CAN’s Roles and Achievements 2013

CAN's Roles and Achievements
May 2013

Leadership (Advocacy)

• Lobbying:

•  

  • NZ Transport Agency dedicated Walking & Cycling Fund.

  • Getting There, NZ's first Walking & Cycling Strategy

  • Getting There National Advisory and Working Groups NZ Supplement to Austroads 14 - design guide for NZ cycle facilities.

• Bike Wise - helped secure the future and increased funding.

•  

  • NZ Road Code - Awareness of cycling included.

  • NZ Cycle Trails

  • Consideration of health benefits in the funding of cycling projects.

• Submissions:

Legislation, strategies and policies changed to benefit cyclists.

• Representation:

• Parliamentary level - select committee hearings,

meetings with key Government Ministers & MPs.

• National agencies -

Ministry of Transport, NZ Transport Agency,

NZTA Research, NZ Police,

Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Health

• Bike Wise Advisory Group.

• Coroner inquests into cycling deaths

 

Communications

• ChainLinks magazine, estab.1997,

• Media

•  

  • Regular comment on request to national media (print, TV, radio)

  • Releases on significant national cycling issues

  • Support and guidance for local groups

• Conferences - national & international papers and presentations

• Website can.org.nz - public and local group resource. 

• Facebook and Twitter

• e.CAN newsletters

 

Campaigns:

• Cycle safety,

• National and local elections

• Stop At Red - to reduce crashes & improve image of cyclists

• 'Make Cycling Count' census campaign

• Who is the Friendly Cyclist?

• Cruise the Waterfront- don't woosh pedestrians

 

Training development & delivery

• The "Fundamentals" course. In-service training on cycling infrastructure and issues for transport professionals.

• "Cycle Aware" workshops - mutual understanding- cyclists and other road user groups (Police, bus-drivers, etc)

• NZ cycle skills training guidelines

• Safer Cycling Programme - cycle instructor training, road user workshops & Share The Road campaigns. Partner BikeNZ for NZTA.

• Cycling Suits, a cycling programme for workplaces.

• Bikeability programme teaching cycle skills at all levels.

• Local Groups:

•  

  • Cyclist and instructor training

  • Upskilling - technical, media, networking and presentation.

 

Networking

• Comprehensive national cycling advocacy network of individual members, local cycling groups and supporting organisations.

• BikeNZ partner in NZTA & RST funded projects. 2010-2016.

• Relationships with other sector groups e.g. Automobile Association

• Supports Frocks on Bikes, Bike On Trust and other cycling initiatives

• CAN national office- centre for communications, resourcing CAN & Local Groups with 2 part time staff.

 

Events & Promotions

• NZ Cycling Conference series - major role in establishment and ongoing success.

• Annual CAN Cycle-Friendly Awards - recognises business, NGO and government agency support for cycling.

• CAN Do, the annual national summit for cycling advocates

 

Resources & Education

• A wide range of resources developed for use at the local level.

• Cycle Friendly Employer Guide developed for SPARC to distribute.

• CAN library -popular with members, students and transport professionals.

• cycling merchandise developed, & sold online.