I feel incredibly honoured to have won the Sustainability Champion Award at the 2011 NZI National sustainable business awards in November. I received the award for my work with the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market and Cycle Action Auckland but I really want to acknowledge the hard work of everyone associated with these organisations. I am [...]
Posts under ‘Cycle Action Auckland’
Bikes for Life: Rally for a safer cycling city
Sunday 5 | December 11am | Midday Queens Wharf – Auckland’s newest people place – cycle to the rally and a enjoy a ride around the wharf We invite everyone: who has ever ridden a bicycle who would cycle if it was safer and easier who want their family and friends who cycle to be [...]
Day after the super city election-a huge global working bee
It is hard to imagine getting up for a huge working bee the day after the election on 9 October. Hopefully I will have a big hangover from celebrating the election of Mayor Len Brown, Councillor Mike Lee and the whole City Vision team. But global action has to happen on climate change with communities [...]
Creating a liveable city
At CYCOTECTURE: Urban Design for a Super City by Ludo Campbell-Reid, Environmental Strategy & Policy Manager, Auckland Council Panel Discussion with Christina Van Bohemen, Barry Copeland & James Lunday. Thursday 30 September 2010 7:45pm Drinks, 8:00pm Presentation (Immediately after CAA AGM) Venue: Ellen Melville Hall, Pioneer Women’s Hall, 2 Freyberg Place just off High Street.
Easy Transport Auckland
ETA: Making space for everyone, to get everyone moving! In March Cycle Action Auckland hosted a think tank weekend to bring together a range of creative thinkers, politicians and journalists to join cycling advocates in thinking about how mainstream cycling faster and smarter. One of the ideas to come out the think tank was Barb [...]
Just please don’t call me a cyclist
My preferred mode of transport is on 2 wheels. My Victoria Classic sits by the front door ready for any trip I need to make – especially around Auckland’s “Zone 1″. I’m fortunate that I don’t have the expense of a car and love the convenience cycling. But please don’t call me a cyclist. I [...]
Once in a lifetime cycle ride
I’m looking forward to walking and cycling over the Newmarket Viaduct this Sunday. There is the promise of stunning views and a festival atmosphere as people take over a stretch of motorway. Planning for the event and for the full closure the following weekend when the “switchover” occurs has highlighted our obsession with car travel [...]
Cycle Style Auckland: the video
Earlier in the year Melanie Turner from the Road Safety Team at Auckland City Council called me about funding they had available for a cycle event. Was I interested in applying for the funds? It was the perfect opportunity to build on the idea for a “Cycle Chic Fashion Show” (I had worked on a [...]
Auckland’s first 21st Century Cycle Event
Cycle Style Auckland Conventional thinking says you can’t ride a bike without looking like a dork. Conventional thinking is wrong. The streets are filling up with cyclists and one reason it’s happening is that people have realised that it is entirely possible to look very good on a bike- stylish, in fact. Not only that [...]
