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Why calling ordinary Kiwi cyclists ‘elitist’ just doesn’t add up

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par Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland

Something strange has happened to the perception of cyclists and cycling in the more than 200 years they’ve been around. Once a novelty, bike riding has moved from being a critical transport mode to a children’s pastime to now being popularly perceived as an elitist activity.

This was readily apparent after the recent “liberate the lane” protest on Auckland’s harbour bridge. Cyclists who broke a police barrier and rode onto the motorway were variously…

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