It’s been about two years since I last had a good look at how cycling numbers have been trending across Christchurch city. At the time (March 2024), the numbers were very encouraging, with good growth across Major Cycle Route …

If there’s one silver lining from all the current drama around fuel prices in NZ is that many people are considering alternatives like walking, biking and using public transport. That was highlighted earlier in the week when it was …

The media have just picked up the announcement from Christchurch City Council that our fair city has been named the most bicycle-friendly city in Asia and Oceania and 38th globally (I’d like to think they got the heads-up from an …

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 …

I’ve bemoaned in the past how Christchurch has often gotten overlooked when it comes to global “best cycling city” rankings, often just focused on the largest cities and the capital cities. We partially addressed that issue when People for Bikes …

You will recall last year that the results of the 2023 Census came out with some interesting (and mostly positive) findings for transport patterns around the country and in Christchurch. While Statistics NZ has some online data tools for delving …

Another year has passed since the North American based group People For Bikes undertook their last ratings of the bike-friendliness of cities in the US and beyond. As we mentioned last year, Christchurch is in the mix and doing …

Christchurch City Council have recently posted about how the various cycle counters around the city have seen further good growth in cycle trips over the past couple of years – great results from the investment in new cycleways. Perhaps not …

Another calendar year flies by and we’re ready to herald in 2025 – Happy New Year! For many of us, we might be grateful to see the back of 2024, with various worrying signs for cycling foreshadowed back in our …

Last week we celebrated the notable milestone of the half-millionth bike traversing the Antigua Boatshed bridge cycle counter. Let’s look back to when it was first installed over six years ago, as reported in this blog post from June 2018…