Going Car Free

A life beyond the little metal box

Saturday, 27 October 2018

1 million bike rides

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It might be enough to make your legs feel tired, but there's been 1 million bike rides already this year, past my favourite bike counter...
Saturday, 22 September 2018

Space Invaders (cars)

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Nobody likes being stuck in traffic. But there's a simple solution. In the 80s video game Space Invaders the invaders were from spac...
Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Which is more popular: Bike-riding or football?

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We've now passed half a million bikes on my favourite bike counter (it's the only one I know of). Here's photo from Friday nig...
Friday, 9 March 2018

250,000 people on bikes

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Today I rode past the bikeway bicycle counter again. (See January's post ) Just over 2 months, and we've had a quarter of a milli...
Friday, 26 January 2018

How many bicycles?

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Late last year the city council installed this bicycle and pedestrian counter on my local bikeway. I especially like the little logos. It ...
Friday, 8 September 2017

Where can people go?

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Saw this great illustration of how much cars dominate our public places. The caption is spot on - "cities feel a lot less welcoming w...
Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Faster than 300 cars

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My wife and I left the game on our bikes. There are only two roads out of the South Pine Sports Complex and this was probably the biggest ga...
Thursday, 13 October 2016

Congestion-busting

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The council in my city is trying to reduce traffic congestion. In their latest newsletter to residents they boasted of the results over the ...
Thursday, 18 August 2016

The day I got a death threat at work

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I am fortunate. Part of my job is to promote sustainability and environmentally friendly activities. In a team meeting I mentioned the world...
Sunday, 1 May 2016

Repairing the bank balance

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Some people can't even comprehend being car free. Others do get it, and are slightly jealous. "Yeah. You must save heaps - not ha...
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