The Council has responded to our post of Lesley’s letter to Cr Pepperell. It’s a fairly lengthy response so I’ve posted the first part here and the second part, which addresses future plans, will be posted separately.
Progress on the 2008 Cycling Policy as at March 2011. To date:
Considerable effort has been put in to improve the city’s worst performing cycle route between Ngauranga and Featherston Street, work along this route has included:
- Thorndon Quay clearway for southbound morning cyclists, including the associated pedestrian crossing
- New lane arrangements and advanced cycle stop box approaching Bunny Street
- Highlighting potential conflict points with green surfacing on both the Hutt Road shared path and on Thorndon Quay
We have removed parking on the seaward side of Evans Bay Parade through Balaena Bay to complete the on road cycle lane between the Oriental Bay shared path and the Greta Point – Miramar shared path.
We are currently consulting on a proposal to lower the speed limit on Oriental Parade and around the northern Miramar Peninsula roads of Shelly Bay, Massey and Karaka Bay. The proposed 40kmh speed limit is being recommended as a means to improve both areas for cyclists and pedestrians and indicates to drivers that there are other road users whose needs have been considered.
We have commenced work on the Tawa shared cycle path. The Shared Path will provide a safer cycling route and encourage more people to get about on foot or by bike. The five-kilometre path from Willowbank Park to Kenepuru Station will link to nearby streets, the shopping centre and other key spots like railway stations, schools, recreational areas and parks. The path will be 3m wide where possible. The path will eventually link through to Porirua Station. The project is expected to cost $3.5M and will take 7 years to complete.
We have supported the initiative of bells on bikes and have run a campaign highlighting the need to share pathways and gave away a free bell.
We have run a series of adult cycle training days and are working with a number of schools to help deliver cycle training to primary school aged children.
Cycle Wellington 
“We have removed parking on the seaward side of Evans Bay Parade through Balaena Bay to complete the on road cycle lane between the Oriental Bay shared path and the Greta Point – Miramar shared path.”
Yeah…. except for a 10-20 metre stretch here unless they’ve fixed this in the last few days
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-41.297886,174.80477&spn=0.001177,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=-41.297939,174.804877&panoid=jh1A-7Y-W-LGXoHKmTPd0Q&cbp=12,117.64,,0,15.79
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Consider adding this to http://fixmystreet.org.nz/
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Thanks for the reminder, Don. I’ve added Fix My Street to the Really Useful page.
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it says they removed parking. it doesn’t say they removed ~all~ parking 😉
one of the great things about the spot that you’ve pointed out is that traffic approaches it around a somewhat blind curve. unless a cyclist is anticipating that cars are parked there, they will come around the curve, find the bike lane replaced with several parked cars, and car traffic on the right: nowhere to go! i take the lane when i approach it, and move back towards the curb if there aren’t any cars parked there.
along most of that stretch of road, parking isn’t permitted, but it’s not enforced – and i often see 2-3 cars in a row parked in the bike lane.
“We have supported the initiative of bells on bikes and have run a campaign highlighting the need to share pathways and gave away a free bell.”
hehehe – they gave away a bell!
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I find thats the worst part of cycling around from town to Evans Bay. The break in the cycle lane comes out of nowhere, so suddenly cyclists dart into the traffic flow for about ten seconds. Its an accident waiting to happen. It would be so easy to fix too. Just needs about ten metres of white paint. Problem solved and only 2 or 3 car parking spots lost.
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