CAN
Cycling Action Network
Formation1 November 1996 (1996-11-01)
TypeNGO
Legal statusIncorporated Society and Registered Charity
PurposeAdvocacy
HeadquartersNew Zealand Wellington, NZ
Location
  • 8a Horner St, Newtown, Wellington
Region served
New Zealand
Membership
Private Persons & Organisations
Official language
En
Chair
Rex Willaims
Main organ
Board
Staff
3
Volunteers
dozens
Websitecan.org.nz

Cycling Action Network (CAN) is a national cycling advocacy group founded in November 1996[1] in Wellington, New Zealand. They lobby government, local authorities, businesses and the community on behalf of cyclists, for a better cycling environment. It aims to achieve a better cycling environment for cycling as transport. Major initiatives are the annual Cycle Friendly Awards and support for a biennial Cycling Conference. The organisation was originally named Cycling Advocates' Network until 2015.

Goals

CAN's goals are:[2]

  • Promote integrated cycle planning
  • Promote the benefits of cycling
  • Improve safety
  • Encourage the creation of a good cycling environment
  • Develop cycle advocacy and cycle action

Activities

NZ Cycling Conference

CAN has made a major contribution to the establishment and ongoing success of the NZ Cycling Conference[3] series (15 October 1997, Hamilton; 14–15 July 2000, Palmerston North; 21–22 September 2001, Christchurch; 10–11 October 2003, North Shore; 14–15 October 2005 Hutt City; 1–2 November 2007, Napier; 12–13 November 2009, New Plymouth); February 2012 Hastings.[4][5]

Cycle Friendly Awards

Since 2003, CAN has been organising the annual Cycle Friendly Awards, celebrating initiatives to promote cycling and create a cycle-friendly environment at both a national and local level in New Zealand.[6] The event has since received public recognition, with government representatives attending the award ceremonies.[7]

Chainlinks is the magazine of the NZ Cycling Action Network (CAN), which as of 2017 is published three times a year as an electronic newsletter. About a 1000 copies are distributed to members of CAN and a number of supporting organisations such as local government authorities and cycling industry organisations.[8] Published since 1997, until 2015 it was a full-colour paper magazine,[8] whose back issues are available online.[9]

Association with other groups

CAN is the parent organisation for some 20 local cycling advocacy groups around the country,[10] including Cycle Action Auckland and Spokes Canterbury.

CAN was a member of BikeNZ and provided one board member from BikeNZ's inception in July 2003. CAN resigned from BikeNZ in October 2007,[11] but continues to work with BikeNZ on advocacy issues.[12]

CAN works closely with Living Streets Aotearoa, the national walking advocacy group.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "10 Year Anniversary Issue" (PDF). Chainlinks. Cycling Action Network of New Zealand. November 2006. p. 4. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Cycling Action Network CAN website
  3. ↑ http://cyclingconf.org.nz/ Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine NZ Cycling Conference
  4. ↑ http://can.org.nz/nz-cycling-conference-series Conference series on CAN website; accessed 5 January 2010
  5. ↑ http://cyclingconf.org.nz/ Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine Cycling Conference official website, accessed 5 January 2010
  6. ↑ CAN Awards Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine CAN Awards web page
  7. ↑ Cycling Advocates Network Cycle-Friendly Awards Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine (speech by Lianne Dalziel, 7 October 2008) (from the New Zealand Government website, accessed 14 December 2008)
  8. ↑ "Local Groups - Cycling Action Network NZ". can.org.nz. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "CAN leaves BikeNZ" (PDF). Chainlinks. Cycling Action Network of New Zealand. December 2007. p. 16. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Advocacy Toolkit". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
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