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Critical Mass: What’s your opinion?
Dearest cycling community of Wellington, Back in January Critical Mass (CM) Wellington’s (re)founding father Tom Elliot personally charged me with the mission of keeping CM going in Wellington, after he left…
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Get Frocks on Bikes on their bike! Four days left to pledge – five bucks is enough (larger sums also gratefully accepted). Share this:…
Wellington City Cycle Forum – 1 May 2013
How happy are you with cycling in Wellington? The Council wants to hear from you. Her Worship the Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown invites you to the Wellington City Cycle…
Book Review: Everyday Cycling in Aotearoa New Zealand
Republished with kind permission of Lennyboy at Cycling in Christchurch. By Alastair Smith (185pp., Awa Press, Wellington, RRP $35) Here’s something that might be handy as a [summer read]! Over the…
And the winners are…(drum roll please)
News release from Cycle Aware Wellington 4 December 2012 Roll On Wellington Awards reward the best of cycling Cycle-friendly workplaces are winning awards from the Wellington cycling community, with…
Coming soon: mandatory life-jacket laws
If a law only saves one life it’s worth it… right? If that were the case, then all driving would be banned immediately. Like most things in life the answer…
Speaking of Helmets…
Hot on the tail of more helmet discussion, I was talking with my mom about costume ideas for Halloween (trying to think of something that involves a bike…) when she…
We support helmet choice
We support helmet choice – this should come as no surprise to anyone who has passed by this website before. Check out our ‘Helmets‘ page for the quick run down…
Critical Mass this Friday!
It’s the last Friday of the month… you know what that means! Get on your bike and head down to Civic Square at 5:30 pm for a leisurely, polite ride…
Rueben Ferguson: cycling the world on Kim Hill
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Why do I ride?
The short answer is: because I can. While debates rage around the world about hi viz, helmets, speed limits and even the best approach to advocacy, it makes one wonder,…
What is ‘normal’? (An open letter-of sorts-to Coroner Gordon Matenga)
The recent comments by the Coroner have led me to thinking about ‘what is normal?’ The coroner is considering introducing compulsory hi-vis and making the use of cycle lanes compulsory. These moves would…
Cyclopolitan
For some time now I have needed a new word. When I tell people that I ride a bike, they instantly think ‘Cyclist’ and imagine me in head-to-toe lycra –…
Ambassador of Urban Cycling: Mikael Colville-Andersen
This just in from Patrick Morgan. Worth a listen! Link below to the audio stream. Ambassador of Urban Cycling: Mikael Colville-Andersen Montreal’s BIXI public bikeshare program is one of the world’s…
Pedestrians – the hidden menace!
I learnt a neat trick from the local paper a while back – make your title inflammatory and accusatory to get more hits*. Did it work? Now I must apologise to pedestrians,…
It’s submission time of the year!
The results of the 2012 cycling cordon counts are out for Wellington and this year has seen the highest number of people entering the city on bikes in the last…
City Cycling Needs You!
Are you as mad as hell about New Zealand’s car-centric cities and don’t want to put up with it any longer? Do you feel inspired to make a difference? Passionate…
Roger Geller – How and why American Cities are succeeding at bicycle transportation
And here it is: Roger Geller’s presentation from the conference (with a little bit of the Wellington conference used as a filler when I had to switch cards). Again, please feel free…
“On yer bike mate: How kids on bikes might just save the world” – Nigel Latta
For those of you who missed the ’2 Walk & cycle Conference’ up in Hastings last month, here’s a taster. Nigel Latta – 2 Walk & Cycle Conference from Little…