The Rainbow Ride team is proud to announce registrations are now open for our 3rd annual ride taking place on Saturday 28 March 2026. This year we've moved to Humanitix to manage registrations and updates to our participants. Pick your colour and follow this link events.humanitix.com/rainbowride26

We love the fact that our followers comment, like and share our posts! This keeps the #cyclingmagic going, and helps shape a better world for our communities. If you'd like to do more, then join us! We'd love your input into CAN. www.can.org.nz/join-can

A reminder email has been sent to CAN Members with links to the online meeting for our Annual General Meeting on the 9th October.

Bike lanes make our cities better for everyone. But we're not building fast enough. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social

Govts like to drop good news stories right before end of calendar year holidays (Xmas/NY) and this story is welcome news indeed! $2m to unlock a 15k cycle access in the Southern Dunedin area, connecting Mosgiel with Dunedin. www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

The unnecessary war on East Auckland's not-yet constructed cycleway has @bikeauckland.bsky.social and @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social voicing their concerns, while former transport ministers Simeon Brown and Maurice Williamson team up to support mediocrity. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

"Swiss voters rejected a massive highway expansion project; but the true protagonists of this striking change were women. And what better way to celebrate them, than by reading their perspective in an article co-created by six women?" urbancyclinginstitute.substack.com/p/it-is-time...

A fun event to track! bikepacking.com/news/project...

Now that the dust is beginning to settle around Local Body elections, the next step for CAN is to figure out how many pro-cycling candidates were elected around the motu! We know that many people care about cycling, and safe, comfortable, separated, connected cycling infra - let's push for it!

Safe, separated, connected cycle infrastructure is not a vote killer. Just ask Mr Robertson and Mdme Hidalgo. www.linkedin.com/posts/cbrunt...

A reminder from our friends @bikeauckland.bsky.social Grab your vote and drop it off at your local council, library or supermarket. Your vote powers the pedals for safe separated connected cycling infrastructure everywhere!

With Local Body elections closing on Saturday, we here at CAN know that across the motu a slew of pro-cycling representatives will be elected. CAN advocates for safe, separated connected cycling infrastructure bc we know that works in giving people who cycle a choice about how they move around.

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

Here at CAN, we know that every car trip replaced by bicycle brings benefits to our budget, and to our sense of well-being - it’s all part of the #CyclingMagic. If you experience that Cycling Magic, how about encouraging your work mates? It’s the last week to pop your vote back in the voting box!

That #CyclingMagic - jump on the bike, head to the game, and you're warmed up! And it's a great way for kids to head to the soccer, or rugby, or swimming! With about 7,500 sports clubs across the motu, there's lots of opportunities to #CycleToTheGame ! #VoteForBikes

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CAN supports the Department of Conservation's advice to Always Be Naturing! We do that every time we cycle out - to school, shops, coffee with friends! There will be millions of experiences by cyclists who experience nature - the harbour, the hill, the trees, wind. Keep Naturing! #VoteForBikes

Daylight saving tomorrow, and weather is getting warmer! Thoughts turn to summer - several months away yet, and those cycle paths look inviting! Our friends at Hauraki Rail Trail have you sorted! haurakirailtrail.co.nz/blog/spring-... From all of us at CAN, have a great weekend cycling around!

Grabbing a water bottle, she unlocked the bike, and set off down the drive. The clouds scudded across the sky, the wind was fresh, and she noticed the new spring growth. She breathed deeply, and there it was again - that old cycling magic; it never failed to arrive. #VoteForBikes #CyclingMagic

Whoops, bit late to the party! September 19th marks Womens' Suffrage Day in Aotearoa NZ, and the humble bicycle played a big part in achieving the right of women to vote in 1893. The rest is history, and the humble bicycle still powers revolutions. #CyclingPower #VoteForBikes #WomensRights

Chris Bruntlett from Dutch Cycling Embassy notes several factors critical to countering Bikelash. For example; "Build a Broad and Diverse Coalition: By sparking a values-based conversation about our societal aspirations, we can find consensus ..." See more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/cbrunt...

Sometimes, meaningful #change begins not with massive infrastructure, but with a single ride. Read how a #toolkit of practical #solutions is helping #reshape how cities think about transport and #equity by centering #women’s experiences.

Great weekend in Nga Motu / New Plymouth as the CAN Board visited @NorthTaranakiCyclingAdvocates - the Board inspected the new separated cycle infrastructure on SH3/Devon St West, and had a good korero with members from NTCA. Pro-tip; you haven't lived til you've cycled the Coastal Walkway.

Chris Bruntlett from Dutch Cycling Embassy notes several factors critical to countering Bikelash. For example; "Build a Broad and Diverse Coalition: By sparking a values-based conversation about our societal aspirations, we can find consensus ..." See more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/cbrunt...

At CAN, lower speeds in our local communities is not negotiable. We recognise the benefits it brings to all road users, including cyclists. Safe, connected, separated cycling infrastructure includes lower speeds. Vote for candidates who supports lower speeds on your local streets.

