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http://www.bikewalk.org/cl/2011/nov/1116bconf.html
Posted by David Hawke (Committee)
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Protecting the Rimutaka Trail
Greater Wellington has recently received an application from the Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust for permission to reinstate the railway line.
We need to front up on 23 Nov and 15 Dec at GW. Who can come?
Please email fran.wilde@gw.govt.nz and murray.kennedy@gw.govt.nz with your views.
Points you might want to make:
- with 80,000 visitors a year, the Rimutaka Trail is the most popular in the region.
- it's considered the best ride in the region for beginners and families
- it's a convenient and...
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Cycling Advocates Network (CAN) and BikeNZ have issued advice for drivers and cyclists following a fatal crash in Dunedin this morning.
Although the details of the crash have not yet been released, CAN spokesperson Patrick Morgan has reiterated advice to all road users about proven ways to reduce the chances of a crash.
Advice for drivers:
* Look twice for cyclists, especially those coming from the left hand side.
* Give cyclists plenty of space. Allow 1.5 metres between you and the cyclist.
* For truck and bus drivers: get the best mirror system you can to...
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Two Car Free Days Planned in Response to the Tauranga Oil Spill, Over the Next Three Months
Could you forget fossil fueled transport for one day?
Sunday 27 November marks a Car Free Day being launched this year in what's being labelled a ‘positive, proactive response' to the Tauranga oil spill currently happening off the east coast of New Zealand.
Organiser Charlotte Squire, Editor of the good news website Happyzine says Car Free Days are a great way to quickly reduce oil consumption, and can be an "ode to the people of Tauranga" during a challenging time for their...
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Safety is a two-way street
Emma Davis and Senior Constable Pat Kauri are interviewed for Greater Wellington's new safety campaign.
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Emma Hope of WCC writes:
Noticed anything different when you've been on the Waterfront lately?
Wellington Waterfront Ltd and Wellington City Council have recently made some subtle new additions to the Wellington Waterfront, and they want to know what you think! The survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sharedpathways) will take approximately five minutes to complete, and all responses will remain confidential. For any further information, please contact Emma Hope at Wellington City Council on emma.hope@wcc.govt.nz
We'll also be stopping people on the...
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It's so cold the gears need defrosting, roads are like ice rinks and helmets are strapped over full-face balaclavas.
But the mayor of the favourite city for cycling in the United States says if Minneapolis can achieve what it has, there's no reason Melbourne and other Australian cities can't follow.
Almost halfway across a country famed for its car culture and with a climate to test the bravest – think snow ploughs and Fargo – Minneapolis doesn't strike as one where commuters would prefer the saddle over the car heater.
But its ranking as the best biking...
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CAN's Project Manager, Patrick Morgan pops up on The Bike Show: The Bike Show is a weekly radio show about cycling. It is broadcast in central London on radio art station Resonance 104.4fm. You can listen to the show and Patrick is on air about half way through the show; start to listen off this page or download from iTunes.
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Chicago would have 3,000 bicycles to rent from 300 stations by next summer — with no charge for the first 30 minutes — under an ambitious plan in the works aimed at making cycling a “new transit system.”
Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s dream of creating a Paris-style bike rental program in Chicago is about to take off, with the city issuing a “request for proposals” (RFP) for a grand plan bigger than Daley envisioned.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his handpicked Transportation Commissioner...
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CAN and the Chainlinks team are planning a special issue of Chainlinks for the start of 2012. Work doesn't usually start on the first Chainlinks issue of each year until January and February, and the issue doesn't come out until March or sometimes even April.
For 2012 we will have an issue out in late January, so it's there for Bike month.
Although the current issue of Caninlinks is delayed it has a description of the special issue like this in it.
The next issue of Chainlinks will be published in early 2012 and will be out in time...
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Bicycling greenways — networks of residential roads that are outfitted with speed bumps, landscaped curbs that make portions of a street narrower, or stop signs to give cyclists and pedestrians priority over cars — have become a political selling point for Proposition 1.
For several years, Seattle has painted bicycle lanes or icons on nearly all major streets, in hopes of encouraging people to ride.
