Building a Cycling Culture in Wellington Councillor Sarah Free, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Building a Cycling Culture in Wellington Councillor Sarah Free, Portfolio Leader, Public Transport, Cycling and Walking 25 March 2017

From a local and central government viewpoint, promoting cycling makes good sense…$37 million to spend in the next three years Fitness and fun affordable mode of transport zero carbon zero air quality impacts independence for youth and seniors less road space less parking space

The main barriers are perceived safety and lack of dedicated infrastructure

Planned Network

Changing road space allocation is hard for communities Costs, value for the money Loss of convenience for motorists Loss of parking Fear of change, patch protection Not seeing a need, low numbers of existing cyclists We need to answer the “WHY?”

Island Bay Crash Data Reported to Police: Year Total for Island Bay The Parade 2016 5 3 2015 7 3 2014 17 10 2013 20 6 But data alone isn’t enough to win people over….

Building the Buy-In: Bikes in schools $200,000 annually First year: Holy Cross, Karori West and West Park Schools Last year: Amesbury, Hampton Hill and Houghton Valley Schools In the pipeline: Scots College, Ridgeway, Chartwell and St Anne’s Schools “Fitter, healthier, more engaged young people”, (and their whanau)

Building the Buy-In: Cycling as Sport Mountain biking BMX track Kids bike parks Velodrome

Building the Buy-In: ebikes will be transformational new riders, ownership increasing Removes barriers of wind and hills Currently WCC has some walking and cycling tracks open to ebikes- 1 year trial

Helping build a sense of fun, community and ownership

Some events this summer/autumn Aotearoa Bike Challenge – Wellington continues - Bike Space continues - Newtown summer bike workshop series - Edible garden e-bike tour - New Zealand Bicycle Film Festival - Change-makers refugee day - Electric summer nights - Girls ride bikes - Show and Shine swap meet -

Lets Get Welly Moving results 54% want us to keep up the infrastructure improvements 19% would like to feel safe and confident enough to cycle to work 75% of comments support more improvements for people on bikes Bike sales are booming and anecdotally more people than ever are riding

Thank you for listening. Questions?