Speed Limits Bylaw ReviewSubmission to Palmerston North City Council 24 July 2013 to submission@pncc.govt.nzWe seek the following decision from the Palmerston North City Council:Set permanent 30 km/h speed limits outside schools. Alternatively, if the national speed management plan changes, set part-time 30 km/h speed limits.1 Thank you for the opportunity to give feedback on the Speed Limits Bylaw Review.2 This submission has been prepared by members of the Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN).About CANCAN is the overarching body of the national network of cycling advocates. It is a voice for all cyclists - recreational, commuter and touring. Its membership includes nearly 1500 members with more than 2000 additional friends who are on an email network. As well as taking on board the extensive cycling experience of many of our members who are both...
News: July 2013
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WhoWhatReceivedcopyeditpicsProduction? Liz BeckLet's go article YesJohn YesFrocksVelo City Yes Wheel StylishYes MariaDunedin approach to recruitment Web MacKinack Island -GraemeCAN policy - high-vis clothing YesJohn YesDavid H Strategy meeting with local group reps. Eldad CollinsRotorua Cycle Action update YesLara Yes ClaireSanta Monica Bike Centre Simon KKiwi Brevet 2014 YesLara Yes Jonathan KRimutaka Great Ride YesJohn Yes OwenI-WAy update Bikewiseupdate for 2014 YesJohn Yes Stuart EdwardsBiking business in Wairarapa YesLara Lynn SleathKapiti update YesLara Yes HillekeRiding with Kahu Yes Yes LeahRiding while pregnant Yes John Yes GerryNZTA model comms doc Yes -Yes Yes AlastairCAW update YesAshley Howell Whanganui Whare Bike Yes ...
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Is our love affair with the car waning?Peak car (also peak car use or peak travel) is a hypothesis that motor vehicle distance traveled per capita (expressed as VKT vehicle kilometres traveled per person), predominantly by car, has peaked in at least eight major developed countries.There are two variants of the hypothesis, one (sometimes called 'saturation' or 'plateau') that having reached a peak, car use per head will continue at about the same level indefinitely into the future, the other that after peaking car use may in future show a prolonged declining trend.Places where it is suggested that car use has peaked include Australia, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan (early 1990s), Sweden, the United Kingdom (many cities from about 1994) and the United States.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_carAnd in New Zealand, according to...
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Review of studies that have quantified the economic benefits of interventions to increase walking andcycling for transportDec 2012, from Canterbury DHBhttp://www.cph.co.nz/Files/QuantEconBenefitPhysicalActive.pdf
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As a form of transport, the bike is hard to beat. It is non-polluting, human powered, takes up little space and is often the quickest form of transport for journeys of less than 5 km, especially around towns and cities.Beyond simply getting from ‘A' to ‘B', cycling can be a wonderful leisure-time activity and offers excellent health benefits for relatively little cost.Whether you are into cycling to work or school, for leisure or for fitness, the information below can help make cycling more fun and effective for you and your whānau.More at http://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/healthy-living/food-and-physical-a...
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This page will store the submissions provided by CAN and other groups or individuals to the National Inquest into Cycling Deaths, presided over by Cr Gordon Matenga between 2011-13(note that some of these submissions refer only to one/some of the cases being investigated)Link to final review report by the Coroner (Nov 2013)