For Chinese migrants, the move to Aotearoa involves transport culture shock. In China, the Kingdom of Bicycles, cycling has long been a primary mode of transport. For new arrivals, NZ’s car-centric roading design can be intimidating.
If cities want to reduce emissions, shift travel behaviour, and build healthier communities, they must work with all kinds of people to design systems that work for everyone.
Don’t let able-bodied campaigners tell you that them being able to drive through crowded cities helps the disabled.
Just like drivers learning to give space to us on the road, slowing down if they need to, as bike riders we can also make people feel comfortable or tense depending on how we cycle around them.
If we had a dollar for every time we’ve been told that removing traffic lanes and car parking to make way for cycle lanes will kill local businesses, we could […]
A common factor in just about every transition to a bike-friendly city is advocacy. In Vancouver’s case, that advocacy comes largely in the form of HUB Cycling, a charitable non-profit […]
