A particularly bad section of road in Christchurch. From Burnside High to Johns road. There are two lanes for cars, and no marked cycle lane. What this means is that a bike rider must ride in the left hand lane; far enough from the parked cars so as not to be doored, but close enough to the left hand edge of the lane to no be hit by passing cars and trucks. The council has added pedestrian safety barriers which further reduce what would be a safer path in the parking lanes. On this day, the council was doing work on the road, so there were no cars parked beside the road. The irony is that there are marked bike lanes for the first 5m and the last 5m of this road; indicating that it is suitable for bikes. This video was presented to council members; that is why it has been annotated. Needless to say, nothing has been done.

Incident location

Incident details

Date of incident

17/05/2023 08:00AM

Incident type

Bad road/path

Location of incident

Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand