When I investigated cycling fatalities in NZ a while back, a striking feature I noted was that more than half of the collisions involved a driver who did not even see the cyclist beforehand (or in a few cases, saw …
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Christchurch – The City that… Cycles ??
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Regular guest blogger Robert has returned from his overseas travels and now turns his attention back to Christchurch…
Over the years, and more particularly since the earthquakes, there has been concern conveyed from various sources in the tourism, marketing and …
CTV does Cycling
If you’re a regular viewer of CTV (Canterbury Television) you may have seen the News team recently do a series on transport options around Christchurch. CTV reporters followed various City Councillors on their commutes around the city using different modes, …
Guest Post Part 2 – Cycling in York
Our roving guest blogger Robert continues his journey with a missive from one of my favourite towns – York, UK:
The proprietor of Cycle Heaven bike shop situated outside of the York Railway Station hired us a couple of bikes …
See the Person – Share the Road
In amongst the feeding frenzy regarding cycle safety last week, the NZ Transport Agency released a new advertising campaign encouraging motorists to better share the road with people cycling. The campaign is designed “to personalise and humanise people cycling so …
Go By Bike Day
Technically February is Bike Wise Month and this Wednesday (13th) is Go By Bike Day. You may not be aware of this because there has been pretty much zilch publicity about it in Christchurch. Contrast this with:
- Wellington, where they’ll