I've got bad news for you... an email reply from the project team, shared via comment at Bike Auckland:

Additional works for this shared path have…

The majority of my brushes have seemed this way. Simple failure to recognize danger. It's something that is hard to clearly acknowledge about…

Definitely..

I have once signaled – I just did the standard arm out for right…

That much I'd believe. Even when driving I've noticed a distinct difference in the behaviour of other drivers at red lights based on the car I'm driving at the time. The 1989 Mazda 323 hatchback seems…

Hmm.. I hadn’t considered that possibility?

I’ve been doing it for about 6…

Thanks. If so, that's terrible reporting to completely leave that out, state that he wasn't convicted, and give an impression that it's done and dusted and the man's been let off.

I have once signaled – I just did the standard arm out for right turn.…

I have invented my own hand-signal for such situations (bicycle going straight ahead, where you…

I've been avoiding this stretch as much as possible – mainly by reverting to the old on-road cycle route parallel to the motorway and then taking the underpass at Mountain…

Now fully into the era of vacuous opinion.

Duncan Garner’s problem is likely just a Green Party hating thing, and not wanting to give any credence to the possibility that someone with…

Does anyone know why? The article doesn't seem to make that clear.

I practiced what I preached on Nelson Street this morning, using a new secondhand bike with lovely big 700c wheels -…

The video, which Simeon claimed was edited, shows Simeon driving up close behind Emet on Kent Tce, before tooting at him to get out of the way.…

As many YouTube videos from nutbar mountain bikers testify.

Presumably the alternative is New North Rd? Or perhaps a sneaky back street route to Mt Eden Rd I can see why you'd avoid those. Hilly and dangerous. I'm…

Yeah, that’s certainly true if your commuting destination is the CBD. It’s a function of the fact that full-fledged cycleways are a byproduct of motorways.

Otoh, it’s a bit different if you happen to live in…

Thanks for the photo, dude.

I used to do it sometimes. You really needed to be feeling confident.

The SH20 (southwestern) cycleway tracks the motorway, so it currently comes as far north as Mt Roskill.

It will connect with the SH16 (northwestern) cycleway when the Waterview Connection opens – or maybe a…

That is true, but it's hyperbole to say that speeding bikes…

Well, of course it is – but the attraction of doing so disappears quite quickly, the Police generally aren't interested…

I was having this disagreement with…

Inapproprite speed is as dangerous on a bike on a cycleway as it is in a car on the road. A lot of MAMILs are old school cyclists who are used to neglected and unused…

Very good, as it happens. I like and the perspex safety walls don't bother me too much. And the…

Sorry if I’ve missed something in the comments. But especially given…

Worth firing off a few BSA standard complaints about denigration, perhaps?

I love Sam's description of the over-the-top colour choice, too... this thing is getting noticed all over the world. It's such a massive gesture of cheeky chutzpah and vote of confidence in a new way of…

Much like gun ownership.

The problem is that his rants are not vacuous, they are in the full of incitement to do harm. In this case to cyclists. But also to do harm against refugees. To do harm against those with different political opinions.

He's gone from merely trying for clickbait,…

Yeah. I don't seek to excuse the driver, and I can understand why you did it – I'm luckier in that my hair raising experience at that intersection was in a car. Of course I was not at…

Just don’t expect a particualry positive reception [...]
The policewoman at the station was an absolute pro and lovely to deal with when I reported the crash.

[...] you’re prepared to push hard…

No, her defence was that once she'd rammed me into the bus, I'd cracked her windscreen by repeatedly pounding on it. Which I did, because I…

Come to think of it, I suppose there would be insane arguments for doing so …

A friend has been riding to work from Morningside to Fairfax in the former Telecom building on on K Road.

She's about to take up a job at the new NZME…

I was once crushed into the side of bus on Customs St by a young lady deliberately puliing her car over to the left as I slowly filtered through between her on my right and the bus to…

When you encounter dangerous aggression from cars, call the police immediately. Use *555 which is for urgent traffic issues and goes through to the central control room. In my experience, the operators there are…

This is the sanest argument I know for having a GoPro on top of your helmet to record the license, the action and the driver for later complaint to police. Unless complaints are made, and in quantity, leading to convictions, nothing will change.

I also drive in (getting off the NW MW at Nelson St) and the traffic seems to have been a lot worse the last couple of weeks. Once the cars actually get onto Nelson St, I don't think they move…

Yeah, like I said, I considered trundling along…

This from Sam >
"1. I can’t think of a single cycle project that has generated as much excitement as this..."

What I was thinking of when I said the lightpath symbolises great things for a re-imagined…

Like anything it could be better but by an large being able to cycle or…

If you're coming off the North Western, it's not too much of a detour to use Light Path to get to Albert St. Give it a go and see how you feel.

Attached is a very rough sketch of the route.

That’s awful. More so as it’s not even uncommon.

I was going straight ahead on MacKelvie Street on Ponsonby and a guy at the stop sign on Rose…

My forgotten 8th reckon from the post above was just that – at last, a return to that same festival atmosphere.

1. I can't think of a single cycle project that has generated as much excitement as this, even amongst the relatively bike friendly circles I move in (online and off). I rode up for the first hoon with a group of several colleagues plus one more who…

I have no idea how to get…

Agreed that drivers shouldn't be dicks, though. Some…

So important to have that context. You can forgive people for thinking that…

This was the point of the recent safety ads getting people to think of cyclists as real people. They featured a person with DAD or DAUGHTER written on their shirt while riding a bike. Perhaps whoever researched that campaign discovered that drivers' dislike of cyclists is…

Actually, having just done the cycle over Golden Gate bridge 6 weeks ago, I can tell you it's not as pleasant…

FWIW, I don't get any more care and courtesy on the roads cycling with a puku nui.

I've never had such…

Having spent a month cycling round Santa Monica and Venice on a less exaggerated cruiser, I can tell you that they're much better than they appear. The super upright laid-back position is great…

It's just as well we're building cycleways, because those things look bloody difficult to ride in traffic.

The classic there is when John Roughan in the Herald condemned the busway on its opening as a "monstrous" folly, then six years later touted its great success as an argument against rail.

Sample:

Auckland is a car city…

Ask anyone in Sydney…

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My use of the word "whiners" was considered. Hosking is fond of complaining about people complaining, but here he is when something good happens – moaning for the sake of it.

given the rate cycleways are being introduced (and embraced) it won't be overly long before Hosking et al are champions how Auckland has transformed into a…

We shouldn't have to justify that. But we do. The proof is usually in retrospect – we see how good things are, and the mainstream changes. The proof is also available elsewhere in the…