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David Hawke ✦✦As it is election year some Wellington. Your Committee is politicians will be invited to acutely aware of its own lack of explain their vision of cycling diversity, which became much This year’s event will be held and community building. more pronounced at the last over the weekend of 4-6 April, ✦ AGM. We have only two people in the Quaker Settlement on ✦Implementing CAN’s role and strategic plan (see page 13) — under 50 years old, just one the outskirts of Whanganui. continuing the discussion from woman, and we are predomi- The theme of the CAN Do will the Auckland CAN-Do 2013. nantly middle-class pãkehã. We be the role of cycling advoca- have enormous gaps in our cy in community building. Ride Ohakune to Whanganui geographic coverage; represen- tation from Christchurch, Wel- We are planning a pre CAN Do Alongside exemplars of successful lington, and several provinces, ride from Ohakune to Whanganui local cycling advocacy, speakers but no-one from Auckland, — the downhill direction! will discuss Dunedin or Hamilton. We en- ✦✦New Plymouth’s model Full details of the schedule and courage all members to consider communities project. registration will be available here: allowing their names to go forward. ✦✦The CAN/BikeNZ Road Safety http://can.org.nz/cando2014. Trust project. Committee members guide the ✦✦The contribution of the New Diversity future priorities and direction of Zealand Cycle Trails Nga Diversity was one of the themes CAN and provide an invaluable Haerenga to rural commu- to emerge from the strategy conduit of information to their nities. meetings held during 2013 in local groups on cycling-related

attitudes and actions of gov- ernment. Committee duties Letter to Editor: children on board involve a monthly teleconference meeting and an annual face-to- Dear Editor, the Christiania, simply because it face meeting. attracts the attention of motorists No, Hilleke Townsend (Chainlinks and also takes up more space on If you are interested, contact any Oct 2013) is definitely not crazy the road. Having children on of the present Committee (page for wanting to take her baby on a board also seems to caution 13) or email [email protected]. n bike on NZ roads. It seems to me motorists to wait behind and go that motorists on Wellington’s gently. inner city streets are beginning to give us room and be more careful So while New Zealand is not 2014 around us. There are now Holland, the only way to change NZ Walking & Cycling pathways here and there if you this is to keep cycling and Conference know your way around . Cycling demand better and safer access, & around Oriental Bay and onto the just like Hilleke Townsend does in pathway to Miramar is quite safe. her article. Cycle Friendly Awards Roads are a different matter. I use a Christiania bike for my two Are you listening NZTA? Nelson grandchildren. I feel much safer 29-31 October when I cycle through traffic on Elisabeth Mikkelsen 4

hunt by bike? The Bike Wise Passport Challenge helps Bike-friendly people become familiar with the cycling infrastructure and Kapiti Coast highlights of their town or city. Organisers create a District Council ‘passport’ that participants Lynn Sleath Full steam ahead use to chart their path by bike to various checkpoints where they Welcome to the 12th anniver- find the answers to clues. Partici- A few years ago, Kapiti Coast sary of Bike Wise! pants then return their completed District Council (KCDC) built passport and all correct passports a bike shed to encourage staff Bike Wise had a refresh last year go into a draw to win prizes. to cycle to its Paraparaumu and a seasonal campaign ap- office. Now, 12 staff regularly proach was introduced. A range of This year, the Rotorua District ride to work and Council plans new campaigns and resources Council team has incorporated to increase bike parking. were created to help New Zea- their Passport Challenge into the landers get safely on their bikes Rotorua Bike Festival and also as KCDC, a long-standing member of throughout the year, replacing the part of Sport Bay of Plenty’s ‘Play CAN, won an award last year for former sole focus during February. in the Bay’ programme. bike paths initiated by its Cycleways, Bike Wise 2014 will build on the Walkways and Bridleways Adminis- success of last year. Keep an eye on the Bike Wise trator, Stuart Kilmister. Also, KCDC’s Bike Wise Month is all ‘go’ and event calendar for a passport national Go By Bike Day is scheduled for Wednesday 12 challenge near you February. The ‘Summer of Cycling’ campaign is in full-swing with many creative and inspiring Free stuff events happening throughout All community and school events New Zealand. Check out the full registered on the Bike Wise event calendar on the Bike Wise events calendar are eligible for a website. coordinators kit, worth around school travel planner Brent Cherry $250 (while stocks last). If you’re organises cycle skills training for Big Bike Tune Ups thinking about running an event, Kapiti Coast primary schools. hop online and register now! Over the spring and early There are heaps of useful re- Steve Carrol, owner of The Office summer months, a number of Big sources such as ‘how to’ guides Café in Paraparaumu Beach, Bike Tune Up events were held and fill-in-the-blanks templates to helped solve a problem for his throughout the country. Bike Wise help you get organised. cycling customers by collecting supports safe and roadworthy 312 signatures on a petition for bikes, and these events offered better bike parking. Kapiti Cycling people the opportunity to get a Be Bright Inc. backed this up by asking the free maintenance check on their When Daylight Saving ends on District Council for a bike corral bike and have minor repairs 7 April, the days will become outside Steve’s café. Council completed on the spot. These shorter and the Be Bright cam- responded with a one year trial of events encourage people to dust paign will be rolled out. Many Wellington Region’s first bike off their bikes and get out and areas will run a series of activities corral, which reduces pavement enjoy the beautiful weather. designed to encourage cyclists to clutter, increases circulation space be more visible when cycling in and creates a good atmosphere Passport Challenge low-light and poor weather for outside dining. Council plans conditions. Initiatives include What better way to explore your another outside a café at Te Horo, roving ambassadors, Continues p6 local area than with a treasure close to SH1. getting people cycling more often and safely These are outstanding examples of our Council’s support for cycling on the Kapiti Coast. n 5

running red lights, we don’t give a damn about them.” But to my amazement, there’s been a very warm reception to the idea everywhere we’ve gone. Busi- nesses are busting to tell you what they already do, and are open to ideas for improvement.

