Cycling in New Zealand - Infrastructure

Infrastructure

In recent decades a number of cycleways have been established through New Zealand, most of them rail trails.

• The Otago Central Rail Trail is a 150 kilometre walking, cycling or horse riding track in the South Island. It runs in an arc between Middlemarch and Clyde, along the route of the former Otago Central Railway.

• The Little River Rail Trail is a cycling and walking track established near Little River on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of the South Island. The first section opened in May 2006.

• The route of the defunct Dun Mountain Railway is regularly used for cycling.

• The Rimutaka Incline, replaced by the Rimutaka Tunnel in 1955, has now been established as a cycling route.

• Christchurch, which has historically had one of the highest rates of cycling in the country (currently 7% commuters), has over 200km of cycle lanes, pathways, and other cycling facilities, including the Railway Cycleway and Hagley Park.

• In Auckland, there are a growing number of urban cycleways through the city.