Taking the politics out of the Northcote Safe Cycle Route
With consultation on the Northcote Safe Cycle Route under way, in the media spotlight, and drawing comments on social media, you might be forgiven for thinking this is an “us […]
Of Social Media, Politicians, Sacred Cows (and safe cycling)
I recently blogged on AT’s proposal for the Northcote Safe Cycle Route. Apart from a connectivity issue at Onewa Rd which needs to be remedied, Cycle Action is strongly in favour […]
Starting to link up…
For many years, we’ve been repeating the “it needs to be a connected network” and “only as strong as the weakest part” lines in pretty much all our submissions. It’s […]
Cars invading cycle lanes – does it bother/scare you?
Our city has a number of hot spots where motorists pull into cycle lanes to push ahead of vehicles in adjacent traffic lanes. It tends to be more common where […]
Northcote Safe Cycling Route
The Northcote/Birkenhead areas are primarily residential suburbs dominated by arterial roads catering for motorists travelling between home and motorway. There is minimal cycling infrastructure, and cycling numbers are low. But good […]
Waterview walk & cycleway surfacing again – OPEN DAYS
It’s been underground longer than the tunnel boring machine, but the Waterview shared path project is finally ready to go public again, with information days coming up: Wednesday 23 July, […]
Devonport micro projects
Recently, our new representative for the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board area, Chris Werry, attended the Local Board meeting in June. He proposed that CAA put together a list of micro projects […]
Protected cycle lanes boom in the US
This article shows how much has been done to increase protected cycle infrastructure in the US in the last 10 years. Cities like Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Washington D.C., New […]
Take a left at Don Buck Road
AT is currently consulting on a short new section of the cycle network to be built out west – on Don Buck Road (west of Triangle) Road, and on a […]