Their motivations are diverse and very encouraging. One restaurant has noticed that there hasn’t been one staff member arrive late What would a bike-friendly equipped with traffic excuses since more NZ look like? staff began to walk or cycle to work. One Claire Pascoe 4. It’s a roadmap for improving supermarket only has conditions for bicycling and the 28 car parks and sees bicycling as direct assistance to make it a legitimate way to attract more While living in on happen. customers. They’re considering a and off since May 2013, I have free purchase delivery service to been working on the Bicycle It’s very clever. Santa Monica as a help people get to them by bike. Friendly America (BFA) pro- community has achieved a silver There’s a hostel that attracts cycle gramme — an initiative run by level accreditation, which is tourists and likes the idea of the CAN equivalent — the League certainly nothing to sneeze at. giving back to that community. of American Bicyclists. The The local bike centre (which There’s an outdoor store where it League has been in existence happens to double as an ad- fits in with their sport and since 1880 so perhaps it’s not vocacy powerhouse) wanted to recreation philosophy. There’s the surprising that the BFA pro- engage local businesses with the Apple store, where everything’s gramme is so well developed and Bicycle Friendly Business branch just cool — including effective. of the pro- gramme. They biking to work. At the time of writing The idea of the programme is to assigned me to this, the deadline for use an accreditation system to lift start recruiting applications was still everyone’s bicycle-friendly game. some low-hanging open so we’ll wait It generates motivation for bicycle-friendly and see which of businesses, universities, commu- fruit to put our low-hanging nities and states to improve the through the next businesses actually environment for people who ride round of accredi- bear fruit. and provides a framework for tation. how to do so. Here’s how the The application form League sees it in their words: So off I went to chat to some of itself is very robust 1. It’s a study into the DNA the companies and covers every making bicycling safe and where there is biking base you can more comfortable for all already a high think of. It also people number of staff riding (we were leaves room for innovation and 2. It’s the combined knowledge of able to determine that infor- overall excellence, plus space for hundreds of engineers, gov- mation from the travel surveys some photos. ernment officials and bicycle each business is required to Each year, the League produces a advocates. complete). I prepared myself for guide of the updated database of 3. It’s a toolkit of projects, the potential of getting laughed Bicycle Friendly America award policies, programs and plans out the door, or at least told a few recipients. It’s a story sharing tool designed to make biking better. times that “until cyclists stop as well as an oppor- Continues p6 6 What would a bike-friendly NZ look like? continues Bike-friendly Hastings tunity to recognise everyone’s Paul McArdle efforts. For those that do not The cycle crash rate achieve an award, the League still Question: What provides detailed feedback to has reduced by 229% help position them for the next does New Zealand’s most cycle-friendly round. message is continually city look like? repeated by a series of All in all, BFA is a mature pro- highly visible and clever gramme that has obvious value to Answer: Hastings behavior change campaigns the bike-friendly revolution in the including Share the Road, US. It has been the inspiration for In 2010, Hastings Don’t be a Ghost Rider and this issue of Chainlinks, which started the journey to Trip Switch. seeks to highlight what a Bicycle become New Zea- land’s most cycle Friendly New Zealand would look So now not only are there more friendly city. This was the year the like. We have tried to collate people biking, but there are more Hastings District Council submitted a examples of ‘bright-spot’ busi- “everyday bikers” going off to work, proposal to the New Zealand nesses, schools, communities, school or town. Particularly more Transport Agency to become one of providers… noticeable are the increased New Zealand’s first two “Model Com- anything bike-friendly. Maybe one numbers of women, elderly and munities” — an initiative designed to day we’ll have a BFNZ of our children biking. You can even take n demonstrate that carefully planned, own. your bike on the local public ! sustained investment in cycling (and walking) can produce significant For me, biking in Hastings has gone positive change. from being a slightly dangerous and lonely fringe activity to a safe, smart Hastings (along with New Plymouth) and popular way to get from A to B. won this competition and was And the independent data confirms awarded $4 million, supported by a this change. $2.4 million local contribution. This sum was invested in a 3 year The cycle crash rate has reduced by programme of construction and 229%, from a baseline level of 372 promotion, including a network of to 113 crashes/million cycle km. new walking and cycling routes, There is also a decrease in average community promotion, and safety Bikewise continues child pedestrian and cycle crash campaigns. numbers from 7 to 5 per year. who stop cyclists without lights The project was branded “iWay” and offer to fit lights and re- Safety perception has also improved. with a very simple vision: Cycling to flectors on their bikes, and safety At the start of the project, the become irresistible by making it con- packs delivered to organisations majority of the Hastings community venient, enjoyable and safe for and sports clubs. The mission is surveyed said they felt either everyone. to inspire cyclists to be safe and “unsafe” or “very unsafe” cycling on be seen on their commute. the road. By year two of the project And three years later Hastings has safety perception has increased by The regional and local support 120 km of new walking and cycling 120% — 77% report feeling either from coordinators and partici- pathways, including 4 key arterial “safe” or “very safe”. pants means Bike Wise continues routes that link the communities of Flaxmere, Hastings, Havelock North to achieve the goal of getting Most telling is that there has been a and Clive. people cycling more often and 90% average increase in cycling on more safely. The Bike Wise team the key Hastings arterials. Cycle For me what best captures the is always looking for stories about kilometres travelled during the peak “look” of this new cycle friendly city extraordinary people who cycle, hours has increased by 116% and is having an extensive network of and also great places to cycle. If 89% respectively in the morning highly visible cycle lanes that you’ve got any suggestions, and evening periods. please let us know. crisscross the city. Everyday these lanes send out a clear message to So today, Hastings really does look n everyone; biking is welcomed and Happy cycling!. and feel like New Zealand’s most encouraged in Hastings. This cycle friendly city. n 7 Celia Wade-Brown: A Bike-Friendly Mayor Celia Wade-Brown

It’s easier to be a bike-friend- ly mayor if you love to bike. Modern mayors embrace progressive ideas, sustainabil- ity and transformative action, so making the Smart Capital more bike-friendly is essen- tial.

