CHAINLINKS 2012 Issue 3, October ChainlinksMAGAZINE OF THE CYCLING ADVOCATES NETWORK (NZ) 2012 ISSUE 3, October should make our 2011–2012 financial Chainlinks Bike Month Editorial statement show a profit. CAN’s report on the Safer Cycling Pro- Promote your group in our Graeme Lindup gramme is at: http://can.org.nz/article/report- annual Bike Month issue of for-nzta-on-the-safer-cycling-programme In Chainlinks 3 2010 we reported on Chainlinks. Bring a local ad- a significant milestone, finishing the Central government is pushing the sector vertiser so we can have more Networking Project contract for the for a collaborative approach to cycling. colour pages. N.Z. Transport Agency (NZTA). We’ve An article in this issue from BikeNZ, our now completed another major NZTA partners in the Safer Cycling Programme, All content in by 5 December project, the Safer Cycling Programme. outlines where they are heading. CAN and BikeNZ are now refining with NZTA Email content to: For this we joined BikeNZ in a part- a substantial joint application to the [email protected] nership that developed from the joint Road Safety Trust. The initial discussions Pictures: >500kb, 1024 x 768 pixels BikeNZ/CAN response to the tragic cy- will be on whether a broad coalition of >1mb preferred clist deaths of November 2010. cycling interests can work together to de- Advertising: [email protected] liver sustained improvements in safety. by 5 December. Glen Koorey (CAN), Richard Leggat (BikeNZ), Barbara Insull (BikeNZ) and Our challenge will be to keep our ad- I met regularly to oversee three sub- vocacy voice while working with these projects, reviewing progress and ensuring organisations towards ensuring all road n collaboration. Project funding allowed users share the road safely. us to employ staff, supported by volun- Graeme Lindup is Chair of CAN teers from both groups. Jena Western of Auckland ably led CAN’s share of the work ($155,000) and delivered it to a sat- isfied NZTA. The return from the project The Three-seater Charity Ride Richard Steane, Byrdie Johnston and Jimmy Giffiths Be part of something fun, amazing day we will auction the third seat, with and different! From 24 November proceeds going to the three charities. to 14 December, we’re cycling from If you win the auction, you can do what Auckland to Christchurch. Our ride you want with the seat. You could join will help three great charities: youth us for the day, give the seat to a friend or mentoring programme Big Brothers your Mum.... or you could even organise a group of your friends and take turns Big Sisters; the Shortbread Trust, joining us on the bike. You could arrange which supports a school in Nepal; and for friends and family to sponsor your Gap filler, which uses vacant sites in ride with us. CAN: Cycling Advocates Network Christchurch for creative projects. PO Box 6491, Wellesley St, We’d love to have you join us on the bike Auckland, New Zealand. This is a charity cycle ride with a dif- for a whole day, but you don’t have to. Tel 04 972 2552 ference. We have a three seater bike, but Perhaps you’d like to join us for a ride [email protected] only two of us will ride at any time. Each through your home town, or for a trip www.can.org.nz to a local café? We don’t mind – it’s your Registered Charity no.: CC36909 seat for the day! n Chainlinks ISSN 1175-9364 (print) ISSN 1174-3409 (online) [email protected] Editors: Miriam Richardson and Claire Pascoe The views expressed in Chainlinks are not necessarily those of CAN. Front cover photo courtesy of Mike Townsend Publishing 2 2012 Chainlinks 3, October. 2012 Chainlinks 3, October. 3 Contents 2 Editorial 2 The Three-seater Charity Ride 3 Let’s Go New Plymouth! 4 i-Way update 4 CAN needs members 5 Spring-time cycling the Great Rides 5 Womenís Cycling Festival 6 Velo-City Global 2012 6 Bike NZ news 7 New Zealand stories 9 Cycle touring 11 What would it take? 12 CAN to launch Workplace Bikeability project 12 Lobbying is a numbers game 12 CAN committee activity Let’s Go New Plymouth! 12 CAN Special General Meeting 13 Safer Cycling programme Nathaniel Benefield share their learning with parents, and completed encourages family participation in New 13 CAN contacts Let’s Get Going Plymouth cycling clubs. 