You might be familiar with cycle infrastructure near you; what would you do to improve it? Install concrete separators on top of painted separator lines? Smooth out slopes along cycleways to make it more comfortable for cyclists? How could you encourage Councils to continually improve?

Pop the kettle on and start dreaming of your summer cycling destination - Great Taste Trails in Nelson Bays! Govt to inject $1.6m in repairs to secure $34m in annual trail spend. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

It's part of that #CyclingMagic - on your bike you can pop down to a local cafe, to the bookstore, the gym because you can. You don't have to worry about finding a car park, or the traffic, or the sheer stress of driving - all those evaporate when you jump on your bike. www.can.org.nz/nice

Shared Paths are more common these days. Love 'em? Hate 'em? What do you think? Have a read of Lennart Nouat's piece and let us know your thoughts! mobycon.com/updates/we-n...

The future of biking in Wellington is in the balance. Some people want to rip out bike lanes. We must vote for candidates who are committed to improving cycling. Join us at @cyclewgtn.bsky.social Get your free tickets at events.humanitix.com/meet-the-can...

Biking is a fun and easy way to get more exercise in your life. You’ll feel & look better when you regularly jump on your bike to go to work, to the shops, to the beach, and at CAN we stand behind that promise! #VoteForBikes #CyclingActionNetwork #MorePeopleOnBikesMoreOften www.can.org.nz/nice

Nobody ever cycles in New Zealand / in winter, and also the compulsory visual shorthand for “bad weather” is a pic of some legend in a raincoat just pedalling through it regardless.

We've known that the humble cargo bike can carry a bit, so here's a good game you can play with yours! Carry a shitload on it, and upload the photo with #carryshitolympics ! Let's see some Aotearoa New Zealand examples! @carryshitolympics.bsky.social

Pssst!! Wanna know what's a really good budget buster? That makes you smile, & you go for ages on a bowl of muesli? When you vote for candidates who believe in the power of bicycles, you help make possible all the nice things that make our communities ... affordable! #VoteForBikes #CyclingMagic

As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put it: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"

As Ruth from Spokes Dunedin pointed out earlier this year, good bicycle parking at supermarkets makes all the difference! As many people noted, there is variability in the standard of bike parking at supermarkets; 1/n

Words matter. It's drivers that have agency, not motor vehicles, so we should say 'a driver hit a pedestrian'. We should also say that the incident is a crash, not an accident. Crashes tells us that things need fixing. crashnotaccident.com

News that the Government is considering Road User Charges for all motor vehicles throws a spotlight on what should the charges be for? https://theconversation.com/stop-the-free-ride-all-motorists-should-pay-their-way-whatever-vehicle-they-drive-262950

Yay!

Using car sales as a proxy measure for economic performance is problematic at best. Car sales could actually be considered a measure of inefficiency.

A great thread! Thanks Melissa & Chris!

Recent research from Europe aimed to discover what kinds of interventions are needed to encourage an 'interested but concerned' cyclist to use separated connected cycling infrastructure. Looking at 5 mid-sized cities, the results showed that beyond separated cycle infrastructure, you needed;

One of the side benefits of jumping on your bicycle - apart from smiles on your face, the feeling of freedom, smelling the sea breeze, and enjoying the sun - is exercise. You don't think about it really. You have somewhere to go, so it's natural to jump on the bike and go! But ...1/n

There has been sadness at the release of the final Coroner's report into Fyfa Dawson's tragic death as a result of bad behaviour by Downer and McConnell Dowell in Christchurch in 2019. There has been a long process, but at the end of the day CAN is satisfied with what has happened as a result...

Sometimes you need to Mix your Go, as Auckland Transport says - drive to the park’n’ride and take the bus; take the train to a station, then switch to bus, or walk to the ferry terminal. But when you pick your bicycle? That’s FREEDOM. #NiceToHaves #CycleFreedom #VoteforBikes

With summer peeking over the horizon, and many thinking about which of the fabulous Great Rides they would like to cycle, nows a good time to think about how to support Great Rides better. This RNZ story is a good start. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

It's Data that we need to have in order to support the installation of safe connected separated cycle infrastructure, in particular data about cycle trips. These are a map of Otautahi / Christchurch, Kirikiriroa / Hamilton and Te Whanganui-a-tara / Wellington cycle counters

Gourmet meals from an e-cargo bike? With a glass of wine? Yes please.

A hot-dog followed by a creme brûlée sounds a perfect evening. What would you like to see on an e-cargo bike? @cyclewgtn.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social @spokescanterbury.bsky.social #ecargobikes

He Pou a Rangi / Climate Change Commission released its Emissions Reductions Monitoring Report 30th July. Transport accounted for 19% of the country’s total emissions (14.2 Million tonnes C02 equivalent) in 2023, and is expected to contribute 13% to overall emissions reductions in 2026-2030.