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Bike NZ
Regional Development Manager - Rotorua
Fixed Term: Three Years
Rotorua in Gear is an exciting new collaborative project that aims to get more people cycling more often in Rotorua by creating a ‘social norm’ around cycling. The coordinated programme will promote many biking opportunities and a pathway of development. It involves local and national organizations including BikeNZ, Sport Bay of Plenty, Rotorua District Council, Health Rotorua PHO, Lakes DHB, Rotorua Police, and SPARC.
The project team is seeking an exceptional Regional Development Manager to lead...

The Heaphy Track is reckoned by many to be the best long distance singletrack ride in New Zealand. And the Department of Conservation has just (as in today) released its Draft Partial Review of the Kahurangi National Park Management Plan. The Plan proposes to trial seasonal access for mountain bikes on the Heaphy from 1 May to 1 October each year. And general access for mountain bikes on the Kill Devil and Flora Saddle-Barron Flat tracks.

This is great news and the 'rules of engagement' detailed in the plan are consistent with what Mountain Bike NZ has lobbied for...

Meeting Reminders:

12.30 pm at NPDC Mishma Room, Ground Floor, monthly get together with their Cycle Strategy Implementation Team on what is happening etc.

5.20 pm venue at STOS, regular NTCA meeting, Devon St West 

Minutes from last month are at: http://can.org.nz/candocument/minutes-june-3rd-ntca-meeting

Latest newsletter from the Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector is online here.

Source: Bicyclesafe.com Note, this refers to American roads, thus riding on the right-hand side

This page shows you real ways you can get hit and real ways to avoid getting hit

This is a far cry from normal bicycle safety guides, which usually tell you little more than to wear your helmet and to follow the law. But consider this for a moment: Wearing a helmet will do absolutely nothing to prevent you from getting hit by a car. Sure, helmets might help you if you get hit, but your #1 goal should be to avoid getting...

Things to remember if you have a crash.

If you crash and are injured, you may have to rely on bystanders for help.  If you are conscious and mobile after your crash be prepared to act.

June 23, 2009

Marketers and PR-folk take note, free bike rides just might be the next “pop-up shop” for their universal ability to lure in the general public and it appears retailers are catching on. Topshop and Whole Foods recently gave their customers more reason to turn to the alternative mode of transportation, with two bike-centric store events held in NYC. 

Over the weekend, Anglophiles everywhere took...

FWD message

Hi everybody
The Regional Transport Committee received (on Monday this week) the draft of the walking and cycling strategy and approved it to be be circulated to targetted stakeholders for submissions or feedback.   I have identified about 80 stakeholders whom we are targetting for feedback through a submission/feedback process. A proportion of the 80 stakeholders are members of the steering group who helped shape the strategy.  For those of you receiving this email, you are identified because you were either part of the original sub-regional focus group...

The city of Copenhagen, Denmark, our Best of Green 2009 winner for "Best City To Be a Cyclist In", has installed what I think is a totally awesome cyclist counter ("cykelbarometer") in front of city hall (it also has an air pump if you need to inflate your bike's tires). The two numbers on the counter are "total number today" and "total number this year so far", according to our friend Mikeal from Copenhagenize. The city will give a Biomega bike to cyclist number 500,000, and since there are about 12,000 cyclists that pass by on a week day (about 25k both ways), it shouldn't take too long...