Cycling in Wellington and Transport
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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, 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, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Cycling Framework: progress or procrastination?
- Cycling in Wellington
- On 21 April, a rally of over 350 people who cycle demanded that WCC “get on with it” and start building cycling infrastructure. On 30 April, Council will debate the Wellington Cycling Framework, the “master plan” for developing cycling in Wellington. Is this the start of the progress that the rally demanded, or is it another exercise in procrastination?
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Bikes on Buses – you can do it now*
- Cycling in Wellington
- *If you’ve got a folding bike! Back in 2010 I was lucky enough to spend some time in Vancouver, where all buses are equipped with bike racks, and it’s very easy to combine cycling with public transport. I blogged about this at the time, looking forward to some day being able to do the same thing in Wellington. GWRC and Go Wellington are slowly working towards putting bike racks on buses.
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Wellington City bus review
- Cycling in Wellington
- GWRC is “proposing” new bus routes across the city.
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The Rimutaka Rail Trail – new heritage train proposal
- Cycling in Wellington
- The Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust wants to reconstruct the Rimutaka Railway on part of it’s old route, which is now a cycling and walking track between Maymorn and the summit.
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Bikes on Buses in the draft GWRC Long Term Plan
- Cycling in Wellington
- Greater Wellington Regional Council has included the implementation of bike racks on buses in its draft Long Term Plan, to be investigated and implemented where practical starting in 2017. It has been included in the ‘out years’ of the plan in order that high priority (and costly) upgrades to the rail commuter network may be completed in the short term. It is hoped that the provision of bike racks on buses will encourage cycle commuting by providing a safe, fall-back option for cyclists who are caught out by bad weather, failing light or mechanical problems.
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Save the Basin – Today!
- Cycling in Wellington
- This just in: Save the Basin – Public Protest Thursday 24 November 5.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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BUSES ONLY. Really.
- Cycling in Wellington
- Most of us know that bus lanes in NZ are fair game for “cycles”.
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Bus lanes – buses love ‘em! But they could be better for bikes.
- Cycling in Wellington
- Wellington City Council are currently consulting on their bus priority plan.
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WCC consultation on Courtenay/Kent/Cambridge bus lanes proposal
- Cycling in Wellington
- Wellington City Council would like your views on a proposed traffic resolution to extend the city’s network of bus lanes along Courtenay Place, Kent and Cambridge terraces and Adelaide Road. Bus lanes can be used by cyclists, so have your say at www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyoursay/publicinput/buslanes/2011-08-traffic-buslanes.html Closing date 6 September.
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Riding a Folding Bike in Wellington – prepare to be friendly
- Cycling in Wellington
- If you have been anywhere in the last few months – bar under a rock- you may have heard of the latest phenomenon in Wellington that is folding bikes. And fresh off the back of a Greater Wellington campaign promoting folding bikes for the new Matangi trains, you can only expect to hear more about these little gems of the cycling world.
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Bus/Bike workshop – What did we learn?
- Cycling in Wellington
- Want to see a bus driver sweat? Watch them ride a bicycle through a multi-lane roundabout. Want to see a cyclist sweat? Watch them drive a 12+ meter, 12 tonne bus around a parking lot.
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Are the Basin Reserve roading proposals really worthwhile?
- Cycling in Wellington
- Hiya! Who wants to talk about the Basin Reserve flyover and money? Tough.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Basin Reserve Flyover: thoughts, comments?
- Cycling in Wellington
- If I understood cricket, this would be a witty cricket joke relevant to the flyover.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Who wants to drive a bus?
- Cycling in Wellington
- Who wants to drive a bus? As a cyclist, I know all too well how inattentive/impatient motorists and inattentive/impatient pedestrians behave on our streets. Bus drivers not only have to deal with that, but they also have to deal with timetables, dispatchers, fare-zones, overhead power lines, cash and of course passengers, some of whom… I’m glad I don’t have to deal with.
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