I’ve just spent the past week attending the Australasian Road Safety Conference in Sydney; some useful and interesting lessons and takeaways in there. Cycling safety topics certainly featured across several sessions (including Tom Flood’s insightful keynote presentation), and it …

It was incredibly sad to hear about the death a week ago of a cyclist near Governors Bay, in what appeared to be a freak chain of events – my sincere sympathies to his family. Looking at the road in …

I’ve just spent two days undertaking KiwiRail certification training for undertaking Level Crossing Safety Impact Assessments (a certain irony then that my current featured post is about safety around tram tracks…). While I have undertaken various LCSIAs in the …

You may recall how earlier in the year the Government consulted on a series of proposed changes to existing Road Rules, many of them looking to provide advantages for people cycling. In July, the Transport Minister announced that four …

Last week, there was an announcement by Christchurch City Council that a new pedestrian/cycle crossing will be installed at the Scruttons Rd level crossing in Heathcote Valley. This is welcome news after the ongoing saga of the past couple …

Mānawatia a Matariki! As we celebrate a long weekend here in NZ, we can also celebrate a few legislative wins that came through last week by the Government to introduce a raft of new road rules, including allowing young …

Greetings from Ireland! My partner and I have arrived in the Emerald Isle for the first time, having just spent the past few days in Amsterdam and elsewhere around the Netherlands. The last time I was in the Netherlands was …

The potential risks of shared paths have suddenly come into the spotlight this week following the sad story of the woman who was struck by a passing cyclist on a shared path along Wooldridge Rd. This incident certainly highlights …

Last year, we foreshadowed the announcement by Transport Minister Chris Bishop of several planned changes to NZ road rules, including several quite relevant to cycling. Last week, the Government launched consultation on these Rule changes, with public submissions due …

Guest contributor Stephen Judd muses on a recent bike ride to the airport:

Last weekend I had an overnight trip to Auckland booked. So I thought I could ride my bike for once and save myself two days’ parking or …