Spokes Canterbury
  • ABOUT
    • OUR MISSION
    • OUR BACKGROUND
    • OUR TEAM
    • IN THE MEDIA
  • GET INVOLVED
  • SUBMISSIONS
  • BLOG
  • RESOURCES
    • GETTING ON A BIKE
    • MAPS AND RIDES
    • BIKE SHOPS
    • REPORT AN ISSUE
  • CONTACT
  • DONATE
  • ABOUT
    • OUR MISSION
    • OUR BACKGROUND
    • OUR TEAM
    • IN THE MEDIA
  • GET INVOLVED
  • SUBMISSIONS
  • BLOG
  • RESOURCES
    • GETTING ON A BIKE
    • MAPS AND RIDES
    • BIKE SHOPS
    • REPORT AN ISSUE
  • CONTACT
  • DONATE
16 February 2020  |  By Dirk De Lu In Submissions

CCC Waipuna Halswell Hornby Riccarton Community Board Plan

NZTA-Cyclelife335_Home

The Waipuna Halswell Hornby Riccarton Plan due 6 March

https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/consultations-and-submissions/haveyoursay/show/294

Spokes appreciates the Board’s stated commitment “Pedestrians and road users should feel safe using the roading networks and have confidence that infrastructure is in place to ensure they are able to do so. Improving these connections provides the community the ability to access work, study and play, as well as connecting with others and creating vibrant communities.”  Please apply this focus across all the wards to create integrated transport planning.

Including safe cycling infrastructure should be prioritized as it supports these goals and Council’s commitment to being carbon neutral by 2045. Getting children and adults onto bicycles improves public, personal and community health and lowers transport costs. It also significantly reduces emissions.

With higher density congestion and parking problems increase. We do not have the money or space for all of us to drive as our primary mode. Providing safe cycle infrastructure offers affordable relief, saving ratepayers and supporting mode choice.

Transport mode equity should be a reality for all of us, 8 to 80, sooner rather than later. The Board needs to work out where the funding will come from to meet people’s transport needs.

Spokes applauds the Board’s desire to increase citizen participation. Please work with people who walk and cycle regularly early on to make transport and recreation projects meet their needs. Spokes is happy to sit down with the Board and/or staff to share the experience of our members.

It is also good to see that the Board wants recreation space accessible to children of all ages. Having facilities served by cycle infrastructure which parents feel comfortable letting their children use can increase activity and uptake. It also teaches children much needed life skills and confidence.

Community safety is enhanced by cycling. Having people on bikes, “eyes on the street” supports community connectedness and CPTED goals.

Hornby’s new library and community centre at Kyle Park needs excellent safe cycle infrastructure, including bike parking. Work with people who cycle regularly early on in developing the plans. Council has not done enough here.

The local cycle networks in all these areas and connections to the wider cycle network need prioritizing to support mode equity and meet carbon reduction goals. A Quiet Streets approach can work in many instances. People who cycle regularly are a valuable resource for developing safe local cycle networks.

Roads are for transport, not vehicle storage. Road safety and transport equity are not achieved by prioritizing on street parking over making streets safe for all users. Businesses often underestimate the custom from people on bicycles. Please see footnotes below.

Council has recently consulted on lower speed limits for Riccarton Road. The proposal was inadequate. Road safety and transport mode equity need the Board to support lower speed limits on Riccarton Road, surrounding streets and connecting links to the Uni Cycle and other cycle routes.

Footnotes:

Bikes Good for Business

July 2017 piece https://cycwell.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/cycleways-support-local/

http://caa.org.nz/biking-loves-local-businesses-time-for-vice-versa/

The Press 16.12.15

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/75117984/The-business-benefits-of-bikeways

 

Travel modes and expenditure patterns: A snapshot of South Colombo Street, Christchurch

Hayden J. Slaughter, Tessa L. Meyer, Johann S. Kissick, Louis O. Go and Shunsuke Sakai

University of Canterbury Geography Department, Christchurch, New Zealand  Finds benefits to business in Beckenham Christchurch from cycling customers.

 

Advocacy infrastructure
Previous StoryCCC Fendalton-Waimari-Harewood Community Board Plan
Next StoryCCC Papanui Innes Community Board Plan

Related Articles

  • Reshaping Streets
  • Bicycle_Accident
    CCC Colombo to Papanui

Latest Posts

  • Aotearoa Bike Challenge Thursday, 12, Jan
  • Bikepacking Talk – Biketober 2022 Wednesday, 26, Oct
  • Reshaping Streets Tuesday, 20, Sep
  • Waterloo Road Safety Improvements Monday, 15, Aug
  • GoogleMap.NorthcoteRd.and.surroundings
    Northcote Road and Lydia Street Transport Improvements Wednesday, 10, Aug

Recent Comments

  • Photo of the Day: Belfast Rd Cycle Subway – Cycling in Christchurch on CCC CNC DEMP Northern Arterial

Categories

Tags

Accessible City Advocacy Annual Plan Ashburton Ashburton District Council Brougham Street Cashmere CBD CCC CDHB Ferry Rd Hoon Hay infrastructure Innovating Streets legislation Linwood Village Lower Cashmere Lydia St MCR neighbourhoods Northcote Rd NZTA Opawa Otakaro Papanui parking policy public transport recreation Reshaping Streets Rolleston safety schools colleges Selwyn SH76 slow speeds Smarts Road speed speed limits Stanmore Road Strategy Submissions surburban Waterloo Road Worcester Street

Archives

  • January 2023
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • March 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • February 2021
  • October 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • November 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • December 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • May 2017
  • March 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016

About

Spokes is a non-profit organisation run by volunteers that create ways for the people of Canterbury get more out of their bike rides.
 

Follow Spokes on Facebook:

WHO WE ARE

  • OUR TEAM
  • MEDIA
  • CONTACT
  • SUBMISSIONS

SPOKES NEWSLETTER

WHAT WE DO

  • OUR MISSION
  • GET INVOLVED
  • EVENTS
  • GALLERY

ABOUT US

A member organisation of CAN (Cycle Action Network) NZ. We're a non-profit, all-volunteer organisation dedicated to making cycling work for the Christchurch community.

FOLLOW SPOKES

OUR SPONSORS