That's 42.3% of claims by cyclists and 57.7% of claims by pedestrians.

The numbers of claims are so low that they won’t be…

You've been able to do inter-library loan across NZ for years. It was being able to go to any library in the region that happens to have the book you want, without having to go through the hassle of inter-library loan,…

Not in any way that made a difference to punters though.

Sure there was a ton of effort by all involved, the clowns and repair stations and events were neat, but overall the setup and layout by (I presume) the council was atrocious. Where do…

Had already joined up their systems before the amalgamation.

Here's one: North-western cycleway upgrades and extensions. You actually think the previous collection could've mustered the collective coherence to negotiate with NZTA to get the quality of work done in as many places as has been achieved?
Also, the libraries. All…

Every few editions, it's all about 'luddites' and 'council dithering' holding up the Basin Reserve Flyover, rubbishing much of Celia's public transit plans as 'unaffordable',…

Yep. Which implies:
– working with relevant existing advocacy organisations to help them be strong and figure out proposals and costings and make press releases and run events and make submissions and do all that good shit that always falls to the same few…

And quite possibility ending up paying big later on, due to discrimination lawsuits. Seems how it rolls in litigation-happy America.

On the other hand, we've seen how acolytes of Disaster…

Huh. Supercity! Remind me why that was a good idea?

The Regional Council is in charge of public transport. They tender the day-to-day running out to…

We can bubble and foment and brainstorm all we like from the tarmac-level, but only when someone at the top says "Let's do it,…

Except none of…

I hope ORC gets their act together and makes bike racks standard. And not carrying bikes at night? What craziness is this?

Fascinating, glad to see that.

Many people may be intimidated about loading their bike while the other passengers watch and wait. But I hope with ongoing use of the racks that it becomes…

Quite right. It had been a long day.

current govt is trying to exclude wheelchair access as a requirement of quake-strengthening work – to save building owners money.

I look forward to the time where providing facilities for cycles is a no-brainer. If cycling were seen as a…

there is if it's part of the next revised contract

Auckland buses are subcontracted to a private enterprise (in the name of efficiency). Since there is no value to the private company to add bike racks to a bus it will never happen. Such bikes racks are…

On the main 50km bicycle circuit that runs out to the airport, there is not a single dedicated bicycle lane along either of the main roads that run to/from the airport. There are quite…

The analysis I just posted has taken me an hour, including transcribing the data across to Excel, doing the calculations, checking on my sleeping infant son, and writing up this post through a laborious draft process…

Total injury claims made to ACC for the period 2008-2012* for collisions involving some combination of motor vehicle and/or bicycle and/or pedestrian: 7,657
Injuries claims made to ACC as the result of a collision between a pedestrian and a bicycle…

Never as far as I know.

Or I suppose we could all…

You can on the ferries, and I understand most of the buses on Waiheke have bike racks. But it wouldn’t hurt anyone to suggest to Auckland Transport that would…

I'm waiting for the Police to come back about reported incidents, since that'll be a different angle on things. They've got a little while yet. My follow-up to ACC about particular parties has to be a full formal request, too,…

Commonsense, and this bikecam footage, suggests that I should reconsider.

http://youtu.be/s4GMDVPsuuo

Details of the rail replacement bus services this weekend are on the Auckland Transport website here.

Nice image. I shall bear it in mind.

You said: "A Ciclovía – the word means “bike path” in Spanish – is a kind of riding fair, where the road is closed to cars and we all may trundle safely and freely where we please. "

Can I suggest another image? The road…

The promptness of the response aside, it was interesting to see that over the three years (2010-2012) for which hospitalisation figures are available there were only 14 hospitalisations for cyclist/pedestrian collisions. For…

Closures are staggered – only every second weekend for the next couple of months according to AT website. However there are no trains or replacments at all to the Waitakere stop on Sundays, something I…

with the rise in interest in cycling whomever makes/sells those…