{"id":365407,"date":"2025-12-22T22:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365407\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:26:10","slug":"nzta-defends-position-of-crossing-pole-in-middle-of-parnell-auckland-shared-cycle-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365407\/","title":{"rendered":"NZTA defends position of crossing pole in middle of Parnell, Auckland, shared cycle path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe often feel that we\u2019re second-class citizens and all we\u2019re asking is for our fair share of the transport budget to be spent on us. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe\u2019re already cycling, there seems to be a lot of debate about it, but there are plenty of people cycling. I see them all the time and if they\u2019re spending our budget on the things that we need to cycle safely, then spend it properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Hormann described the situation as \u201cdisheartening\u201d and \u201cfrustrating\u201d, but believed more people would start to use cycle lanes if they were built safely without poles in the way.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The placement of the pole has been described as &quot;bizarre&quot;, &quot;disheartening&quot; and &quot;frustrating&quot;. Photo \/ Annaleise Shortland\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The placement of the pole has been described as &#8220;bizarre&#8221;, &#8220;disheartening&#8221; and &#8220;frustrating&#8221;. Photo \/ Annaleise Shortland<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">An NZTA spokesperson said the pole was delivered as part of the Strand Optimisation Project in partnership with Auckland Transport and explained why it is in its position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe pedestrian crossing poles are offset 500mm from the kerb in accordance with Auckland Transport specifications and design drawings,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"NZTA say the pole has been erected in accordance with Auckland Transport specifications and design drawings. Photo \/ Annaleise Shortland\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>NZTA say the pole has been erected in accordance with Auckland Transport specifications and design drawings. Photo \/ Annaleise Shortland<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">They said there was plenty of room around the poles for cyclists and pedestrians on the shared path, but NZTA\u2019s safety team would carry out a safety audit in the new year to ensure the design was functional and safe for all users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Auckland Transport said it would not be commenting because this was part of the State Highway 16-The Strand shared use path project that NZTA was leading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">This incident comes weeks after a safety sign was placed in the middle of a new shared-use path in Hobsonville, West Auckland, with Bike Auckland telling the Herald that Auckland Transport admitted the positioning was far from ideal and the contractor put it in the wrong spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe often feel that we\u2019re second-class citizens and all we\u2019re asking is for our fair share of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[30159,64,22065,63,3171,198484,198483,36569,49823,784,56279,26359,92456,198482,4717,34786,8844,198479,1787,198480,104820,2948,127383,66215,198481,85,186367,16861],"class_list":["post-365407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-agency","tag-au","tag-auckland","tag-australia","tag-bike","tag-bizarre","tag-calling","tag-crossing","tag-cycle","tag-cycling","tag-cyclists","tag-decision","tag-defends","tag-erect","tag-in","tag-middle","tag-move","tag-nzta","tag-of","tag-parnell","tag-path","tag-pedestrian","tag-pole","tag-position","tag-shared","tag-sports","tag-standing","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}