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Meeting Reminders:

12.30 pm at NPDC Mishma Room, Ground Floor, monthly get together with their Cycle Strategy Implementation Team on what is happening etc.

5.20 pm venue at STOS, regular NTCA meeting, Devon St West 

Minutes from last month are at: http://can.org.nz/candocument/minutes-june-3rd-ntca-meeting

Latest newsletter from the Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector is online here.

Source: Bicyclesafe.com Note, this refers to American roads, thus riding on the right-hand side

This page shows you real ways you can get hit and real ways to avoid getting hit

This is a far cry from normal bicycle safety guides, which usually tell you little more than to wear your helmet and to follow the law. But consider this for a moment: Wearing a helmet will do absolutely nothing to prevent you from getting hit by a car. Sure, helmets might help you if you get hit, but your #1 goal should be to avoid getting...

Things to remember if you have a crash.

 

1. Be Prepared to Act

If you crash and are injured, you may have to rely on bystanders for help.  If you are conscious and mobile after your crash be prepared to act.

2. Get Off the Road...

 

Right... Brands Go Bike Crazy In NYC http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/brands-go-bike-crazy-in-nyc.html  

June 23, 2009

Marketers and PR-folk take note, free bike rides just might be the next “pop-up shop” for their universal ability to lure in the general public and it appears retailers are catching on. Topshop and Whole Foods recently gave their customers more reason to turn to the alternative mode of transportation, with two bike-centric store events held in NYC. 

Over the weekend, Anglophiles everywhere took...

FWD message

Hi everybody
The Regional Transport Committee received (on Monday this week) the draft of the walking and cycling strategy and approved it to be be circulated to targetted stakeholders for submissions or feedback.   I have identified about 80 stakeholders whom we are targetting for feedback through a submission/feedback process. A proportion of the 80 stakeholders are members of the steering group who helped shape the strategy.  For those of you receiving this email, you are identified because you were either part of the original sub-regional focus group...

The city of Copenhagen, Denmark, our Best of Green 2009 winner for "Best City To Be a Cyclist In", has installed what I think is a totally awesome cyclist counter ("cykelbarometer") in front of city hall (it also has an air pump if you need to inflate your bike's tires). The two numbers on the counter are "total number today" and "total number this year so far", according to our friend Mikeal from Copenhagenize. The city will give a Biomega bike to cyclist number 500,000, and since there are about 12,000 cyclists that pass by on a week day (about 25k both ways), it shouldn't take too long...

Cabinet paper provides no confidence that national cycleway will ever become a reality.

Cabinet paper: no confidence for national cycleway
Kelvin Davis Labour Tourism Spokesperson
18 June 2009 Media Statement 
Cabinet paper provides no confidence that national cycleway will ever become a reality.
Papers released by Tourism Minister John Key's office and the Tourism Ministry give no confidence that the vision of a cycleway the length of New Zealand will ever be anything more than a disconnected patchwork of small tracks, says Labour tourism spokesperson...

*MythBusters: Utility Cycling Requires Special Gear*

No special cycling gear is needed for utility cycling

The current emphasis on hi-viz and other special cycling safety gear being promoted as de rigueur for even a trip to the shops may be counterproductive, and off-putting to many potential bike users.

The subconscious message that cycling is a dangerous activity is being unwittingly promoted by the plethora of safety gear now being deemed essential equipment for a bike ride. In fact cycling is statistically a very safe...