Bike to the Future Supreme Award recognises Māngere’s walking and cycling transformation Māngere’s walk and cycle-friendly community transformation, Te Ara Mua Future Streets, has received the top honour at the annual Bike to the Future Awards in Christchurch on Thursday night. The Bike to the Future Awards are organised by the NZ Transport Agency and Cycling Action Network (CAN). They acknowledge New Zealand’s most innovative cycling projects and celebrate the people who are making cycling a safer and more attractive transport choice. Five other awards went to Marilyn Northcotte, a Wellington cycle skills instructor who has encouraged almost 20,000 Kiwis to start cycling; Abley Transportation Consultants Limited, a Christchurch business that’s turned the rebuild into an opportunity to get its staff on their bikes; Auckland...
News: October 2017
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News release: NZTA leadership on safer speed limits required to reduce the road toll. The quickest fix to reduce our road toll is to adopt safer speed limits. Whilst 100 km/h is appropriate for motorways and wide, straight highways, it is generally unsafe for the remainder of our rural roads. “The NZ Transport Agency’s introduction of an 80 km/h speed limit on State Highway 1 through the Dome Valley, north of Auckland, demonstrated how a safer speed limit immediately resulted in a dramatic saving of lives1” says transport planner, Bevan Woodward. Andy Smith of Living Streets Aotearoa says “An urban speed limit of 50 km/h is often the reason our streets are unsafe for people walking, cycling or using mobility aids. Cities that adopt 30 or 40 km/h speed limits for their urban streets have significantly improved road safety whilst enabling more people to...
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New Government urged to take action on road safety as support for Vision Zero increases Advocates are calling on the new Government to take a fresh approach to road safety, as road deaths increase for the fourth year in a row. Already this year 283 people have been killed. A group of organisations has come together to call on Government and local authorities to adopt a Vision Zero approach to road safety – aiming for zero road deaths and serious injuries. The calls come from Brake, the road safety charity, Cycling Action Network, NZ School Speeds, and Waitematā Local Board Chairperson Pippa Coom, and follow recent moves by some local authorities to embrace Vision Zero. The organisations are welcoming the moves by Hamilton City Council and Waitematā Local Board to include a target of zero road deaths in their plans, and are urging the new Government and other local...