The newsletter of the Cycling Advocates’ Network (NZ) Dec 2003 Amsterdam. Holland - A (multi-storey!) bicycle parking lot near the main train station in downtown Amsterdam. About 10% of the 650,000 bikes in the country are stolen every year. {from Knight Ridder/Tribune Photo Service, 25 September 2003} PO Box 6491, Wellesley St, Email:
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[email protected] (newsletter) Tel/Fax: 04-385-2557 www.can.org.nz The views expressed in ChainLinks are not necessarily those of CAN. ISSN 1175-9364 In this issue CAN cycle-friendly award winners 2002/03 announced 3 CAN AGM 2003 5 Meet the new CAN executive 7 CAN Do report 10 Reflections on the 2003 NZ Cycling Conference 11 and 13 BikeNZ Update 14 Reaching a milestone: NZ’s first National Walking and Cycling Strategy 15 Ara Harakeke - The Flax Pathway - Update 16 CAN Communications Survey 17 Planning and Design for Cyclists - Share and share alike 19 Cycling Research - Build it and they will come 20 Cycling news from around New Zealand 22 News from Palmerston North 24 2003 for SPOKES Christchurch 25 Impressions from Europe: Taking Cycling Seriously 26 “Towards sustainable land transport” conference 2004 28 Are you a CAN Support person? 29 Review: Sustainable transport: planning for walking and cycling in urban environments 29 In the news 30 CAN Library Update 35 Cycle Smart @ Marlow Park 38 Quotable Quotes 39 CAN affiliated group contacts 41 Join CAN now 43 2 CAN cycle-friendly award winners 2002/03 announced Glen Koorey The winners of the inaugural CAN Cycle-Friendly Awards have been an- nounced.