But we see that with pedestrians and cars too. Here in Welly, pedestrians insist…

No need for snark. I appreciate Chris's care and clarity in saying who he's speaking as.

Okay, I withdraw and apologise.

Onwards and upwards....

I got a pleasant shock last Saturday when riding through a sunny central London, to run into these chaps and chapettes dressed in their finest tweed (although I'm not quite sure a fluoro fixie fits in...)..…

Oh, is that how you can be more than one person around here?

Works anywhere polite, Nick – just say "I'm the secretary of the Act Party" or whatever your role is.

i imagine most people, knowing it is billed as a cycleway, would keep well to one side. but there's always the tiny minority who "don't look, don't care" about other path users.

It's not really that practical anyway. There is enough room for 2 cycles to pass in opposite directions,…

the chair of Cycle Action Auckland

I initially read that as Cycle Aviation Auckland and imagined a sky full of da Vinci style cycle-copters. But the reality is also very cool, great to see this kind of thing happening and I hope it catches on everywhere.Would be nice if every…

Oh, is that how you can be more than one person around here?
Now I know.

No need for snark. I appreciate Chris's care and clarity in saying who he's speaking as.

is there no barrier separating the two?

Nah man. SOP is to paint the occasional outline of a bicycle on the footpath every once in a while.

It's not really safe to be ripping down the hills on it at 50kmh unless you're certain that people (or dogs) couldn't just…

Putting on Elected Rep Hat......

Writing reports is a political game really.
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Taking off said hat...

Oh, is that how you can be more than one person around here?

Now I know.

Perhaps the law of the sea ought to be applied to land; faster moving vehicles give way to slower moving things (pedestrians or cyclists)?

Given that's how I feel about cars vs cyclists, it would be hypocritical to have any other position.

The average punter who just wants to get…

i imagine most people, knowing it is billed as a cycleway, would keep well to one side. but there's always the tiny minority who "don't look, don't care" about other path users.

I have to say, I didn't much like how people…

If it wasn't his genuine opinion then that's either downright unprofessional or a forgery. I cannot respect that.

I think your anger and disappointment needs to be directed at the senior staff that signed off the report, not Daniel.

Quite. Managers don't seem to put their own names to a…

it's also a pedestrian way

eh? and how is cycling on it any different from cycling on a footpath? (apart from absence of driveways and side streets)?

when i cycle in Tokyo, the No. 1 danger, by far, is people just walking out in front of me (on the road,…

Writing reports is a political game really.

Sorry Christopher, I've been in that game a damn sight longer than Daniel Newcombe. If what went in under his name was his genuine opinion I would have to respect that (even while disagreeing with it). If it…

tah. will look out for more accessible info in the future.

Writing reports is a political game really.

Sorry Christopher, I've been in that game a damn sight longer than Daniel Newcombe. If what went in under his name was his genuine opinion I would have to respect that (even while disagreeing with it). If it wasn't his genuine opinion then…

Surely not the same Daniel Newcombe who let the Waterview/Mt Albert residents so badly down with his report to the ACC Transport Committee on the Waterview connection? Or are there two of them at the Council?

The same Daniel Newcombe, who, like all good staff,…

actually, the organisers of this event seemed to want to keep it a secret. there was NO info apart from what could be found (by chance) on this web site and one other blog when i did several googles last night.

(see other thread)

i wanted to recommend…

and about 50 riders, young and old,

And this in the middle of the school holidays, shame on you Auckland
We had a bike day here and from a population of a couple of thousand got 150+ out on their bikes
Time for you all to get off your arses…

http://www.maxx.co.nz/cycling-walking/cycling.html

(As long as she doesn't argue for the cycle superhighway as diverting pedal-powered criminals coming in from West Auckland...)

LOL. Actually I ride along it regularly at night, and it does seem to have more suspicious looking fellows wandering around on it then than during the day. Possibly I just…

Wait, she caught a taxi (both ways?) to a cycleway?

I dunno – I just passed her as she was rolling slowly and a bit shakily along, then when I turned around at the other end and came back she'd already parked the bike and was signalling a Commodore taxi…

Heck, even Melissa Lee had a brief wobble along the first fifty metres or so (on a classy green urban bike brought along by Rode of Point Chev) before dashing back to catch a taxi at Nixon Park.

Wait, she caught a taxi (both ways?) to a cycleway?

Was she…

the tie/shirt wearing guy with the backpack on with the "one less car" covering in your picture Russell is Daniel Newcombe who works at Auckland City Council

Surely not the same Daniel Newcombe who let the Waterview/Mt Albert residents so badly down with his report to the ACC Transport Committee…

Am I the very first…

The other VERY cool bike there was a cargo bike that had mud guards and a front luggage rack all made out of something like plywood -…

Also, I ride in the crappiest t-shirt I can find and rugby shorts. It's kinda like lycra-repellent.

Nice to be at the opening, and lovely to meet Russell, and I *think* I met Sam, but not sure on that.

You may well have. I was the short bloke in the white Diadora shirt with backpack. Sorry for failing to introduce myself properly!

Impressions:

Someone (it may have…

And I'll take back my words; it's now Mr Steven "Cycleways or hell" Joyce. He quite clearly said that the new link was going to be built. And…

The Manukau is one of the gems of Auckland, but seemingly remains almost unknown.