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Cycling in Auckland is a mode of transport which has historically had high levels of modal share in Auckland, New Zealand, like in most cities in New Zealand. However, the dominance of the car in the city,〔''(Backtracking Auckland: Bureaucratic rationality and public preferences in transport planning )'' - Mees, Paul; Dodson, Jago; Urban Research Program Issues Paper 5, Griffith University, April 2006〕 the negative attitudes of car drivers〔 and general changes in transport patterns have made it a very marginal transport mode as of the early 21st century, with the remaining cyclists often cycling for leisure and sports purposes. While political and infrastructure initiatives are underway to revive cycling, success is still to be solidified. As of 2005/06, only 16% of the Regional Cycle Network had been completed, which also included routes that had been built before the plan for a regional network had been adopted. In 2014, results showed that cycling mode share had stopped declining compared to previous census results, though from 0.9% in 2006, it had only risen to 1.2% of all work trips on census day. However, statistics and automatic counters show the success of cycling where higher-quality infrastructure has been installed, with nine counters across Auckland reporting annual cycle number increases of an average of 10%.〔 == Attitudes == Auckland has a much less positive popular attitude towards cycling and new cycling infrastructure than some other cities of New Zealand like Wellington and Christchurch.〔 An Otago University study showed that fear of rude and actively hostile behaviour from drivers was the main reason New Zealanders were not using their cycles more. Some 59% of all respondents in an Auckland Transport study of a cross-section of Aucklanders noted safety as a barrier to cycling.〔 This, and to some degree the hillier nature of Auckland, have caused cycling to so far remain a marginal pursuit - only 1% of all morning peak trips were being made by bicycle in the late 2000s. However, in Wellington, with an even hillier topography, the cycling numbers are approximately twice as high.〔(Sustainable and safe land transport ) (from Statistics New Zealand. Accessed 2008-05-02.)〕 While Auckland City Council and the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) have undertaken some works since the introduction in 1998 of a "Walking and Cycling Plan" for the city, cycling connections between different areas of the wider city are still often missing.〔''On your bike - Auckland resistant to cycleways'' - ''LG - New Zealand Local Government'', Volume 43 No 12, December 2007, Page 16.〕 Some cycle lanes have met vocal opposition, mostly from locals who consider them unneeded due to the low level of cycling in Auckland and due to the removal of on-street parking for their implementation. However, Council representatives note that cycling will not gain in popularity until the corresponding infrastructure is gradually introduced.〔''On your bike - Auckland resistant to cycleways'' - ''LG - New Zealand Local Government'', Volume 43 No 12, December 2007, Page 18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cycling in Auckland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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