Early results from the Hastings District Council's ‘annual cycle count’ show a significant increase in the number of riders since the Council's iWay initiative was launched (2010). HDC received $4.1m in funding from NZTA’s ‘Model Communities Project’ and aimed to make it easier and safer to ride or walk throughout Hastings, and hopefully increase the number of people who walk or bike.
So far Council's annual cycle count has been completed on 15 of 37 sites which are monitored throughout the area and the results have been compared with the figures gathered from the same sites and weeks in 2010/11. Of the 15 sites, seven have shown a significant increase in the number of cyclists. The overall figures from the 15 sites show a 23% increase cyclists on these roads.
Read more here: http://www.voxy.co.nz/lifestyle/cycle-use-hastings-shows-significant-rise/5/110692