I love to bike. In 2010 I stood for mayor on a platform of good transport choices; a multi-modal approach to the way we get around that is inclusive of two wheels, two feet, six wheels and eighteen wheels (on rails) just as much as four-wheeled private . When I won the election I cycled in from my home on Wellington’s rugged South Coast to Wellington’s Town Hall. It was a statement of my support for cycling. one of the world’s great cycling City Council has provided more destinations, both for adventure pool bikes for staff to use, with The next month I met US Sec- tourism and commuter choice. lights and new helmets, and retary of State Hillary Clinton on Makara Peak mountain biking we’ve lent 99 bikes gifted from the tarmac at Wellington Interna- park, the Town Belt and the Beijing in 2011 to Wellington tional Airport. To cycle around the Rimutaka National Cycleway not-for-profits and Council southern bays in the early already attract locals and visitors. departments. morning, past the penguin nests, surf breaks, windswept beaches The Tawa shared path Awa Tawa Good Transport Choices are at the and a marine reserve was a in our northern was the heart of a good city. After years of joyous experience. I locked up my first new strategic route. Started significant underinvestment in bike, brushed my hair and in 2010, it is already a consid- Wellington’s cycling network smoothed down my suit, and no erable success, forming new there is much work to be done. diplomat would’ve guessed my connections between colleges, I’ve cycled in the Netherlands and mode of transport. the pool, shops and reserves.. on SUSTRANS routes in England Council has improved cycle safety and know how much better In retrospect, that occasion is by providing morning clearways, cycling can be. memorable for some people and also removing carparks that because of their false assump- interrupt key routes to the airport Our new Council has identified tions that I turned up in sweaty and other destinations . We’ve the potential value of cycling to lycra to meet such a prominent also reduced some speed limits. Wellington and is ready to engage figure Of course not! The new We’ll do more, and a key recom- in transformative action for the cycling movement of Frocks on mendation is a reduction of our city. Cycling advocates did a great Bikes and increasing numbers of inner-city speed limits to make job through the election, and people wearing everyday clothes, cycling in congested areas safer convinced the majority of coun- suits or casual, make cycling and more attractive to riders. cillors that cycling needs in- more and more normal. vestment. We’ve introduced many more Wellington is already Australasia’s bike racks, and award-winning most walkable city, and has cycle-friendly drain grates. The Continues p8 enormous potential to become 8 Protected Bike lanes for Dunedin Celia Wade-Brown: a bike-friendly mayor continues Hank Weiss, PhD stop line at least 20 metres before an intersection; Right now we’re proposing to Safe, user-friendly protected ur- ✦✦ Marking cycle crossings through triple the budget for cycling ban bike lanes may soon appear an intersection (just as crosswalks initiatives in Wellington, fo- mark pedestrian paths); cusing on strategic networks in Dunedin. The City Council ✦ and safer facilities. An area and NZTA are examining two op- ✦ Elevating cycle lanes and foot- where we’ve already invested a tions for the dangerous SH1 one- paths (like speed humps) through lot of attention in is the pro- way streets in the central city. uncontrolled intersections where posed southern strategic cycling they are on a priority road; route, connecting Island Bay to The first option, favoured by the ✦✦ Using lights to limit conflicts, the CBD. There are a handful of working group, is a one-way perhaps in combination with tight different routes and design 2.6 metre separated lane on the corner radii, medians and speed options to consider. We’ve had right side of the street, with cyclists humps to slow turning traffic; great input from existing riding in the same direction as other ✦✦ Allowing bikes more time to cross; traffic. The second option is a cyclists, now we’ll consult ✦✦ Reducing the number of motor two-way 3.2 metre separated cycle widely with public the on this vehicle turns across the cycle track lane on the right side of one of the truly transformational project. by offering parking on the op- We are also consulting on one-ways (Cumberland Street). further routes and inner city connections. separated bike lanes are~6x safer than painted and~9x safer than none

