Holy Hosking, the bike lanes are booming
If the cycleways have been feeling a bit busier than usual of late, you’re not imagining things. The latest numbers are out and confirm Auckland’s bike lanes are booming, with many counters in February recording their busiest month ever, despite there only being 28 days.…
62 Comments AA Lobbying: Part Two – The Survey
Last week Auckland Transport opened consultation on a bylaw to set new speed limits. The programme over the next few years will hopefully put our speed limits in line with best international practice, and reduce the appalling level of road trauma our city has: These statistics represent failings in two ways: too many people dying, and too few people walking, cycling and possibly motorcycling – because of the unsafe and unhealthy environment.…
Scoot, Scoot Me
This is a guest post from Steph Robinson a full time mum, part time worker in Auckland City Centre fringe.
I love my car but there must be a better way…
Goodbye long, long, long school holidays. I’m not bitter about our school having what seems to be an extra week off over other schools.…
Trolls under the bridge
This is a guest post from Nicholas Lee
In October 2018, NZTA closed the pedestrian bridge connecting the shore of Onehunga with the Mangere Bridge. At nearly hundred years old the bridge has deteriorated to the point of being unsafe and has been due for rebuilding or repair since its closure for motor traffic when the first SH20 bridge over it was opened in the 1980s.…
What’s happening with SkyPath?
Aside from the City Rail Link and Light Rail, probably the most exciting and transformational project planned over the next few years in Auckland is SkyPath, a walking and cycling connection across the Auckland Harbour Bridge. SkyPath has had a pretty long and tortuous history, dating right back to a 2009 protest against NZTA’s weird refusal to allow people to walk across the Harbour Bridge to celebrate its 50th birthday.…
Melbourne’s 30 km/hr Speed Limit Trial
The Automobile Association supports 40 km/hr on most roads in Auckland’s city centre, and rejects Auckland Transport’s proposed 30 km/hr speed limits, on the basis that 40 has been successful in Melbourne. In response to this, I thought I’d do some research into Melbourne’s speeds.…
Lime Scooters banned (for now)
Last Friday Auckland Council temporarily revoked Lime Scooter’s licence, due to a series of mechanical faults that caused some scooters’ wheels to lock up – leading to a few pretty nasty crashes and injuries. Auckland Council bosses have today suspended Lime scooters’ license temporarily and warned the company to rectify a safety defect or risk permanently losing access to the city.…
Growing a cycling city from our neighbourhoods
This is a guest post from Nicholas Lee
I began commuting by e-bike, from Onehunga to Wiri, last year, around the time my 8 year daughter started cycling or scooting, to school with a group of neighbourhood friends, children aged 8 to 10, without adult supervision.…
Flashback Saturday: The Victoria St Linear Park: Why it is vital, but not really a park.
Every weekend we dig into the archives. This post by Patrick was originally published in October 2016.
This is one of a series of posts I intend to do about about the city streetscape we ought to be able to expect as a result of the CRL rebuild.…
Wheelly good growth on the cycleways
February is bike month and often the busiest month time of the year for people riding bikes. As such it’s a good time to look at the numbers to see how we’re progressing. Are the bike lanes empty, like Mike Hosking and some of his friends often like to claim or are they being used?…
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