Kate Hawkesby: Why do we bother with cycleways, if even the cyclists don't use them?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Apr 2, 2023 · 3m

I have a very smart girlfriend who is an extremely active citizen in her local community, and her city in general actually.

She is a go-getter who stays informed, keeps up with local and national politics, and donates a lot of her time and energy to helping the community. She was an early adopter to the e-scooter, uses the city’s cycle ways, and is all for saving the planet and getting cars off the road.

But, and here’s the big but, she raised a very valid point the other day regarding said cycleways. Guess who is not using them? The cyclists.

She and her husband were walking along Auckland’s…