Bike Burb Resources
- The official Bike Burbs Handbook
- Bike Burb Strategy & Planning Template
- 7 easy ways to transform your neighbourhood into a bike-friendly village.
Making a team
- Work well as a Group tips from DOC
- Best practice guidelines for volunteer management from Volunteering NZ
- Volunteer Management tips from Sport NZ
Social Media
- Instructions for how to moderate your group under Facebook’s new settings
- Tips for setting up a group and running your social media channels (from Bike Devonport’s Chris Werry)
Events & Projects
- Community event planning guide from Sport NZ
- Health and Safety Plan Template
- Potential Hazards – and ways to manage them
- Community Bike Maintenance Guide
- Make your own Bike Train to school with these tips from Bike Pt Chev
- Including people with visual impairments into sport – training
- Let people know about these bike skills courses from Auckland Transport
Funding & Sponsorship
- Sample Sponsorship Letter
- Funding Application Tips – including a list of possible sources of funding for bike burbs
- Ways of measuring success – these can be helpful for funding, sponsorship, and advocacy.
Bike Parking
- Bikes Welcome – a NZ resource focusing on bike parking as part of bike-friendly communities.
- Lockydocks – Safe self locking bike parking set up by Big Street Bikers
- Auckland Transport map for requesting bike parking
Advocacy
- Check out Bike Auckland’s campaigns to see what we are up to!
- Start a petition-based campaign with community support from Greenpeace or Action Station
- Community campaign kit for street safety by Brake NZ
- The Cycle Friendly Employer guide – a resource to help local businesses encourage travel by bike
- How to talk about transport – guides from The Workshop
- Cycling Fallacies website – easy ways to refute those tired arguments
Council and Local Board
- Writing to your elected representatives; tips and template for engaging with Council and Local Board
- How to get people to say yes, Sales course 101 by Richard Barter (PATH, Roskill Bike Kitchen).
Easy read version. - How to get people to say yes, Sales Course 101 video
- How to engage with politicians (PDF notes from a CAN webinar via Bike Kaipaatiki’s Andy White)
- Information on speaking at a local board meeting
Infrastructure
- Training webinars from Waka Kotahi
- Cycleway network guidance by Waka Kotahi
- Cycle infrastructure guidance by Auckland Transport
- Pedestrian network guidance by Waka Kotahi
- Case studies by Waka Kotahi
- Unravelling the Cycling City – a free online course about cycling culture and infrastructure, drawing on the Netherlands as an example.
- How to be a squeaky wheel: a guide to writing effective submissions on consultations in your area.
Other helpful links:
- NZTA’s “People on Bikes” photo library: contact them for permission to use these stock images.
- A NZ guide on accessible communications – tips to keep your advocacy inclusive, bringing with you as many people as possible.
- Cycle Action NZ – New Zealand nationwide cycling advocacy group
