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.
“We need to stop trading off health against transport emissions goals and put in place things that deliver on both of them. We can’t afford not to as a country.”
The 2025 State of the City report is damning. And car-centricity is a big part of the problem.
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.
Cycling and walking organisations nationwide are calling on the government to put the health and safety of New Zealanders ahead of vested interests in the road lobby.
