Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Cycle infrastructure: the blessings are not evenly shared

Bart Janssen

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:07:41 +1300

For those interested Love to Ride is doing a mini bike challenge with prizes to get people on their bikes for spring.

FletcherB

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:02:25 +1300

I have had similar thoughts, Bart.

Bart Janssen

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:09:25 +1300

Been trying to figure out a way of saying this without screwing it up, hopefully this will be taken in the spirit intended.

While I understand the value of investing in infrastructure in the highest density areas I think a case can be made that Sth Auckland has a greater…

Jon Briggs

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:39:39 +1300

Thanks for the map! I have been wondering how the NW path connects up to the SE one. Will be handy for me. I am often heading home in Mt Roskill from the West. I am going to try it out tonight!

Joshua Arbury

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:17:26 +1300

There's some good detail on next steps for improving cycling in Auckland here:

https://at.govt.nz/media/1974191/item114-auckland-cycling-programme-for-investmentfinal.pdf

Moz

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:07:13 +1300

Putting a cycleway heading north along the Southern Line might well be feasible, but would likely require engineering.

FWIW they do this in Melbourne... but Melbourne also accepts quite a high death rate from running trains at ground level with minimal separation.

I used to ride the Upfield bike path…

Mikaere Curtis

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:53:10 +1300

Nice photos, Russell. Next time I ride to Pak N Save (I live in Morningside), I'll go via the Waterview Track :)

About 18 months ago I was considering a contract in Otahutuu so, as a committed cycle commuter, I investigated potential routes. And there really aren't any safe ways…

Russell Brown

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:27:17 +1300

We walked across the Waterview bridge a few weekends ago – It was really cool!! I definitely want to go back and explore more – is there a map somewhere with the cycle path routes?

Here's the Waterview map.

Russell Brown

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:25:51 +1300

One Sunday we explored further in that direction and ended up riding up Gt South Road through to Newmarket. It’s a beautifully smooth road surface (please can we make bike routes smoother) and on a quiet Sunday morning a pleasant ride but it reminded me of when I dodged traffic…

Viv10101

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:21:10 +1300

We walked across the Waterview bridge a few weekends ago – It was really cool!! I definitely want to go back and explore more – is there a map somewhere with the cycle path routes?

Bart Janssen

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 09:51:51 +1300

Just wanted to say

ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL BRIDGES!!!!!

Bart Janssen

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 09:51:22 +1300

We've been exploring from Mt Roskill in every direction we can. The cycleway along the southwestern has been great fun leading us to the Onehunga path and along the estuary – but yeah it ends there.

One Sunday we explored further in that direction and ended up riding up Gt…

Thomas Lumley

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 21:16:39 +1300

One of the big problems Auckland has compared to Melbourne (where I grew up) is that the old roads are much narrower. Melbourne has unnecessarily wide streets and so had no difficulty putting bike paths in all over the place, even in the non-grid areas around the CBD. It's harder…

Jason Kemp

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:36:56 +1300

Thanks Russell. I had seen photos before but the stone wall made me think it was at Greenlane.

Russell Brown

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:03:52 +1300

BTW, did anyone else catch Bryan Leyland’s hilariously wrong-headed submission on the Point Chev cycleway?

This paragraph:

It also seems that they did not consider how many cyclists might use it and whether or not most of them would be recreational cyclists – which is certainly the case right now.…

Jolisa

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:53:14 +1300

Fab post, thanks Russell! And great timing – here's Barb's look back at the nitty-gritty of getting the path included as part of the Waterview consent.

An epic undertaking that has paid off handsomely. (Although we all wish new cycleways didn't all come with an enormous motorway on the side,…

Russell Brown

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:49:37 +1300

This just posted by Bike Auckland: how the Waterview path was won.

Russell Brown

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:37:39 +1300

I've added this from Peter Haynes, chair of the Eden-Albert local board, to the post:

You probably know this, but the traffic planners decided to start in the centre, where the population is densest and the usage greatest, and then move outwards from there. (It is certainly true that Waitemata…

Russell Brown

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:36:54 +1300

Where is that first photo (rainbow one) taken please. A street address

It's the path that runs between Unitec and the motorway west of Carrington Road – effectively part of the northwestern cycleway. At the bottom of the slope, you hang left to join the Waterview path, or right to…

Jason Kemp

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:05:30 +1300

Where is that first photo (rainbow one) taken please. A street address.

Public Address

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:05:30 +1300

Discussion from blog post.