First Look: Rolleston Ave / Park Tce Cycleway</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/05/16/first-look-rolleston-ave-park-tce-cycleway/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 20:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/05/16/first-look-rolleston-ave-park-tce-cycleway/" title="First Look: Rolleston Ave / Park Tce Cycleway" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RollestonAve-cycleway-3-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>As mentioned briefly <a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/05/12/flashback-friday-photo-of-the-day-rolleston-ave-shared-path/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the other day</a>, Rolleston Ave and Park Tce in the central city have had <a href="https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/improving-our-transport-and-roads/transport-projects/rolleston-avenue-improvements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a bit of a rapid makeover</a> in the past few weeks, creating a new interim separated cycleway while major refurbishment works are &#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Photo of the Day: Good Cycle Temporary Traffic Management</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/04/10/photo-of-the-day-good-cycle-temporary-traffic-management/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2023 19:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2023/04/10/photo-of-the-day-good-cycle-temporary-traffic-management/" title="Photo of the Day: Good Cycle Temporary Traffic Management" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GoodCycleTempTM-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>It&#8217;s easy enough to criticise when things aren&#8217;t quite right from a cycling perspective, whether they be <a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2018/08/26/biking-in-a-rebuilding-city-a-chance-to-compare-notes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">permanent</a> features or just <a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2019/04/29/photo-of-the-day-traffic-lane-closures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">temporary</a> ones. But I also believe that it&#8217;s important to acknowledge when a good job has been done as &#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Southeastern Cycleways coming along</title>
		<link>https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2022/12/06/new-southeastern-cycleways-coming-along/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[LennyBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/2022/12/06/new-southeastern-cycleways-coming-along/" title="New Southeastern Cycleways coming along" rel="nofollow"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cyclingchristchurch.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rapanui-Ferrymead-4-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a><p>The cycleway construction season is in full swing across the city. The other day I got the chance to see how progress is going on two cycleway sections in the southeastern part of the city; the Heathcote Expressway in Woolston &#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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