Vancouver, London and Sydney Canadian researchers find that posite side, and by limiting turns all have cycling mayors too and separated bike lanes are about six by time, vehicle type or place; many councillors and council times safer than painted lanes and staff do as well (including our about nine times safer than streets Both Dunedin options eliminate / new Deputy Mayor Justin Lester. with no bike lanes at all. Also, bike cycle conflicts by keeping them on There’s recognition in our lanes with vehicle parking are about opposite sides of the road, and both council that cycling is part of a seven times riskier than fully have about the same amount of lifestyle choice for progressive protected lanes. However, with a conflicts with motor vehicles turning people, the creatives and two-way protected lane (option 2), into driveways. However, like at innovators. These people are the the risk to cyclists arriving at an intersections, the bi-directional talent we need to attract to drive intersection in the opposite direction option may cause some drivers our economy, and these are the to motor traffic is substantially entering or leaving drive-ways to people that cities are increas- higher than for a one-way lane. overlook contra-flow cyclists. Re- ingly competing for. Good moving parked cars in both options Since about 60% of bike / motor cycling increases our liveability, improves cyclist and pedestrian vehicle crashes happen at intersec- and our shared economic visibility. The right-hand placement tions, their design is vital. This holds prosperity. of both options may help right- true for protected lanes as well since turning motorists to better see We’ve identified the issues, a protected lane becomes an unpro- cyclists because drivers and cyclists we’ve mapped out a plan and tected lane at an intersection as are on the same side of the car; but now the Wellington City Council turning cars must cross it. Inter- the larger radius of right-hand turns is ready to do the right thing for section design can improve safety by: may allow higher speeds if they do cyclists. As a bike-friendly interact. San Francisco has an ✦✦ Bringing the cycle lane closer to Mayor, I’m ready to lead this opposite side one-way buffered track parallel traffic for visibility at an transformation. n with few turning issues reported. intersection; ✦✦ Placing a motor vehicle traffic The last consideration is that the two-way cycle option uses more Dr. Hank Weiss is Artist’s impression of a one-way bike lane on Dunedin’s one-way system road width but gives less width per a SPOKES mem- ber and an injury lane of bike traffic. The one way epidemiologist with option allows cyclists to pass one experience in another without worrying about injury prevention research and oncoming bikes, and offers more practice. comfortable and social riding. n 9

Open Streets in Christchurch Steven Muir

Photo courtesy of Alistair Lang.

Human-powered transport had a lot of fun in Christchurch’s Open Streets event. The City Council closed central city streets to cars and dozens of volunteers helped to raise the profile of cycling in rebuilt Christchurch.

Open Streets was planned as part of range of mutant bikes was in con- part of his collection of antique Kidsfest in July, soon after the stant use with much hilarity. There’s bikes — quite a sight! reopening of many earthquake- amazing creativity in his collection! damaged streets; but bad weather A sound system courtesy of the Green forced postponement until the A Dutch intersection mock-up using Horn Company, mounted on a Cycle September school holidays. The astro-turf modelled an intersection Trailer NZ trailer, did loops around the weather on 29 September was little design that reduces the risk of city playing cycling- and walking-re- better than the July offering, with a motorists turning into cyclists. Also, lated music and making announce- cool, drizzly start, but it improved as Red Bus provided a bus so people ments. This and the bubble bike the day went on. A trailer added much good crowd interest to the event. enjoyed a huge the range of mutant bikes was in constant use with much hilarity variety of activ- Gapfiller set up their ities. One highlight cinema, using a projector was the grand parade led by the could try placing bikes on the rack. run off pedal-powered generators, to show bicycle band and the Kidsfest mascot cycling-related movies. dog ‘Cool Stuff’ in an armchair on a Inner City East Cycles (ICECycles) was three-wheel bike trailer provided by there, fixing over 30 bikes for free Other activities included a BMX pump Cycle Trailers NZ. Because the — a well-received service. Over the track, inflatable running track, bands Copthorne Hotel had dramatically road, the bicycle blender was hard at and urban orienteering. The Open collapsed the day before the start work making 300-odd berry & Streets event was an excellent point had to be changed, but it was banana smoothies. These blenders celebration of active transport, and good fun doing a couple of loops of are now produced locally by Cycle everyone wants it to become a the central city surrounded by all Trailers NZ. regular event. Several cities overseas manner of intriguing bikes. Clive run open street or Ciclovia events http://en.wikipedia. Murphy from Pedal Mania was a huge Keith Guthrie of Cycle Trading every Sunday; see org/wiki/Ciclovia n hit in Cathedral Square, where his Company and his friends displayed Cycling ferry friendly in Auckland Maree Peterson cycle-friendly initiatives and cam- paigns. “We met with a user group of With a strong focus on public trans- cyclists to put some protocols in place port, Fullers have always encour- around bikes on ferries” says Douglas. aged cycling by carrying bikes on “This way both sets of passengers co-exist on board without encroaching board at no extra cost to passen- on each other’s personal space.” In gers. This includes the service to ‘The locals will love you more’ 2012 bike racks were installed on some Coromandel, which is a favourite of Fullers Waiheke Island buses to with cyclists. assist commuters and visitors to travel practical ways to welcome cyclists. safely along island roads during peak Ferry travel extends our reach Fullers Auckland operates commuter runs to and from the ferry. It allows throughout the whole region. They are and tourism ferries to inner harbour visitors the chance to discover the real leaders in integrating cycling into and island communities around the furthermost parts of the island on a the public transport system.” Hauraki Gulf. The urban trend to ‘slow sightsee’ connect from across the harbour to the With the rise of Waiheke Island as a city and suburbs of Auckland is Barbara Cuthbert, leader of Cycle ‘must-do’ holiday destination for both growing, with the number of ferry-cy- Action Auckland, is a firm supporter of local and international visitors, the clists increasing each year. the Fullers cycle ethos. “The crew’s population swells from around 8,000 can-do friendly attitude demonstrated to over 40,000 during summer. For an Fullers CEO, Douglas Hudson, says the towards cyclists on a daily basis is island that boasts a ‘traffic-light-free’ New Zealand Transport Association immensely valuable in a region where status, the extra vehicles bring con- Cycle-Friendly award, bestowed on the too little investment is made in cy- gestion onto its single lane car- company a few years ago, has only cling”, she explains. “Free travel for riageways. As a way of encouraging served to encourage the company and bikes and moves to upgrade the Fullers’ awareness, Fullers are backing the its employees to push on to more fleet with extra space for bikes are community with a campaign around 11 ITL: a bike-friendly employer Teri Gilkison as showers and changing rooms are available to all. Mechanical Engineering company Engineer Sandy Service appreciates Independent Technology working for a company that values Limited (ITL) believes that em- alternative active modes of transport. ‘Bus it, Bike it, Walk it’, suggesting to ployee wellbeing and respect those planning a break on the island: for the environment are key to “I love the fact that there is a “The locals will love you more…when a happy workplace. With these covered secure area for storing the you leave your car at home!” values close to its core, it is bike. It is a real plus that if the only natural that the Taranaki- heavens decide to open; you can Buses meet and deliver back to all based employer operates as a leave the bike and get a ride home. sailings and bikes are also available for cycle friendly workplace. The facilities, like showers and hire at the wharf. In conjunction with being able to iron Cycle Action Auckland, Fullers de- ITL encourages staff to be active your shirt, make veloped a series of cycle routes with and considerate to the envi- it a lot more names such as ‘Beach/Wine Lovers ronment by enabling employees to appealing to Trail’ (through vineyards and along abandon their cars and be active cycle as you feel coastal roads) or ‘Nature Trail’ through when getting from A to B. clean, tidy and mangroves, wetlands, olive groves and professional for more vineyards! And not for the ITL’s main office features a number the day ahead.” faint-hearted is the circuit graded of facilities that support a bike- ‘difficult or ‘gut buster’. This circuit, friendly environment. A covered, Flexible working with its world-class views, includes lockable bike shed for employees hours are 17km on unsealed roads through the to store their bikes is well used, another factor historic Stony Batter out to Orapiu n and after — exercise facilities such Continues p14

