http://tinyurl.com/da2tj3 & http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelsonmail/4846810a6510.html
News
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Feb
Feb
Go By Bike Day (18 February 7:30am)
The Lower Octagon.
Cyclists will be treated to a complimentary breakfast voucher to use at Barakah, The Ra Bar or Mash. Everyone can try out the crazy bikes from Bikes 4 Fun which go sideways, backways and everyways. Spokes Dunedin will have a bikeworkstand and tools available for a quick tune up on your wheels!
Critical Mass! (27 February 2009 at 5:30pm)
Otago Museum, Dunedin.
Critical Mass group ride in the central city and back to the botanical gardens to raise...
14
Feb
Feb
Has CAW taken up the issue of the site for the new indoor sports stadium with WCC?
There are likely to be problems with the proposed site for cyclists & pedestrians, such as no access from the Cobham Drive cycle/pedestrian path.
As P/T access won't be great, people will use cars to get there, so the road network in that area will get busier (and less attractive for cycling).
Cheers,
Robert
14
Feb
Feb
Cycle Action Waiheke
Meeting 19 January 2009
14 Hillside Rd
Waiheke Island
Present: Electra Kalaugher, Tom Ransom, Marijke Ransom, Barbara Cuthbert, Tony King Turner, Marie-France Duhamel
Agenda...
14
Feb
Feb
Cycle Action Waiheke caw@gmail.com
2020 update - see https://www.facebook.com/Cycle-Action-Waiheke-102206208218703
Cycle Action Waiheke (CAW) is a local cycling advocacy group based on Waiheke Island. CAW was started in 2007 by a group of local people who felt there was a need to create an independant voice for cyclists to comment on local issues. In particular people were concerned and believed that Waihekes roads should be made safer and more enjoyable for everyday cycling. Membership is free and currently(Feb09) running at just over 100 people.
Cycle Action Waiheke...
12
Feb
Feb
You can join Cycle Aware Manawatu by signing up to our yahoo group by emailing: cycleawaremanawatu@yahoo.com and requesting to join. There is no membership fee but we do encourage you to become a financial member of the Cycling Advocates' Network who provide support to our group and act nationally to promote cycling. http://can.org.nz/join-can
You are welcome to come to our monthly public meetings (see heading "Monthly Meetings" for regularly updated details).
12
Feb
Feb
A new
report from the Dutch employer's organisation the TNO
says that cycling employees save their employers €27M per year due to lower
sickness costs.
The article says that employees who regularly cycle to
work take on average one day less sick leave per year than their non-cycling
colleagues. If employers encourage employees to cycle to work more, then they
can save more.
Across the Netherlands, 26% of all commuting journeys and
10% of business trips are already made by bike. Of course, in some locations
these figures are already somewhat higher. The TNO...
11
Feb
Feb
http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3451
Taxis have been given the green light to use Wellington bus lanes in a trial to see if such a move could benefit taxi users and more efficiently use dedicated road space to help ease growing peak-time congestion.
Four bus lanes - in Kaiwharawhara Rd, Adelaide Rd, Glenmore St and Chaytor St - have been chosen and will be open for use by taxis from next Monday 9 February.
Taxi industry representatives have been lobbying Wellington City Council for access to bus lanes and the Council wants to test the...
10
Feb
Feb
I have been recommended to get in contact with you about a cycling presentation I plan on doing in the South Island. Email is probably the best way to contact me and I look forward to your ideas and suggestions for me.
Cheers, d'Arcy.
...
10
Feb
Feb
Cycling is enjoying a renaissance in New Zealand, and it’s becoming more and more obvious every year. About a third of us – that’s more than 1.5 million people – are now cyclists and one fifth are regular riders.
The press release below went out in 2009 via the BikeWise team with our name on it. It's great to be working with and supporting BikeWise.
I also recommend Cycling fallacies.
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Cycling is enjoying a renaissance in New Zealand, and it’s becoming more and more obvious...
5
Feb
Feb
Hi Everyone,
Got an Idea or A Wish List for our Walking or Cycling Tracks in and around Petone and KoroKoro?
The connection from the Beach at Korokoro gateway over the Motorway
to Belmont Regional Park is a major submission we’ll be making and need
support with.
Now is the time to speak up and submit any of your ideas too.
< strong>You're invited to hear Kelly Crandle from Parks and Reserves speak on 'Making Tracks'
Tuesday 10th February 2009,
Petone Service Centre, Britannia St, Petone.
8pm.
strong>
...
4
Feb
Feb
This is something CAN can add to its merchandise.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/bike-is-obnoxiously-bright.php
29
Jan
Jan
Here is a sample of the media that is being generated as we move into Bike Wise Month.
28
Jan
Jan
Fear Factor of cycling
The "fear factor" is keeping would-be cyclists off the roads in New Zealand. Dr Ben Wooliscroft says driver aggression is the main factor given by people for NOT cycling and he's calling on transport agencies to both improve driver education - and to enforce road rules designed to protect cyclists.
Dr Ben Wooliscroft, Otago cycling researcher; Barbara Cuthbert, Co-Chair of Cycle Action Auckland; Mike Noon, AA General Manager of Motoring; and Andy Knackstedt, NZ Transport Agency.
Listen here: http://www.radionz.co.nz/...
28
Jan
Jan
It has been suggested that we try to coordinate a National Critical Mass Ride (concurrent local critical mass rides nationwide) during Bikewise month.
In Rotorua we are doing a Crictical Mass Ride on the morning of 18 February to link in with "Go by Bike Day" and the free breakfast, etc. It would be quite significant if there were 5-10 Critical Mass Rides all going on the same day.
I have pasted in below the email dialogue so far - apologies for not formatting.
cheers, chris
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Jan
Jan
A variety of bike-themed events have been planned throughout February to mark Bikewise Month, to encourage people of all ages to hop on a bicycle and have fun.
For more information on all the biking events, see:
http://www.newplymouthnz.com/VisitingNewPlymouth/MajorEvents/WildWestBikeFest.htm
Programmes will be available in the next few days from bike shops etc.
22
Jan
Jan
Tour d’Afrique is currently running an essay contest - see www.tourdafrique.com/contest/
Send in your best cycling stories - inspiring, sad, happy, adventurous, etc. - and then they'll open it up to the community to review the submissions and vote for the most interesting ones.
The author of the winning story will win a free trip with Tour d'Afrique as a prize, and their story will be published in American Bicyclist and hopefully other cycling magazines in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the UK.
Tour d’Afrique, a Canadian based company, organises four annual...
19
Jan
Jan
These gods must be crazy! For a country that shunned cycles and projected cars as the future mode of transport, this is second in a row just in US - to my knowledge. don't know how many of them I have missed.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/us-bike-sharing-program-denver-launches-pilot.php
This one is just great http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/bicycle-side-effects.php
Sridhar
7
Jan
Jan
While there seems to be some effort being made by a few cycle retailers in New Zealand to stock a couple of (token?) 'commuter' style bicycles, there are virtually none selling the fully equipped modern European style urban utility bicycles which are the choice of the much wider demographic who make up the masses of cyclists in the Europe 'cycletopias' and in other countries such as Japan.
There is an obsession among New Zealand's existing cycling culture ,
with speed and with at least, seeming to be going 'hard out'.
By catering exclusively for this culture, the cycle...
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Dec
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Welcome to another new online member of Squeaky Wheel - Rob-Commuterdin