15 Effective advocacy: influencing ‘Power starts’ and ‘lifesaver looks’ are If this sounds like something you’d like social change – Part Two now a part of New Plymouth primary to run in your preschool, you’re in luck! 15 Cycling with dolphins school kids’ vocabulary, thanks to a The Let’s Get Going team is preparing 16 Regional groups well established programme of cyclist a How to toolkit in Te Reo and English, 17 Join up form and links with session plans, activity cards and skills training for years five through 18 Winter family biking ways to support the philosophies of kin- 19 New guidebook shows the way eight. dergartens, Kohanga Reo and 19 On the web Soon after children If you let school kids play centres. The toolkit will take their first steps, be available online, and we’re they look for small direct road safety investigating a printed resource wheels to tear about as well. To find out when it’s engineers… available, see our newsletter at Join CAN on on. In recognition of letsgo.org.nz this, Let’s Go (New . Plymouth’s active Join us in March 2013 Facebook travel programme), March 2013 The Let’s Go Experience Visit http://tinyurl.com/CANfacebk for news re- Sport Taranaki and find out what happened. leases, a courteous cycling code, pictures, Bike NZ have de- Have you ever wondered what events, discussion and more. veloped a pilot pro- would happen if you let school “It’s a useful way to raise CAN’s profile and gramme of pre- Workshops kids direct road safety engineers reach people who may not see themselves school skills training, and urban designers? We did, Forums as cycling advocates,” Patrick Morgan says. n Let’s Get Going, to and the results are fantastic! get preschoolers’ Tours Join us in New Plymouth for the riding off to a good meet the peoplep on Let’s Go Experience March 2013 start. Sport Taranaki’s (right before www.WOMAD.co.nz). Active Communities ‘people first’ streets Check. We’ll show you around Advisor is facilitating and discuss the lessons learned, the pilot, aiming to the projects completed and con- DATES TO REMEMBER templated. We will host a series reach 3,000 North The Let’s Go Experience Taranaki under fives by June 2014. of workshops, speaker forums and op- portunities for you to chat with children March, New Plymouth Children bring their own bikes and and homeowners who’ve taken charge of helmets, which they check at the be- CANDo their ‘people first’ streets. ginning of the session. Next come balance Mar/Apr, North Island and eye-tracking exercises before they Registration details are at letsgo.org.nz 3-seater Charity Ride progress to on-bike skills like straight line (keyword search ‘experience’) or email Nov/Dec riding, braking and cornering. A handout [email protected]. n at the end of each session helps children 2 2012 Chainlinks 3, October. 2012 Chainlinks 3, October. 3 CAN needs members; you can help! David Hawke More members give an Addington Coffee Co-op signs on advocacy group like ours as a Supporting Member more lobbying power What’s your line of business in Christchurch? i-Way opening on and more income. CAN is ✦ We’re a café selling fair trade coffee and locally made, Havelock North fortunate in having much environmentally friendly, ethically traded products. new pathway willing expertise among What’s your philosophy? i-Way update its members, who add ✦ To be part of a local community and contribute to the enormous weight to our Owen Mata global movement toward fairness. advocacy; while our staff If you make the two kilometre jour- Do your staff cycle? make sure tasks are done ney between Hastings and Havelock ✦ well and on time. Most come by bike, walking or public transport. North on a sunny day, you’ll see kids Why did you sign up? on scooters, joggers, families going for Our membership fees (in- ✦ To be part of a city-wide endorsement of cycling. This dividual $35, family $40, ice-creams, people in mobility scooters is a crucial time for Christchurch, and the more grass- unwaged $20) are much and cyclists of all ages. roots voices the better. lower than those of most Already it’s hard to believe that only a few voluntary organisations, Did it take much persuasion when a CAN member asked months ago none of these people could making it easier to join. you to join? be seen — the landscape was simply a Organisations committed ✦ Very little! stream of vehicles on a busy road with no to sustainability (see box) footpaths on either side. Completion of often take Supporter the biggest project in the iWay membership ($85) and cycle- programme has changed per- it now seems are listed in Chainlinks (p18). friendly workplaces. We’re a voice for cy- ceptions; it now seems silly that silly that it Each Chainlinks updates members cling in the media. Finally, we advise and it never existed before! never existed on CAN’s local and national ad- support local cycle advocacy groups. It’s been a big few months for vocacy.