Auckland Harbour Bridge.

[jrandom]

I do prefer to be underestimated. At the risk of dragging this off topic (me??? nooo....)I hate so many of my "peers" who feel totally capable of discussing IT...

I detest the whole deal so much that I prefer not to describe myself as 'working in IT'.

If anyone asks, I'm a programmer, and that's it.

The vast majority of my professional life has not involved working on 'computer systems', per se.

(And, to bring the thread back on track, I commuted by bicycle to most of those jobs...)

[Timber020]

I think its a great idea, anything that looks to the future further than puting in more car parking buildings down town. This can only do good things for Auckland, I dont cycle anymore but I would think it would bring out the lycra louts out of the woodwork.

Fantastic

[motorbyclist]

I think it's a stupid idea having pedestrian and cycle access over the bridge. Under it might be OK.
On the North Shore, the council has sunk lots of money into cycle lanes, that way less than 1% of the population use. One Saturday recently, I drove around all over the Shore, and saw no (zero!) cyclists at all. Commuting to work, I usually see only one or two, and one day last week, the only one I saw on the way to work was riding next to the cycle lane, thus obstructing traffic. The only reason for this seems to have been that he was a Serious Bicycler, and his own private road hadn't been swept, so it had quite a bit of gravel'n'crap in it.

you might find alot more people on the north shore ride their bike once the lane is open....

but why they can't put it under the bridge where it's sheltered from wind/rain/traffic is beyond me

It's uncool to hate cyclists; it's cool to hate motorcyclists. The majority opinion carries the day.

democracy is asking two wolves and a sheep what to have for dinner

It's not as though we can't afford it.

didn't they want to make the new motorway loop a toll system?

although if they're rebuilding the bridge anyway i don't see why not to put in a cycle lane