Cycling has increased, but a lot of people remain ambivalent, including Jennifer Litowski of Ballard. She's comfortable riding some of the less-busy arterials. But when her 5...
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NEW YORK — Bicycle lanes, cycling lessons for adults, and soon 10,000 bikes in a sharing program: New York is pedaling hard to join the world's growing love affair with the bicycle.
The number of New Yorkers taking the two-wheeled option to commute has doubled in the last five years, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office. They are still a relatively rare sight as they zigzag between the yellow cabs and heavy traffic pouring through Manhattan each rush hour.
But if this can still be a perilous activity, that's starting to change, with 350 kilometers of new bike...
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Coastal Path Use
The 7km coastal walkway, from the Port to the Waiwhakaiho River mouth, was formally opened by New Plymouth District Council in December 2003.
The 3km coastal walkway extension, from the Waiwhakaiho River mouth to Bell Block, was opened in December 2010.
The coastal walkway is very popular with the public and is enjoyed by large numbers of pedestrians, cyclists and other users. For example, nearly 30,000 people used it at Te Henui and Te Rewa Rewa bridges during each of the summer months.
Being such an important rates-funded community asset, a review...
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Sarah Ulmer was one of the first of 1000 people to test Mapua's new "Flat Bottom Fairy" service yesterday.
The Olympic gold medallist attended the official opening of Tasman's Great Taste Trail cycleway ferry, which took visitors and their bikes across the estuary to test the new 6.8-kilometre trail through Rabbit Island to Mapua.
Ulmer, the national cycle-trail ambassador, said it was a fantastic cycle trail and congratulated everybody who was involved with the project, which was a great way to showcase the region.
"You guys have done an incredible job in making this a...
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This year the post CAN Do bike ride took two days (31 October - 1 November) from Nelson to Picton, stopping at Pelorus Bridge, overnighting in Havelock and heading into Picton on the gorgeous Queen Charlotte Drive.
Day 1: Distance 75 km, ice-creams at Hira, then some climbing, over the Whangamoa Saddle (357 m) and Rai Saddle (247 m). Lunch at Collins Valley then afternoon tea stop at Pelorus Bridge, where there is a cafe and gorgeous bush walks. We stayed the night in Havelock (Rutherford House YHA hostel).
Day 2: Distance 35 km, relatively...
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They wore silver racing shoes and black leather boots, sneakers and ballet flats, but all of them were there for one purpose: to ride. Several dozen bike lovers took to the streets Saturday morning on a tour of Salt Lake City’s newest bike lanes and innovations as city officials showed off their latest progress.
By winter’s start, about 50 miles of new and improved lanes will have been added to the capital this year, along with bike parking corrals and more bike symbols to help both motorists and cyclists stay safe. Salt Lake City may not be quite as bike-friendly as a city...
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The humble bicycle, for decades the workhorse of the Communist proletariat, is this year's surprise fashion accessory in China.
The rivers of cyclists that used to flow through Chinese cities, all mounted on sturdy Flying Pigeon bikes and wearing monochrome Mao suits, have long dried up.
Instead, for two decades China has been a nation of drivers, embracing the car the point of gridlock and even outlawing bicycles from key thoroughfares in Shanghai.
But for a new generation of Chinese, inspired by the West and Japan, the bicycle is once again...
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CAN's Annual General Meeting will be held on the Saturday afternoon of the CAN Do, 29 October 2011 at 4.20 pm.
The venue will be the Auckland Point School, 111 Haven Road, Nelson. For more details, see the CAN Do page.
For your information, here are the minutes from the 2010 CAN AGM.
Also, here is a copy of CAN's Rules (aka Constitution).
ItemAgenda Item1 Welcome/Apologies/Proxies.2Review of Previous Minutes.3Matters arising.4Office holders' reports:
Chairperson's report ...
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Links from the CAN Do, CAN's annual get-together, now available. The weekend includes our AGM, workshops, training, rides, plenty of food and drink and a chance to catch up with fellow "CANners" from around New Zealand.
Dates: Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 October 2011
Registrations are now closed.
Venue: Auckland Point School, 111 Haven Road, Nelson.
Numbers expected: 20-30.
Notes from the sessions are available here, or...