20 Feb 2019

Speeding cyclists cause trouble for school children

From Morning Report, 7:50 am on 20 February 2019
Pedestrians, scooter and bike riders on the northwestern cycleway.

Pedestrians, scooter and bike riders on the northwestern cycleway. Photo: RNZ / Rowan Quinn

Auckland primary school children have been verbally abused and almost hit by high speed cyclists on one of the city's most popular cycleways - that's supposed to be shared with pedestrians. Cycling is booming on the North Western cycleway which runs alongside the motorway from West Auckland. But its success has brought problems for children walking to Newton Primary School near the city centre - and they've had to suspend the walking school bus. Rowan Quinn reports.