Bikes, what bikes? These bikes!
In a week where a few people were noisily skeptical about cycleways, it was exciting to get our hands on the November automatic bike trip data. We knew the city […]
Not raining on our parade
This winter has been extremely wet in Auckland – but the good news is that this hasn’t had much of an impact on the number of people cycling! Despite rain […]
Connect the dots – September bike counts hit the targets
Have you been just a bit more likely to take the car, bus or train in recent weeks? No? Good on you. But if you decided that it was just […]
This is what efficiency looks like
One of the things we sometimes hear is ‘I think bike lanes are a good idea, but I’d feel better about them if I saw more people using them.’ We’ve […]
Rolling through winter – the August bike count numbers
Judging just by the number of riders we’re seeing on these chilly but sunny spring mornings, Aucklanders are flocking to biking more and more. But do the bike counts of the past winter […]
The 2016 AT Active Modes Survey: the case for joy
The 2016 AT Active Modes survey is full of good cycling news, as already noted by Matt. Just to recap: firstly, more people are riding bikes. Apparently we can thank the ‘considerers’ for […]
AT’s Active Modes Survey 2016: what’s up?
(A cross-post from our BFFs at Transportblog, written by Matt Lowrie. We’ll cross-post our take on it tomorrow, by way of Part 2). For a number of years now Auckland Transport […]
July 2016 bike count: a seasonal dip and a network uptick
The July bike data is out, and even allowing for the usual winter dip, there are some dramatic developments. As with the June data, the ‘if you build it’ effect continues – […]
The Auckland Bicycle Account 2015
The concept of a ‘bicycle account’ – a regular, holistic review of where a city is, in terms of getting people riding – was created in cities like Copenhagen. The […]