Calmer, slower streets are a fast, guaranteed way of getting more people walking, scooting and cycling. And getting people using active modes is, in turn, the number one, easiest, cheapest, best way of cutting Auckland’s emissions.
Some potential relief on the horizon for communities keen to keep their safe speeds — if we fight for it.
There are several hundred crashes involving bicycles each year on New Zealand’s roads. Here’s what to do if it happens.
Hill Street is a perfect storm – a complicated and confusing bottleneck with high traffic from the five roads going into it. Now Transport Minister Simeon Brown has withdrawn Government funding for long-awaited improvements – at least in part because they include cycleways.
Riding through Cornwall Park you see so many people strolling, jogging, wheeling, picnicking, watching animals and smelling flowers. It’s also a particularly safe location to learn and build confidence on their bikes. Lucy Ruck writing to the NZ Herald ponders why accessing the park without a car isn’t easy and is downright unsafe if you try by bike.
Fifty-nine ghost bikes in a central Auckland square are a heart-wrenching symbol of the folly of fast streets. Each bike represents a person who has been killed while cycling in Aotearoa New Zealand in the last five years. It’s a fitting tribute for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
