https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-region-cycleways+sport Items tagged with Wellington Region Cycleways and Sport. https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/this-website-is-now-defunct/ As long time followers may have noticed this website is now defunct. blogs transport cycling sport Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/this-website-is-now-defunct/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/being-a-pedestrian-in-a-car-oriented-city/ You might remember my post of last year about Salt Lake City and how it was building light rail and putting in cycle share. I’d like to share with you an experience of another western American city, Las Vegas. This is the details of a couple of walks I did through Las Vegas’s suburbs. This […] blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:43:38 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/being-a-pedestrian-in-a-car-oriented-city/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2014-03-29T00:43:38Z http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/being-a-pedestrian-in-a-car-oriented-city/ You might remember my post of last year about Salt Lake City and how it was building light rail and putting in cycle share. I’d like to share with you an experience of another western American city, Las Vegas. This is the details of a couple of walks I did through Las Vegas’s suburbs. This […] blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/being-a-pedestrian-in-a-car-oriented-city/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2014-03-29T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/the-low-hanging-fruit-of-the-kapiti-coast/ I had to go do something at Coastlands and it was a nice day for a ride so I thought I’d ride down and take some photos of the new bike lanes around Rimu Road. I started from Waikanae Beach and crossed the bridge to Otaihanga, which now a sign says it is ok for […] kapiti places blogs transport cycling sport Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:43:11 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/the-low-hanging-fruit-of-the-kapiti-coast/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-10-14T08:43:11Z http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/the-low-hanging-fruit-of-the-kapiti-coast/ I had to go do something at Coastlands and it was a nice day for a ride so I thought I’d ride down and take some photos of the new bike lanes around Rimu Road. I started from Waikanae Beach and crossed the bridge to Otaihanga, which now a sign says it is ok for […] kapiti places blogs transport cycling sport Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/the-low-hanging-fruit-of-the-kapiti-coast/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-10-14T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/some-good-election-results-for-cycling/ There are some good results for cycling in the region with Celia Wade-Brown re-elected as Mayor in Wellington. This term is hopefully going to be more productive than the last since there are some fresh faces on council including new Greens councillors Sarah Free and David Lee. Well done to them all. Cr. Paul Bruce […] blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 12 Oct 2013 07:38:54 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/some-good-election-results-for-cycling/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-10-12T07:38:54Z http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/some-good-election-results-for-cycling/ There are some good results for cycling in the region with Celia Wade-Brown re-elected as Mayor in Wellington. This term is hopefully going to be more productive than the last since there are some fresh faces on council including new Greens councillors Sarah Free and David Lee. Well done to them all. Cr. Paul Bruce […] blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/some-good-election-results-for-cycling/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-10-12T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/the-small-engine-menace-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ This is a cross post with my other blog – Clean Air New Zealand. The ideas in this post have been kicking around in my brain for a while, but the thing that is spurring me into action is this post at Crikey’s Urbanist Blog by Alan Davies “Can scooters make our cities work better?” […] blogs transport cycling sport Fri, 11 Oct 2013 22:01:55 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/the-small-engine-menace-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-10-11T22:01:55Z http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/the-small-engine-menace-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ This is a cross post with my other blog – Clean Air New Zealand. The ideas in this post have been kicking around in my brain for a while, but the thing that is spurring me into action is this post at Crikey’s Urbanist Blog by Alan Davies “Can scooters make our cities work better?” […] blogs transport cycling sport Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/the-small-engine-menace-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/hawkes-bay-rides/ A few moons ago I did a little ride up Hawkes Bay way from Havelock North to Napier, and in the years since they’ve spent a bit of money and improved cycle infrastructure considerably. Hastings has made a considerable effort in improving on-road cycling around the town. Here’s a map of most of the rides. […] blogs transport cycling sport Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:39:35 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/hawkes-bay-rides/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-10-02T08:39:35Z http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/hawkes-bay-rides/ A few moons ago I did a little ride up Hawkes Bay way from Havelock North to Napier, and in the years since they’ve spent a bit of money and improved cycle infrastructure considerably. Hastings has made