Cycling leaders announced
Cycling Action Network has elected a new Board to lead advocacy in New Zealand.
CAN Chair, Jon Dean said cycling would benefit from the skills and energy of the new Board.
Media Releases
News release from Cycling Action Network, 10 March 2020
New road rules make sense and will reduce risk, say cycling advocates
Cyclists need proper bike lanes, not slogans
National's proposal to fine cyclists who don't use bike lanes is a misguided and unworkable plan, say cycling advocates.
“This is a dumb idea,” said Patrick Morgan, from the Cycling Action Network
“It would needlessly stir conflict and hostility.”
Cyclists welcome new road safety strategy
Cycling advocates say the Government's new transport strategy is good news for safer roads.
Patrick goes Dutch
What can the Dutch teach New Zealand about cycling and street design?
MEDIA STATEMENT from Bike Auckland: 10am Wednesday 22 May 2019
Certainty at last for Aucklanders yearning to bike across the bridge?
Bike Auckland welcomes the New Zealand Transport Agency’s preferred design for an Auckland
Harbour Bridge Shared Path as an important breakthrough.
“Ever since the bridge was built, people have wanted to walk and bike across it,” says Barb
Cuthbert, Chair of the advocacy organisation Bike Auckland. “Locals and visitors alike constantly tell
Good news - Government invests a record $390m in cycling and walking
I want to share some welcome news with you – the Government has announced a record $390 million will be invested into cycling and walking projects over the next three years.
Cyclists applaud funding tailwinds
New Government funding for cycling is good news, whether you ride a bike or not, say cycling advocates.
Cyclists welcome record investment in safe and sustainable transport
Cycling advocates say the new transport budget is good news for safer roads.
Cycling advocates call for urgent action on road safety
Ten years after the death of Police Superintendent Steve Fitzgerald while cycling home, cycling advocates are calling for urgent action on road safety.
Former national road policing manager, Mr Fitzgerald was cycling home from work on 19 June 2008 when he and a truck and trailer crashed on a roundabout in Petone. In 2009 the truck driver was convicted of careless driving.