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It’s infrastructural: How to slow down cyclists without slowing down cycling?
In three projects that I am working on in some capacity at the moment (one related to NZTA, one related to Council, and one related to a private developer), I am currently posed with essentially the s...
Continue →- 23 Feb 2012
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It’s social: Another Auckland Transport cycle culture fai…. wait, what?
…it’s an image of a middle-aged guy on an upright bicycle, advertising Auckland Transport-sponsored summer bike events. And he’s wearing… business casual? No lycra or high-viz ...
Continue →- 23 Feb 2012
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Goodbye compact city, hello sprawl!
My day began with wading through a pool of water to park my bike (thanks Auckland Uni!) which was a bit of a downer. But, really, I’m mainly feeling depressed by this article in the Herald yest...
Continue →- 23 Feb 2012
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Charter schools and cycling
Recently National and ACT signed a coalition agreement which included an initiative to trial some charter schools in low income areas such as South Auckland. There has been a lot of discussion in the...
Continue →- 22 Feb 2012
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Who are we targeting in cycling campaigns right now?
The other night I had dinner with Roger Geller, famed cycling advocate. He said a lot of good stuff but one of the things I found most interesting was that when you’re designing a cycling campa...
Continue →- 22 Feb 2012
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It’s gradual: A key message from Roger Geller’s visit
Okay, there were actually quite a few key messages in Roger Geller’s event where he discussed how to create a cyclicised city from a 1% cycle city. Among them “Build it and they come“...
Continue →- 21 Feb 2012
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Filling the Void
Google Images Is cycling in Auckland entering a new phase? By looking at all the media coverage recently, one would be justified in thinking so. But will something positive come from the death that ha...
Continue →- 20 Feb 2012
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Eastcaped
The bus driver to Opotiki was an acquaintance of Tama Iti, he couldn’t work out what all the fuss over the raids on the “terrorist camp” was about, “everyone has guns around here”. T...
Continue →- 20 Feb 2012
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