Active8 – Phase 1 – Results!

Active8 – Phase 1 – Results!

The first testing phase of Lightfoot’s Active8 commuter behaviour change programme is complete. All of the businesses showed significant change in their travel behaviours over the three month testing phase. Great engagement with the materials and 100% of...
Winter Cycling and the Carrot over the Stick

Winter Cycling and the Carrot over the Stick

Cycling in summer is usually associated with carefree commuting, gliding past lines of traffic with the sun on your face and wind in your (helmeted) hair. We know it’s not always the case, but compared to the idea of cycling in winter, it’s clear which is...
Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2023

Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2023

February is Aotearoa Bike Challenge month. Selected because it is traditionally one of the more settled weather months (and sufficiently distant from the Christmas hols), this Feb hasn’t proved so easy for cyclists. Lightfoot has had its usual suspects signing...
2022 – it’s been a year!

2022 – it’s been a year!

Phew, it’s been a busy old 2022 😅 As an active organisation, it’s easy to gloss over the achievements whilst in the midst of planning for future events, lobbying, submitting, and living lives! Without wanting to seem too self-satisfied, we’d like to...
biketober

biketober

Lightfoot decided to take a lightfooted approach to Biketober 22 by: a) biking as much as possible and, b) interacting with the community to influence their habits.  While it might sound like a case of “all hui, and no dooey”, we engaged in...
Lightfoot Legend

Lightfoot Legend

Paul Speedy | Winter Warrior We Lightfooters talk to lots of people about active travel: how they do it, why they do it or perhaps what’s stopping them. And when we ask Queenstowners about main barriers to cycle commuting in particular, the first response is...