Kayaking the Port Hills Steven Muir

I’m sure all you cyclists and kayakers have a simi- lar problem to me. Lying awake at night wondering “what would it be like taking a steep downhill hairpin corner at high speed on my bike while towing a 20kg kayak behind me?”.

This is a question that’s been bugging me ever since our the first gear again. It took 19 minutes to get to Sign of the first Fossil Fuel Free Mulitsport (FFFM) event in 2011, which Takahe, a trip which would normally take me around 12 was good fun, and got me thinking about future routes, minutes, so a bit over 50% slower. I didn’t have that much including the possibility of biking over the Port Hills and time so turned back after Victoria Park to return home. I got kayaking around Quail Island. I mentioned this on our up to around 35 on the way down — not exactly high second FFFM (see http://www.cycletrailers.co.nz/multisport2013. speed, but it felt quite safe and stable. The only slight worry pdf) earlier in the year, and even the seasoned coast-to- was when I slammed on the brakes to visit a friend for coasters started to look a little pale at the thought of towing morning tea, having almost over-shot his driveway. The a kayak up & down Dyers Pass Road! So, one recent Sunday weight of the kayak started to jack knife the back of the morning I decided to give it a try to see whether it was a bike by a few centimentres — nothing major, but something technically possible and enjoyable experience. to be aware of. I made it to the base of the Port Hills in approximately the The conclusion — towing a kayak is quite do-able and same time as I would without towing a kayak and found the enjoyable, although the return journey from Governor’s Bay grunt up the steep first section was pretty manageable in up Dyers Pass is long and steep, so it would be very hard my first gear. I spent most of the rest of the Dyers Pass in work. Who’s keen this summer? n second gear until Victoria Park Road, where I went down to 12

with advocacy, campaigns and friendly city council in Wellington, Love Cycling projects. plans for cycleways in Christchurch and a campaign for Patrick Morgan Cycling advocacy protected lanes in Dunedin. CAN’s fundraising focuses on The Coroner’s Review of Cycling You can support our work our love of cycling. Safety called on the NZ Transport Agency to convene an expert Please help us spread the good In November, we wrote to our panel to improve cycling safety, news and fight for better cycling. members asking for money to and we’ll work closely with it to By donating today, you’ll help support our shared goals. get the best possible outcomes. ensure we have the staff and We speak out in the media resources to achieve our vision. Riding a bike improves our whenever cycling is in the news. Your support is vital to CAN’s health, wealth and happiness. It We’re also stepping up our effectiveness. also delivers significant benefits to engagement with business and the wider community by boosting the health sector to advance the CAN is a registered charity, so business, reducing congestion case for cycling. donations are tax deductible. Ask and making our streets more your employers if they offer attractive places to be. payroll giving; if so, you can Safer speed campaigns donate and receive the tax credit New York cycling advocate Paul As traffic speeds drop to 30 km/h, directly in your pay. Steely White tells us that busi- safety on residential and nesses on 9th Avenue experi- shopping streets improves enced a 49% increase in retail dramatically, making them more spending after protected bike pleasant. That’s why we’re lanes were built. Injuries among launching a campaign to build all street users fell 58%. That’s public support for safer speeds right: better economy, safer and safer streets. streets!

This is no surprise. When we Road safety invest in bicycle infrastructure, projects people ride more, more people We work with BikeNZ Please give generously, in one ride and our streets become safer and NZTA to deliver for everyone. road user workshops of these ways: for bus and truck ✦ Paul calls it a ‘race to the top’, drivers, and cycle ✦at http://can.org.nz/donate where cities wanting to attract skills training. ✦✦by electronic banking to Cycling Advocates’ people, jobs and business Network, Kiwibank 38-9005-0922435-01 Use compete to provide the best We support local ‘donation’ as your reference and follow up cycling environments. This race is advocacy groups to with an email to [email protected] now on overseas, and we want achieve their aims. ✦✦post a cheque to Cycling Advocates’ Network, New Zealand to be in the leading Successes include PO Box 25-424, Wellington 6146 bunch. CAN is working hard to new cycleways in promote the benefits of cycling Auckland, a bike- 13

