Permeability is a two-way street… for bikes!
In an exciting development, Auckland Transport has announced a proposal to allow two-way cycling on half a dozen quiet one-way streets in the city centre. We’ve pushed for this for quite a while, as an […]
Ask A Lawyer On a Bike – “Can I wear my compulsory bike helmet on my elbow?”
Our two-wheeled lawyer Jonathan Wood is back, to consider legal answers to some highly tricky questions about the perennial subject of compulsory helmet wearing… Q. I know it’s mandatory to wear a helmet – […]
Thanks for your Grafton Bridge taxi trial feedback
A quick thank you for all your feedback on our request for experiences on Grafton Bridge during the taxi trial. We’ve sent it through to AT, who will shortly be considering Traffic Operations […]
What a load of Bullocks – another Top 10 dangerous intersection, still unfixed
Earlier this year, our regular contributor Duncan Laidlaw had a run-in with a car where Great North Road intersects with Bullock Track – and discovered he’s far from the first. It’s the […]
Ngapipi Road, Tamaki Drive – Russian Roulette with delays!
Another person on a bike has been injured at Auckland’s worst cycling blackspot, Tamaki Drive / Ngapipi Road. Details are sketchy so far, but it seems that despite the crash involving […]
A tiki-tour detour at St Lukes, now through the end of 2015
Hi folks. If you ride the NW cycleway, you will have already encountered the detour to the east of the St Lukes intersection. This will be in place until the […]
Ask A Lawyer on a Bike – “If a cycle lane is provided, I am obliged to use it?”
Jonathan Wood rides a bike, and is a lawyer. This is the first of an intermittent series of Ask A Lawyer on a Bike, but since no one has asked him anything […]
Of MAMILs and PEOPLE – what the latest AT survey tells us
Auckland Transport’s 2015 annual walking and cycling survey has just been released, and it paints an interesting picture of the present and the potential landscape for cycling. (Notes about the survey: […]
Objects in mirror are more vulnerable than they appear
In August, London taxi driver Aliraj Miah aka @AllLondonBoy tweeted an alarming snippet of dash-cam footage. The driver’s door of a parked car is flung open, hitting a cyclist, who lands on the […]
