Cycling advocates call for action on making Hawkes Bay roads safer
The death of a cyclist on Brookfields Rd yesterday highlights the need for Councils to make roads safer, say cycling advocates.
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Cantabrians, join Spokes Canterbury for a leisurely ride to see what all the fuss is about around the Heathcote Expressway Cycle
This section of the cycleway is still out for consultation due to protest from property and businesses owners about loss of on-street parking spaces. This is a BIG deal, so come and have a look for yourself, enjoy the ride and have your say in the matter.
Chair’s Report 2016 to 17
This is the report a summary of which was approved by CAN's 2017 AGM. The new Governance system of CAN and the new fee subscription system were also approved at the AGM, so some parts of this report were superseded then.
Summary
This report summarises the activities of CAN’s central Committee, paid staff and national-body volunteers since the 2016 AGM in Hamilton. ‘Headline’ issues included-
Click through here for an online version of this recent edition of CAN's periodical. Articles on overtaking gap research, cycle touring experiences, quaxing and more.
No it’s not to do with route finding but the Government Policy Statement on land transport 2018
‘I don’t know the actual law, but I’m sure it is against some law’. Steven Muir writes about being made to feel like a criminal without being given much supporting evidence:
My crime? I wanted to carry three lengths of stainless steel home on my bike for my latest trailer project.
It’s a pretty standard part of any cycleway debate to have someone say “But we’re not Amsterdam, people are never going to bike here”
Here I review Pete Jordan’s In the City of Bikes, an immigrant American’s view of biking in Amsterdam, and Janette Sadik Khan’s Streetfight, about her battle to turn New York into the Amsterdam of the US.
Three interesting research reports about cycling have just been publicly released by the NZ Transport Agency and already they’re causing a bit of a stir around cycling circles (and elsewhere…).
Last year's CAN Do meeting in Hamilton was a good opportunity to have a couple of weeks away cycling.
I flew to Auckland with my touring bike. The ride started inauspiciously, as the road from the airport had road works and I missed a turn-off.