The Base not bicycle friendly

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[al1511]

another reason to just stay away from the base, its just a big and busy tainui enterprise, im prety sure the waikato river they got paid out 200million dollars for is still dirty as hell.way to spend your money. tainui=corporate greed. FOR SHHAIMM TAINUI an apology and explainiation is definately in order

[MaxDillonCoyle]

@al1511 Thankyou Al. I've been overwhelmed with the response of cyclists that have been treated the same way and also people that have been ill treated for other things at The Base. I am going to approach Tainui Group Holdings and ask for them to be more considerate of cyclists and other shoppers in the future

[06LightYearsAway]

This is a disgrace to NZ's image, they're trying to be progressive with these big 'all in one' shopping centers but it looks like it's one step forward three steps backwards with this. And I don't think this is a racial issue, it seems like a power issue, squashing the little guys. Their attitude seems to be 'if you can't afford to drive your car or catch the bus here then you can't afford to shop here, therefore we don't want you'. What rubbish! It's a lie that NZ is a clean, green country.

[MaxDillonCoyle]

@06LightYearsAway I think you've hit the nail on the head there, people are telling me this happens all the time and I've been hearing the same thing from other cyclists throughout NZ. We need to step up and be the clean, green country we have the opportunity to be!

[Mindstudies]

Being such a big place to walk shop to shop it seems rarther stupid that you cant bike! hey I know! lets park next to the base and when we are ready for the mall lets move the car and spend another 15mins trying to find a car park!! seriously a simple cycle route from the mall the to warehouse would be mint :>

[MaxDillonCoyle]

@Mindstudies Thanks mate, we had parked our bikes in front of Rebel Sport and after we'd grabbed some shoes and drinks we jumped on the bikes and cycled (using the road/carpark as that's all there is) over to the other side of the mall and stopped our bikes in front of ToysRUs to wait for a friend. The footpath there is about 10M wide and there was not a pedestrian in sight. I am going to ask Tainui Group Holdings to provide cycle lanes as clearly there is some issue here

[Rockzhou1981]

that is not right. should send this to TVNZ fair go.

[kyhwana]

Wow, that's some bullshit right there "We're giving you the signage". Uh yeah dude, that's not legal.

[hungusmaximist0]

@rs2nve21 You're missing the point completely, the guys in the video is not about being ruthless and taking control over the footpath. The point is whether the mall actually has signage to show that you can't actually cycle on the footpath, and clearly the security guards have no evidence to back up their talk. Now if you were talking about health & Safety that is another issue. Also in response to paying for registration for cycling, another failed point, bicycles are sustainable, cars are not

[rs2nve21]

In regards to riding your bicycle on the footpath its called common sense and duty of care to those around you/pedestrians. Who rides their bicycle's on the foot paths around malls, where mothers/families are with their children and so forth ?!? Here in Australia our Federal Government is considering making bicyclists pay registrations, you use our roads and obviously footpaths so bring on bicycle registration AUS/NZ!!! and by the sounds of it bicycle operations education lol!

[terribletai]

@hippynz I am neither blind nor stupid. I was simply quoting the relevant piece of law from the relevant source in response to your comment "riding on the footpath is not illegal now,' It is important to note however that the definition of what is a footpath, road verge, shared access way is upto the local authority or private landowner involved.

[hippynz]

@terribletai then explain the signs saying to cyclist and pedestrians, "share with care" (the footpath etc. Are you blind? Or just stupid?

[terribletai]

@hippynz Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 (SR 2004/427) (as at 10 May 2011):

1.11 Riding cycles on footpaths, etc

(1) A person must not ride a cycle on a footpath or on a lawn, garden, or other cultivation forming part of a road.

2) Subclause (1) does not apply to a person who rides a cycle on a footpath in the course of delivering newspapers, mail, or printed material to letterboxes.

[hippynz]

@ginganz13 the road part is paid for by Hamilton City Council

[hippynz]

@terribletai riding on foot path is not illegal now, there are lots of places around New Zealand and many in Hamilton were cyclist (via signs) are told to ride on the footpath, . Boundry road bridge and in fact all the bridges.

[hippynz]

@dadofchampions they were not ring "in a mall" they were outside and parked up waiting. also there was no one on the footpath. also the road part is public property and paid for by Hamilton City Council

[Baxtification]

If you want to take it to the next level organise a bike-based slow moving traffic protest.

[evemckoy]

Was that second guy even able to speak English?