Latest Data Documents Massive Cycling Growth in UK

By Phil Latz | 12th May 2021 |

London, UK  Pedal cycles travelled five billion miles (8 billion kilometres) on Great Britain’s roads in 2020, 45.7% further than in the previous year, according to statistics from the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT).  This is the highest level of cycling on public roads since the 1960s, the DfT said. Pedal cycle traffic saw its highest monthly levels in 2020 during April and May,…

Book Review: Cycling for Sustainable Cities

By Phil Latz | 7th April 2021 |
cycling-for-sustainable-cities-book-cover

Ralph Buehler and John Pucher are two highly regarded and widely published American academics. It has taken them almost a decade, but in early 2021 they’ve published Cycling for Sustainable Cities.

Australia’s Turn Next?

By Phil Latz | 7th April 2021 |

Australia and Canada have a lot in common. They’re both former British colonies, who to this day enjoy friendly sporting rivalry every four years at the Commonwealth Games.

Critical Missing Link Approved for New Zealand’s Capital

By Phil Latz | 11th March 2021 |
Te Ara Tupua cycling project

New Zealand’s national capital of Wellington has a greater urban area population of 429,700 in 2020, but due to its extremely hilly terrain and limited land, being surrounded by ocean on three sides, only half of these people, 215,100 to be exact, live in the city of Wellington itself.
The other half live in nearby urban areas including Lower Hutt and Porirua.

Also due to this extremely rugged terrain, a single four lane motorway is the only main road that links Wellington to the rest of New Zealand.

Currently there is no separated cycle route along this main road, that has been built on a narrow strip of in some places reclaimed land, wedged between the mountains and the sea. The only space for cyclists is the shoulder of what is an extremely busy high speed road.