CAN Strategy 2013–2016 David Hawke ✦✦Cycling’s image problem as lycra wearers, law-breakers etc. The 2013 Auckland CAN-Do ✦✦The low number of cyclists gave a strong message that from ethnic minorities CAN needs to be more strate- ✦✦Lack of end-of-trip facilities, gic and more coordinated in especially in workplaces Contact CAN its cycling advocacy. This led A PDF of the full strategy map :: Chair, Graeme Lindup to two Wellington meetings can be accessed from the url [email protected] in June and August, where we below. The diagram looks compli- :: Secretary, David Hawke, worked on the priorities for cated, but its intention is to show [email protected] CAN’s strategy over the next the inter-relationship between :: Treasurer, Don Babe, few years. what we want to do and the [email protected] outcomes we expect. A short http://can.org.nz/ The outcome of these meetings summary is at STAFF article/can-strategy-2013-2016. was a strategy map incorporating :: Project Manager, five high priority issues and five Patrick Morgan, [email protected] issues of lesser priority, along This strategic plan constitutes a 04 210 4967 : 027 563 4733 with associated activities, outputs, big step up for CAN, and its outcomes and impacts. The high implementation will require a SOME CAN ROLES priority issues are: similar sea-change in our ap- proach at both a local and a :: Membership secretary, ✦ Adrian Croucher, [email protected] ✦Infrastructure is poor, and national level. We have asked all roads are not designed to local groups to have a look at :: Media contacts, Patrick Morgan, [email protected], accommodate cycling these priorities to see if there is Glen Koorey, [email protected] ✦✦Other road users are not something that their particular :: Portfolio Coordinator, vacant empathetic to people on bikes group would like to work towards :: Communications coordinator, ✦✦Traffic speeds are unsafe in their area. (We imagine that Stephen Wood, [email protected] many groups will have their own ✦✦Rules / laws and their lack of :: IT/Website coordinator, enforcement local priorities that are not on the Stephen Wood, [email protected] list.) ✦✦Conflicting advice between :: Email & DNS Server Admin, Thomas Schwarz, [email protected] CAN members and road traffic Because the strategy cannot be engineers :: e.CAN newsletter editor, driven by the national committee Adrian Croucher, [email protected] The lesser priority issues are: on its own, we are considering committing some of our financial :: Chainlinks editors, ✦✦Fragmentation of cycling into reserves to oversee implemen- Miriam Richardson [email protected] sport, tourism, & transport tation. We will review progress at & Claire Pascoe ✦✦Perception of danger: cycling the April 2014 CAN-Do in Whan- :: Mailouts co-ordinator, Ruth Lewis, [email protected] seems unsafe ganui. n :: Merchandise co-ordinator Lyneke Onderwater [email protected] CAN's High priority issues MORE ■■ Poor infrastructure; roads not designed for cycling For the full list of CAN roles go to: http://can.org.nz/can-roles ■■ Courtesy of non-cycling road users For full contact details go to: http://can.org.nz/contact ■■ Unsafe traffic speeds ■■ Rules / laws and enforcing them ■■ Conflicting advice between CAN members and road traffic engineers

15 Transpower: a bike-friendly employer Matthew Walker wayward eyebrows in check. Needless to say my cycle commutes I’ve never grown out of cycling. increased and lots of other people Although I got a car (of sorts) were riding regularly too, the cycle as soon as the law allowed, my commuters Nirvana was found. I’ve often wondered if a former employee enjoyment of cycling continued by the name of Kennett had some- undiminished. thing to do with this. When I started my first job in The most gratifying aspect of being a Scotland, I’d ride to work, lock my cyclist at Transpower however is the bike in a public area (hoping it would extent to which the organisation has be there when I came back), change continued to support enhancements in the men’s loo’s with a quick flannel to that great infrastructure. Further wash, and hang sweaty kit around bike racks, supporting the provision my desk. People knew me as the of pool bikes, giving the changing grimy freak who biked—how far, in facilities a refresh, funding urban what weather? This was typical. Occa- cycle training courses for staff and sional subtle pleadings for a shower promoting the health aspects of Because Transpower has safety as a fell on deaf ears. cycling during health and wellness core value, it might have dissuaded initiatives. Staff add their own flavour cycle commuting through fear of Starting work with Transpower in too, using their Transpower volunteer accidents. Instead, it understands the Wellington opened my eyes to what day to help develop local mountain health benefits and reduces risk by I’d been missing: easily accessible bike tracks, and recently, internal funding urban cycle training for staff. bike racks in a secure area; a short n social media has been used to hop up the stairs to changing rooms support a mountain bike group with with hot showers; a drying room Matthew Walker is Team Leader, Environmental Sys- rides out into the multitude of tracks (pinch me, I must be dreaming!); tems Grid Development at Transpower New Zealand which head out of the cities fringe. cupboard space; an iron; even a hair dryer and straighteners to keep

