Cycling in Wellington and Island Bay
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We have the money – do we have the vision?
- Cycling in Wellington
- Wellington CBD Cycleways – an achievable vision? Following hard on WCC’s approval of the Cycling Framework, and the Island Bay Cycleway, the Government announceed another $296 million to be spent across the country under the Urban Cycleways Programme, bringing the total expenditure, including contributions from the National Land Transport Fund and local government, to $333 million.
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- island-bay-cycle-way
Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Council approves Cycling Framework, Island Bay Cycleway
- Cycling in Wellington
- Wednesday’s Council meeting saw three big wins for cycling – approval for the Cycling Framework, and the go-ahead for the Island Bay Cycleway, the first stage of the southern cycle route from Island Bay to the CBD.
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- island-bay
Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Commuting by bicycle in Wellington
- Cycling in Wellington
- In the past few years the number of people I see on bikes riding from Newtown to town in the morning has literally quadrupled. Unfortunately, many of the people I see stopped at the lights are on seriously terrible bikes. I’m see rusty, too-big or too-small mountain bikes with brakes that barely work and people look unconfident and uncomfortable on their bikes. Riding the wrong bike can actually make cycling seriously not fun. Recently several of my colleagues have gotten bicycles with the intention of cycling to work. I have noticed that they too seem to have missed some items that to me are essential for bike commuting. Namely:
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- waterfront
- hutt-valley
- kilbirnie
- porirua
- hataitai
- karori
- newtown
- cuba-street
- miramar
- khandallah
- titahi-bay
- ngaio
- oriental-bay
- seatoun
- worser-bay
- mount-victoria
- wilton
- mount-cook
- paraparaumu
- roseneath
- wadestown
- paremata
- makara
- island-bay
- berhampore
- stokes-valley
- johnsonville
- eastbourne
- brooklyn
- begonia-house
- wairarapa
- kelburn
- northland
- thorndon
- civic-square
- newlands
- lyall-bay
- wainuiomata
- aro-valley
- tawa
Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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