European Cycling: Warsaw
[After a long absence, I got the chance to visit Europe again. Having become a cycling advocate in NZ in the meantime, I was keen to look closer at what I had previously taken for granted. In this...
View ArticleEuropean Cycling: Paris
[After a long absence, I got the chance to visit Europe again. Having become a cycling advocate in NZ in the meantime, I was keen to look closer at what I had previously taken for granted. In this...
View ArticleEuropean Cycling: London
[After a long absence, I got the chance to visit Europe again. Having become a cycling advocate in NZ in the meantime, I was keen to look closer at what I had previously taken for granted. In this...
View ArticleNirvana in Sri Lanka
From our Chair Barbara Cuthbert, on a month’s sabbatical in Sri Lanka I feel guilty reporting that while you are all enjoying more of Auckland’s sleazy weather I have been soaking up 35′ heat and 95%...
View ArticleNews from the Americas
Sometimes, Auckland cyclists – especially the more activist among us – take a certain stroppy pride in riding bikes. And promoting bikes. In a city that traditionally has been hostile to bike riding –...
View ArticleCycle touring – from Ambury Park to the Nullabor Plains
Guest post by Christopher Dempsey I’ve been a commuter cyclist for a number of years now, first starting in 2006 when I screwed up enough courage to get on a bike in the face of Auckland traffic. Now I...
View ArticleNeon-coloured cycle tracks
This diagram looks like what a few ravers might create with glow sticks in a club, but it actually shows the usage patterns of 10 million bike trips taken on London’s bike hire system. Wouldn’t it be...
View ArticleGetting Greenways Right
By John Mauro As a new Auckland resident, it was a thrill to ride down to the Waitemata Greenways event a few weeks ago. An opportunity to learn about how Greenways work and give feedback on the...
View ArticleLondon calling – key CAA staff to emigrate
With London having just announced a whopping 900 million pounds for cycling infrastructure (400 million in the next 3 years alone), several CAA staff have announced we might as well go where the riding...
View ArticleMelbourne – Cycling around the world’s most liveable city [Updated]
By Pippa Coom In early March I travelled on a private trip to Melbourne with the Velociteers who performed at the Melbourne Bike Fest. I took the opportunity to check out why Melbourne is considered to...
View ArticleOur man in New York – reporting in from the 5 Boro’s cycle ride
“And here I am in New York where there is a waiting list to get a carpark removed from outside your café and replaced with a bike corral...” This is the first FB item from one of our super- generous,...
View Article15,000 for 400
Pippa Coom sent us this link to the fundraising of Bicycles for Humanity charity, who will be at Grey Lynn Farmer’s Market this weekend. If you’d like to do your bit to raise the $15,000 to ship 400...
View ArticleWhen in Rome…
…do not do as the Romans did. Rather, look at what they just did – come to their senses. Realise that having cars able to go everywhere, even right through the heart of their historic city and past the...
View ArticleYou get the city you plan for
As a timely reminder while we debate whether it is okay to remove traffic lanes temporarily to build a rail line – and in advance of the upcoming debate as to whether we can remove traffic lanes from...
View ArticleMore bikes than cars on some main roads in London
Waterloo Bridge, London [Copyright: Realcycling.Blogspot.co.uk] Overall, cycling now makes up around 25% (!) of all of London’s inner city rush hour traffic. On some routes, like Waterloo, Blackfriars,...
View ArticleBetween cars and pedestrians, New York cyclists finding their space…
An interesting article here touching on some of the gains cycling is making in New York City. Their new bike share system had an average of 7 daily uses for each of their 6,000 bikes on its best day a...
View ArticlePaul Steely White – New York coming our way!
Paul Steely White (left) with Greg Wood (right). Come along to the CAA AGM to hear our Greg talk about the cycling environment he saw in New York – and then a few weeks later, join us when Paul will...
View ArticleImproving Auckland cycling with fifty bollards?
Blog by Ben, a CAA member Recently I came across this interesting article on how something as simple as a flexible bollard can really improve cycling infrastructure at a very low cost – the Fifty...
View ArticleIntegrated vs Segregated: Come to the Dark Side
This girl didn’t feel like “vehicular cycling” across Balmoral Road. Would your children? Blog by Ben, a CAA member It seems not many people are aware in NZ of the great debate that has raged on and...
View ArticleNew York – If you can make it here…
Blog by Greg Wood New York was once called New Amsterdam – and given just how much bicycle infrastructure they’ve implemented recently, it might well be on its way to reclaiming that title. I went to...
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