ITL: a bike-friendly employer continues allowing staff to use their bikes to embraced by ITL and successes are work to nearby meetings, or out for commute or exercise during the day. celebrated in a weekly staff meeting joy rides on the New Plymouth Staff can adjust their working day to which is attended by all employees. foreshore — which is only 200 metres accommodate a long commute or to For the extra keen cyclists on staff, from the ITL Office. There are two go for a midday ride over lunch time. ITL also sponsor the Taranaki Around other electric bikes available for use One benefit of having flexibility in the the Mountain cycle challenge, and and staff are encouraged to use them work day is that staff can exercise in other NZ cycling events. Athletes for travelling to out-of-office meetings. daylight during winter, keeping benefit from having their entry fee Structural Engineer Martin Van Den people safer and able to keep active covered by their employer, leaving Tillart, who regularly cycles to work, without freezing their fingers off. the training as their only worry enjoys having access to the electric leading up to the competition. bikes. “I like that the electric bicycles ITL have been eager participants in all are available for employees at all events coordinated by Let’s GO, a In addition, ITL celebrates innovation times. It’s not only for me, but I can project developed by the New and the ITL YikeBike has been a also tempt my wife to go out cycling Plymouth District Council that feature at the office for several years. in the weekends.” encourages people out of their cars The New Zealand invention that uses by making walking and cycling the smart technology to solve the As a cycle-friendly employer, ITL is easiest transport options. The most problems of our increasingly con- able to pass on benefits to its em- recent competition saw ITL log gested, polluted and stressful cities ployees, by saving them transport almost 350 trips during the month of has been welcomed by the staff of costs, and helping them keep active September where staff opted to use ITL. Employees are regularly seen n alternate modes of transport instead buzzing along on the penny-farthing of their car. These competitions are styled electric bike; commuting from 16

which would require moving the Local group news rail track in order to provide sufficient space; and a seaward Cycle Aware Wellington update provided by the Doubtful Sounds cycle/waking path on reclaimed singing group, with energetic land from Petone to an over- Alastair Smith interruptions by the Batucada bridge across the railway line A lot has been going on in the Sound Machine Brazilian style near Ngauranga. The seaward capital. marching band image: option has the benefit of pro- http://bit.do/flickr-smithal2 tecting the rail line from storm Upper Hutt Breakaway Festival of damage, an issue when July Cycling Wheel Stylish storms tore away part of the rail September saw cyclists at the top In November, Frocks on Bikes line and disrupted commuter end of the Hutt Valley being once again ran their popular services. treated to a busy schedule of “Wheel Stylish” fashion parade cycling events, including family on bikes. Cycling fashionistas Great Harbour Way Miramar Ciclovía rides, cyclocross, and mountain sipped wine and nibbled snacks Wellington City Council has bike orienteering. as models rode the circuit in approved a road closure on the designer clothing and on practical Miramar Peninsula so that a Wellington City Council elections and bikes. A particular hit were two Ciclovía event can be held Sunday the Love Cycling campaign flower girls in a Christiana cargo 16 February. This is being or- CAW supported the “Love Cy- bike images: ganised by Rotary, Great Harbour cling” campaign, which aimed to http://bit.do/flickr-smithal3 Way Trust, CAW, Living Streets, influence the local body elections and Wellington City Council. in favour of cycle friendly candi- Basin Bridge EPA hearings Cyclists, walkers, skate boarders, dates. Publicity included a cycling The process of approving the and wheel chair users will be able issues flyover at the Basin Reserve to enjoy the peninsula for a day question- grinds on, with the Environ- free of motor vehicles. If suc- naire sent mental Protection Authority cessful, the Ciclovía may become out to hearing evidence. CAW’s sub- a regular event. candidates mission concentrated on the and “love shared cycle/walk path beside the Roll on Wellington Awards cycling” bike flyover. While this will potentially At CAW’s annual “Roll on Wel- plates. The provide a more direct route for lington” award ceremony, the campaign east-west cycle commuters, the best of Wellington cycling was contributed proposed 3m width is a concern rewarded with presentation to the — with walls on each side, there bicycle bells — and some election of a will be minimal space for passing brickbats handed out. iRide and more cycle pedestrians and other cyclists. its in store Pura Vida cafe took friendly council, with a majority out both the Most Cycle Friendly of Councillors judged “cycle Wellington–Hutt cycle/walkway project shop and the Most Cycle Friendly friendly” and the return of cycling Insight consultants, on behalf of Cafe award. Statistics New Zealand Mayor Celia Wade-Brown. See a NZTA, are getting the views of was judged the Most Cycle young cyclist modeling a “love cyclists and walkers on options Friendly Employer, with its cycling” bike plate on the Wel- for improving cycling and walking impressive 28 bike racks, 70 lockers, and 7 showers. lington Waterfront: http://bit.do/ between Wellington and the Hutt Ash flickr-smithal . Valley.

Open Street event The project has concentrated on On World Car Free day, 22 the “gap” between Petone and September, cyclists, pedestrians, Ngauranga, where currently most and scooterists took over lower cyclists ride the shoulder of the Cuba Street and Dixon Street in SH2 expressway rather than risk Wellington’s CBD. Young (and not punctures on the inadequate so young) cyclists could try out 1930s cycle track. The project team is proposing two options: their skills on a skills course laid Ash Burgess shows off her Roll on out on Dixon Street. Music was upgrading the existing cycle track, Wellington Award 17

