Politics – Cycling in Christchurch

A new Christchurch City Council – does this change anything for cycling?

LennyBoy — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:32:02 +0000

After all the drama and debate, the dust has settled and we have a confirmed set of City Councillors and Community Board members – congratulations to all the successful candidates! Again, I’m a bit disappointed in how few people actually …

Local Elections! Who to vote for?

LennyBoy — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:31:48 +0000

Another three-year cycle (see what I did there…) is drawing to a close, and it’s time for local government elections once more. By now, you should have received your voting papers in the mail and can now ponder who to …

Flashback Friday: Council Rates and MCRs 101

Simon Barnard — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:57:06 +0000

No surprises that cycleways are one of the hot topics in this coming election, and will no doubt get some airing at the Mayoral Forum next Thu 4th Sep. A news article last week looked into the supposed extravagance …

Flashback Friday: What the recent elections told us about support for cycling in Chch

LennyBoy — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 02:56:36 +0000

As of 12pm today, time is up for nominations by people to stand in the coming local body elections. Now the fun begins of even more campaigning, leading up to us, the voters, to decide who to support. No …

The Long, Long, Long Journey of the Wheels to Wings Cycleway is ready for another twist…

LennyBoy — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:02:03 +0000

I’d like to invite you to cast your mind way back to mid-2009… Spurred on by some concerns from nearby school children about cycling to school, consultation was undertaken on a proposal to add cycle lanes to Harewood …

Flashback Friday: A complete cycling network for 34 cents a year

Cycling in Chch (Guest) — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:01:29 +0000

About six weeks ago, the Govt’s National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) came out and currently Councils around the country are grappling with its implications for their funding plans, especially when it comes to road safety and sustainable transport projects – …

Election 2023! Who to vote for?

LennyBoy — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 22:38:46 +0000

It’s that time again when every three years we’re called upon to do our democratic duty and vote in the national elections. Official voting day is not until Sat Oct 14th, but early voting is now open. Labour has …

Flashback Friday – Highlights from #2walkandcycle Conference Nelson

LennyBoy — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:22:03 +0000

Earlier this week, I attended the NZ Walking Summit here in Christchurch, organised by pedestrian advocates Living Streets Aotearoa. It was a fairly well attended forum, with delegates from around the country coming to hear the latest thinking on creating …

Flashback Friday – Elections 2019: Why are Cycleways always the Easy Beat?

LennyBoy — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:30:51 +0000

It’s coming up to the end of this term’s local government elections. If you haven’t done so already: get out there and vote! You have until midday this Saturday 8th and you’ll have to hand in your voting papers in …

Who are we providing cycleways for?

LennyBoy — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 19:05:52 +0000

Recently there was a Facebook post to Chch City Council’s site by someone grumbling about cyclists using traffic lanes in the central city when a cycleway exists on the same road. Not surprisingly, there was quite a bit of animated …