Muir, who runs a bike trailer business alongside Aranui Bike Fixup, said he does not just want to help people access a free transport option, but wants create a more enjoyable city to live in. "We as an organisation are driving it and can see the opportunity, but equally there's a whole lot of momentum in the community," she said. With roads clear of the usual traffic, she said more locals than ever were dusting off their bikes, and continued to use them afterwards. RAD Bikes community workshop co-founder Jess Smale said Covid lockdowns gave biking a boost. The cycling advocacy group has the ambitious mission to make Christchurch one of the top five cycling cities in the world by 2025.īabe said there was a long way to go before this could be achieved, but the unfinished projects are not stopping people from hitting the roads. "The budget's blown out, but they're getting a lot more support financially from central government." "We're still not there, it's been going for coming up to 10 years," he said. Spokes Canterbury chairperson Don Babe said while the earthquakes allowed significant development of infrastructure, he wished the council had done more to finish the cycleways within the promised five-year timeline. In 2013, the council promised to build 13 major cycleways connecting the city's central suburbs.įour have been fully completed so far, and the initial estimated budget of $67 million has now surpassed $300m. "A certain percentage of people will bike no matter how dangerous it is 'cause they're just hard core, but it's that sort of middle ground of people who are not confident enough to do battle with traffic who are really getting out and trying the cycleways." Aranui Bike Fixup leader Steve Muir thinks the boost in cycling popularity is down to investment in cycleways after the 2011 earthquakes.
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