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Local group news continues We will have a bike ride, big bike Supporting tune up, a talk on the history of Burgess took the “Best Anything cycling, a movie, a bike mainte- Organistaions You Like” award for the energy nance evening, a talk and slide she puts into groups such as show about a 4 year cycle trip Abley Transportation Consultants Wellington Off-Road Riding around the world, Go by Bike day Department (WORD), Revolve, Addington Coffee Co-op and weekly bike rides. Some of and Pedal Ready. At the other end these are organised in con- Adventure South Ltd of the spectrum, Wellington City junction with other organisations, Auckland Cycle Touring Associ- Council yet again won the Most such as the film society, the ation Room for Improvement award for museum, and Velo Ronny’s, the the Hutt Road Cycle Path — Avanti Plus Kapiti Coast new local bike shop. We are also “riddled with posts, bus shelters planning to have articles in the Bicycle Junction & Crank Cargo and driveway crossing points... local paper, interviews with Bike Taupo cluttered with parked vehicles locally famous cyclists and many and signs”. However things may Black Seal Imports talks on radio. change, as the next item indi- Canterbury District Health Board cates… We have had some new cycle Christchurch City Council lanes put in and some distance Wellington Cycling Budget Christchurch Polytechnic In- added to the shared river paths Just before deadline, Wellington stitute of Technology this year, but our biggest wish is City Council announced that the for the city bridge to be made Cycletech NZ $1.3 million cycling budget was cycle friendly and that is still in Cycle Touring Company Ltd to be boosted to $4.3 million. the too hard basket. Hopefully this will enable a high Cycle Tour Operators NZ quality bicycle route to be estab- We’re hopeful that the New Year Engineering Outcomes lished between Island Bay and will bring some good ideas and Environment Canterbury the CBD, scheduled to be the next people to WBUG. n big cycle project now that the Ara Greater Wellington Regional Tawa shared path is nearing Council completion. Book review — Green Jersey Cycle Tour Company Whanganui BUG is planning... Fighting Traffic: Ground Effect Lyneke Onderwater The Dawn of the Kapiti Coast District Council Whanganui BUG was pleased to Motor Age in the Lincoln University hear about the appointment of Norman Gruebsch as the Regional Marlborough District Council Development Officer for cycling American City. Massey University in the region. It is a part-time Patrick Morgan MWH NZ Ltd temporary position, so we have to make the most of him while we by Peter D Norton. MIT Press New Plymouth District Council have him. He is based at Sport 2008, 396 pages, USD $20 Pedaltours Wanganui and is getting all Rotorua District Council groups involved in cycling Before the arrival of the car, city together so we can form a Rotorua MTB Club streets were diverse and included stronger voice. These will include children at play and pedestrians Tasman District Council cycle sport clubs, council, police, at large. But by 1930, most US Timaru District Council health organisations and, of streets had become primarily course, WBUG. ViaStrada motor thoroughfares where children did not belong and We are hosting the next CAN Do Waimakariri District Council where pedestrians were con- in early April and are excited demned as ‘jaywalkers’. In about that. See page 3 for more. Fighting Traffic, Peter Norton Join CAN and become a argues that to accommodate cars Other than that we are busy Supporting Organisaton: the American city required not planning for BIKE WISE month. can.org.nz/join only a physical change but also a 19

social one. Before it could be Book review: Together: the rituals, reconstructed for pleasures & politics of cooperation motorists, its streets had to be David Hawke socially recon- structed as places By Richard Sennett (Penguin, liveability is where motorists 324p, $30); belonged. driven by At the 2013 CAN-Do in Auckland, people This was not an keynote speaker Jonathan Daly evolution, he writes, but a bloody and expounded the overarching interacting with sometimes violent revolution. Norton importance of creating liveable each other describes how people struggled to cities. Interest groups, such as define and redefine what streets are for. cycling advocates, must form He examines developments in the alliances with each other toward crucial transitional years from the this goal rather than continuing to a poverty-stricken 1910s to the 1930s, uncovering a broad pursue their own narrow agendas. housing estate with its various anti-car campaign that reviled motorists Jonathan went on to argue that individuals and agencies (in- as ‘road hogs’ or ‘speed demons’ and liveability is driven by people cluding Saul Alinsky, mentor of their vehicles as ‘juggernauts’ or ‘death interacting with each other, and the young activist Barack cars’. He considers the perspectives of that it is precisely this aspect that Obama). Neither empathy nor a pedestrians, police (who had to become is being lost from modern cities. dialogic approach to activism ‘traffic cops’), street railways, He suggested 'Together' to come easily, but I found the businesses, traffic engineers delegates as an authoritative author’s exposition of these (who often saw cars as the problem, exposition of his arguments. themes well argued. not the solution), and automobile promoters. He finds that pedestrians Together has three themes: the One aspect of the book that I and parents campaigned in moral diverse ways we cooperate with found rather simplistic was the terms, fighting for justice. Cities and each other; the corrosive effects enthusiasm for guanxi, the downtown businesses tried to regulate of the modern western city on networking structure that un- traffic in the name of efficiency. cooperation; and three archetypal derlies traditional Chinese society. Meanwhile, motoring interest groups modern communities. These While guanxi indeed drives legitimised their claim to the streets by communities he summarises as multi-layered cooperation and invoking freedom — a powerful rhe- faith-based (the Catholic Worker interaction, it has also become torical stance in the United States. movement), simplicity-based (the the fast route to corruption in pre-Zionist kibbutz movement), modern China. Fighting Traffic offers a look both at the and sociably-based (Norman origins of the automotive city in Thomas and the Socialist Party of Normal 0 false false false EN-NZ America and at how social groups America). ZH-CN X-NONE shape technological change. The author particularly promotes Together is very much big-picture, The lessons are clear: reclaiming our two aspects of cooperation. and strongly recommended. streets as public spaces requires us to Empathy (as opposed to sym- While most definitely not a challenge (recently) received wisdom pathy) involves a person walking “cycling book” (cycling is not that roads are primarily for motorised alongside another person in their even in the index), it will en- vehicles. Challenging the narrative that struggles. Empathy is about the courage you to think more ‘cars = progress + efficiency’ is part of path rather than the solution. broadly about the way you our mission. This is not to say that Then there is dialogic as opposed interact with others, both as an cycling advocates are anti-car, but that to dialectic activism. Dialogics is individual and as a cycling human values must come first. about working with people and advocate. The 2014 CAN-Do will trusting them to come to their explore the way cycling advocacy I would have liked an analysis of street own outcome; dialectics is about can contribute to community politics in other parts of the world, but guiding the other party toward building (and vice versa). n overall Peter Norton provides a re- your desired solution. In this, the vealing picture of how we got into this author draws on his childhood in mess. n