a considerable effort in improving on-road cycling around the town. Here’s a map of most of the rides. […] blogs transport cycling sport Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/hawkes-bay-rides/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-10-02T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/the-failure-of-australasian-conservative-governments-on-transport/ Excuse me this post. I am an Australian living in New Zealand (yes the opposite of the normal story. I’m part of the backwash.) But it’s worth keeping an eye on what is happening west of the Tasman as what is happening in New Zealand is happening in Australia too. In what sounds awfully familiar, […] blogs transport cycling sport Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:18:52 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/the-failure-of-australasian-conservative-governments-on-transport/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-20T23:18:52Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/nice-frequent-transport-map-of-wellington/ I came across this handsome map by Brett Palmer entitled Wellington City Frequent Transport. Comparing it to the proposed bus network coming soon it looks that the only change needed on this map is a new line to Brooklyn and Kingston. brooklyn places blogs transport cycling sport Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:24:15 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/nice-frequent-transport-map-of-wellington/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-19T09:24:15Z -41.3068649 174.7620585 Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/nice-frequent-transport-map-of-wellington/ I came across this handsome map by Brett Palmer entitled Wellington City Frequent Transport. Comparing it to the proposed bus network coming soon it looks that the only change needed on this map is a new line to Brooklyn and Kingston. brooklyn places blogs transport cycling sport Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/nice-frequent-transport-map-of-wellington/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z -41.3068649 174.7620585 Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/international-take-a-sickie-and-ride-your-bike-day/ Historically many cities have Ride a Bike to Work Days. Wellington has had them before (and is having another one in February I think). Washington DC too. They are generally good fun, and you might get a good breakfast, meetup with a few thousand other cyclists and still get to work on time. For the […] blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:06:09 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/international-take-a-sickie-and-ride-your-bike-day/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-07T09:06:09Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/what-riddiford-street-could-look-like/ This is definitely worth drawing attention to. As I said on my post about the Island Bay cycle routes I am of the opinion that there should be separated cycleways up Adelaide Road and up Riddiford Street (amongst many others). At the Sexify Blog they’re much of the same opinion, at least about Riddiford Street. […] islandbay cycleway places cycle-lanes transport blogs cycling sport Sat, 07 Sep 2013 07:28:47 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/what-riddiford-street-could-look-like/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-07T07:28:47Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/what-riddiford-street-could-look-like/ This is definitely worth drawing attention to. As I said on my post about the Island Bay cycle routes I am of the opinion that there should be separated cycleways up Adelaide Road and up Riddiford Street (amongst many others). At the Sexify Blog they’re much of the same opinion, at least about Riddiford Street. […] islandbay newtown places blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 07 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/what-riddiford-street-could-look-like/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-07T00:00:00Z -41.3095269 174.77856 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/international-take-a-sickie-and-ride-your-bike-day/ Historically many cities have Ride a Bike to Work Days. Wellington has had them before (and is having another one in February I think). Washington DC too. They are generally good fun, and you might get a good breakfast, meetup with a few thousand other cyclists and still get to work on time. For the […] blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 07 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/international-take-a-sickie-and-ride-your-bike-day/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-07T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/the-capital-choking-on-traffic-congestion-due-to-the-ronszi-scheme/ Today there was a bit of a hoo haa in the local press about the Arup and Opus report that the Greater Wellington Council commissioned on the effects of the RoNS on the Wellington region, but then embarrassingly the GWRC has been trying to ignore ever since. It seems that the Airport to Levin corridor […] airport wellington transport blogs cycling sport Mon, 02 Sep 2013 08:52:19 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/the-capital-choking-on-traffic-congestion-due-to-the-ronszi-scheme/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-02T08:52:19Z -41.32691975 174.8077029634527 Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/the-capital-choking-on-traffic-congestion-due-to-the-ronszi-scheme/ Today there was a bit of a hoo haa in the local press about the Arup and Opus report that the Greater Wellington Council commissioned on the effects of the RoNS on the Wellington region, but then embarrassingly the GWRC has been trying to ignore ever since. It seems that the Airport to Levin corridor […] blogs transport cycling sport Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/the-capital-choking-on-traffic-congestion-due-to-the-ronszi-scheme/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-02T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/cycling-in-tunnels-safely/ What do the Kelburn, Northland and Seatoun tunnels have in common? They were all featured in a post I did 4 years ago, called Cycling in Wellington’s Tunnels, They were all built originally for trams, And they’d all benefit from two signs at each of their entrances. kelburn northland seatoun featured cycling wellington places sport blogs transport Sun, 01 Sep 2013 02:17:47 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/cycling-in-tunnels-safely/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-01T02:17:47Z -41.3246143 174.8320065 Seatoun http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/cycling-in-tunnels-safely/ What do the Kelburn, Northland and Seatoun tunnels have in common? They were all featured in a post I did 4 years ago, called Cycling in Wellington’s Tunnels, They were all built originally for trams, And they’d all benefit from two signs at the each of their entrances. seatoun kelburn northland transport places blogs cycling sport Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/cycling-in-tunnels-safely/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z -41.289205 174.7623927 Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/island-bay-cycle-routes/ The good news is that Wellington City Council is consulting on a preferred safe cycle route between the city and Island Bay. Cycling Aware Wellington organised a successful public meeting to garner local support and got quite a turnout. To get a good feel for the ride between the Island Bay and town have a […] islandbay places blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 31 Aug 2013 11:41:24 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/island-bay-cycle-routes/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-08-31T11:41:24Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/island-bay-cycle-routes/ The good news is that Wellington City Council is consulting on a preferred safe cycle route between the city and Island Bay. Cycling Aware Wellington organised a successful public meeting to garner local support and got quite a turnout. To get a good feel for the ride between the Island Bay and town have a […] islandbay consultation places blogs transport cycling sport Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/island-bay-cycle-routes/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-08-31T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/unleashing-pent-up-demand-for-cycling-by-building-separated-cycle-lanes/ Here’s an infographic from Momentum Mag of how building separated cycle lanes in certain North American cities has unleashed pent up demand for cycling along those routes. Building quality cycle infrastructure seems to get bums on bike seats, which means less bums on car seats. They improve cyclist safety and reduce congestion. Smart cities build […] blogs transport cycling sport Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/unleashing-pent-up-demand-for-cycling-by-building-separated-cycle-lanes/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/unleashing-pent-up-demand-for-cycling-by-building-separated-cycle-lanes/ Here’s an infographic from Momentum Mag of how building separated cycle lanes in certain North American cities has unleashed pent up demand for cycling along those routes. Building quality cycle infrastructure seems to get bums on bike seats, which means less bums on car seats. They improve cyclist safety and reduce congestion. Smart cities build […] blogs transport cycling sport Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/unleashing-pent-up-demand-for-cycling-by-building-separated-cycle-lanes/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/christchurchs-cycle-design-guidelines/ If you’ve not seen the Christchurch City Council’s Cycle Design Guidelines yet they make for some very interesting reading. It gives hope that we are going to end up with quality, safe cycle infrastructure in New Zealand cities. Now central government should come to the party, wind back the wasteful spending on its RoNS monstrosities […] blogs transport cycling sport Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/christchurchs-cycle-design-guidelines/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/christchurchs-cycle-design-guidelines/ If you’ve not seen the Christchurch City Council’s Cycle Design Guidelines yet they make for some very interesting reading. It gives hope that we are going to end up with quality, safe cycle infrastructure in New Zealand cities. Now central government should come to the party, wind back the wasteful spending on its RoNS monstrosities […] blogs transport cycling sport Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/christchurchs-cycle-design-guidelines/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/san-francisco-and-bay-cities-now-have-bikeshare/ Of interest is that the Bay Area Bike Share scheme has started up this month in San Francisco plus some surrounding cities like Palo Alto and San Jose. They’re using Bixi bikes. Bixi is now known as the Public Bike System Company. In Wellington bike share coupled with greenlaning some separated cycle lanes through the […] blogs transport cycling sport Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/san-francisco-and-bay-cities-now-have-bikeshare/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/san-francisco-and-bay-cities-now-have-bikeshare/ Of interest is that the Bay Area Bike Share scheme has started up this month in San Francisco plus some surrounding cities like Palo Alto and San Jose. They’re using Bixi bikes. Bixi is now known as the Public Bike System Company. In Wellington bike share coupled with greenlaning some separated cycle lanes through the […] blogs transport cycling sport Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/san-francisco-and-bay-cities-now-have-bikeshare/ Wellington Region Cycleways 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z