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The Low Hanging Fruit of the Kapiti Coast | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. The Low Hanging Fruit of the Kapiti Coast. That’s just the way the universe works). It’s not quite wide enough to be a shared path. Then I rode up the Wharemauku Tack up to Coastlands. The track was muddy and puddled in parts. There’s a newly landscaped and wetland section that finishes on Rimu Rd just opposite the bike shop. Rimu Rd bike lane. I swung back past the new aquatic centre and the library and got b...
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Queen Elizabeth Park Commuter Cycleway | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. Queen Elizabeth Park Commuter Cycleway. It’s another sad day today due to the death of another cyclist on a New Zealand State Highway. And before that happened this morning this story appeared on the same site “ Stick to the back roads, advise happy cyclists”. The existing bridge near the start is fine for bikes:. The track largely remains reasonably flat in the swale between these inland dunes:. The Heart of ...
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ROAD RULES | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. The official Road Rules for NZ cyclists are available on this page at the NZTA website. And for download below. PDF, 10 MB). PDF, 1.9 MB). Im trying to find out if it is illegal to ride a bike while drunk? Jesse, a very good question. All good advice there. Careless use of a vehicle would cover your behaviour while drunk on a bike. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Sandhills Motorway cycleway provisions | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. Sandhills Motorway cycleway provisions. The NZTA has released a video with a fly-through of the proposed Kapiti Expressway/Sandhills Motorway/ Mackays to Peka Peka route:. Here are my observations of what I can see in the video with regards to the cycling provisions:. It’s hard to see what the Poplar Ave crossing would look like. An underpass would be preferred, but as long as it is safe. Just north of Poplar ...
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Waikanae River Paths | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. Back in my shit-stirring days (circa September 2010) I asked local candidates in the Kapiti local government. Elections some questions about cycle infrastructure and air quality. I was hoping some talented individuals would get voted in to council, because the service we get from the KCDC is quite pathetic. And they need a boot up the arse, (and all these posts about incompetent councils. At the moment there a...
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Being a pedestrian in a car oriented city | Wellington Region Cycleways
https://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/being-a-pedestrian-in-a-car-oriented-city
Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. Being a pedestrian in a car oriented city. You might remember my post of last year about Salt Lake City. First up to get from where I was staying I had to walk across a giant car park. This was designed especially to hold many cars, and as you can see it was a thriving business:. Then it was ok I wasn’t going to hassled by the homeless people, they were asleep behind the sign:. And this is the experience of cr...
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Some good election results for cycling | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. Some good election results for cycling. Congratulations to Celia, Sarah, David, Paul and Sue. Congrats to the other new councillors too. Now you’ve got some work to do. Hopefully we’ll see work begin on the Kaiwharawhara to Petone waterfront cycle path and some kind of scheme for joining J’ville and Tawa as well as action on various cycle routes around the city. The Low Hanging Fruit of the Kapiti Coast. Some ...
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Lessons from Salt Lake City | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. Lessons from Salt Lake City. Update – I’ve found this Streetfilms film about Salt Lake City transit and cycling featuring the bike share. They’ve just installed a small network of hire bike stations, called Greenbike. There are only 9 stations so it geographically pretty limited. It does however have a station for commuters arriving on the Frontrunner. There are routes marked around the city by signs:. And goo...
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Hawkes Bay Rides | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. A few moons ago I did a little ride up Hawkes Bay way from Havelock North to Napier. And in the years since they’ve spent a bit of money and improved cycle infrastructure considerably. Hastings has made a considerable effort. In improving on-road cycling around the town. Here’s a map of most of the rides. Click for a full version:. Riding to the Port. Battling the wind along Westshore. Along the Tutaekuri River.
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Hawkes Bay Coastal Ride | Wellington Region Cycleways
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Promoting Cycle Ways from Seatoun to the Manawatu River (and beyond) – Wellington, New Zealand. Hawkes Bay Coastal Ride. On a recent hot day I had a chance to ride from Havelock North to Napier and back along the Tuki Tuki River and the coastal path. It has been developed by the Hawkes Bay Rotarians (click for maps and info). Since 2002, and is to be expanded as part of the National Cycleway plans. The number of gates on the cycleway are a problem. Gates are just about always a barrier to cycling. Closer...
