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This project provides a safe cycle route between Papanui and the central city. This facility offers a safer commuting option for people wishing to cycle to workplaces and shopping facilities in both areas. It also provides an attractive link for students to cycle to the various schools along the route. The route connects the Northern Line cycleway at Papanui to the Northern Arterial cycleway.
This direct route, separated from the busy arterial roads, provides a safer and more comfortable trip for people who choose to cycle to work, schools and shopping malls. This route offers a high level of service, attracting a significant number of new riders as well as providing an improved route for those who currently cycle.
Papanui Parallel Cycleway [PDF, 660 KB] - January 2015
The Urban Cycleways Programme portion of this project has extended the northern and southern sections of the existing railway pathway and provides a connection from Tuckers Road in Redwood (and potentially a connection to Kaiapoi), through Papanui, to South Hagley Park and Addington. The cycle extension connects people in the northern suburbs with schools and local centres, as well as connections to the Papanui Parallel, Wheels to Wings, Nor’West Arc and Uni-Cycle routes.
This cycling route provides a safer and more direct route for people to cycle from Redwood in the north to Addington in the south, with connections to the central city and key southern destinations. It provides an alternative and comfortable link to encourage more students to cycle to school and more people to cycle to work, local centres and other facilities.
A safe cycle route links the central city and the main tertiary sites – Canterbury University and the Christchurch College of Education – in Ilam where 16,000 staff and students are located. It also provides a more comfortable commuting option for workers to cycle into the central city as well as students at Christchurch boys and girls high schools. Large retail centres are located along this corridor, and the cycleway also connect to a number of other cycle routes in the city, including the Northern Line cycleway and Nor’West Arc.
This project has provided a safer and more direct link for students and staff to cycle to a number of educational facilities, as well as providing comfortable access to retail centres and workplaces along the corridor and in the central city via Hagley Park. It boasts a high level of service and will encourage many new people to cycle by providing a safer option away from busy arterial roads.
Matai Street East cycleway [PDF, 706 KB] - January 2015
This cycling project connects the existing southern motorway cycleway through Addington to the central city. The route provides a safer cycling option for Selwyn commuters, people in new developments in Halswell and Wigram, and connects workplaces in Middleton, Addington and the central city. Primary, intermediate and secondary schools in the area can be accessed by this cycleway and it also provides a link to the Little River New Zealand cycle trail.
This project provides a safer and more direct route for people to cycle in an area which previously had a high cycling crash risk. The cycling facility has provided an attractive option for people to cycle to work, school and for recreational purposes, and will contribute to an increase in the number of people choosing to cycle.
The Urban Cycleways Programme portion of this route provided a link from Barrington to the central city. The route enables a safer cycling option that supports residential and commercial developments by connecting them to schools, businesses, local shops and activity centres, including Centennial Park.
This cycle route provides a safer and more direct route for people to cycle to schools and workplaces and into the central city. It offers more attractive and safer commuting access to recreational activities in the west, and will reduce the risk of cycling accidents along this high crash risk route.
The cycleway connects Heathcote Valley to the central city. It links up the two Christchurch Polytechnic campuses, along with the main secondary school, and primary and intermediate schools in the area. It also provides a link to recreational areas in the Port Hills and Lyttelton and connects to the large commercial and industrial areas of Ferrymead and Woolston.
This project offers a comfortable and safer route for students and staff to cycle between the two Christchurch Polytechnic campuses. It also provides a safer route for students to cycle to the number of schools in the area, and for commuters to cycle between Heathcote Valley and the central city.
The Urban Cycleways Programme portion of this route provided a connection from the central city through to Linwood and Ferrymead. It provides a more direct and comfortable route for students to cycle to a number of primary and intermediate schools along the route, as well as the large secondary school in the area. It also provides access to recreational areas including the Port Hills and Sumner.
The project offers a more comfortable separated link for people to cycle to school and work in the central city and along the eastern corridor. It also provides an attractive option for people accessing local businesses and community facilities, and the improved safety will encourage new people to choose cycling as a way of commuting and getting to shops.
