I manage the EcoMatters community bike hub. I love cycling...its got to be best form of transport ever created (for the environment...and the soul!) I enjoy being able to help out with basic bike mainetance advice, and am always happy to chat about bike stuff with people (bike routes, info, etc). I've been a bike commuter most of my life, and have also tried some road racing, mountain biking, and have cycled toured around NZ and Europe.

Patrícia Vasconcelos is a Senior Transport Planner – Walking and Cycling with an extensive mix of private and public sector experience over the last 18 years overseas and in New Zealand. She has been involved in a wide range of transport projects at the policy, planning, investigation, design and management levels. In the last decade Patrícia has focused on the walking and cycling domain. At her current position at Auckland Transport she works towards a walking and cycling friendly region where these transport modes are seen as safe, convenient, comfortable, pleasant and fun for people of all ages and abilities.

Jo Clendon is passionate about cycling and walking as part of everyday life, healthy active communities and the environment. To help businesses recognise that not all customers arrive by car she founded the 'Bikes Welcome' charitable trust (www.bikeswelcome.org). She is also a member of the Hutt City Council Cycling and Walking Reference Group, a parent of two children aged 8 and 11 and writes about cycling with kids (www.cyclingwithkids.co.nz).

Margaret Hawkes Director, Freedom Mobility Network – an online community of active wheelchair users and mobility technology providers Marina Theron Palmerston North based, Marina Theron is young woman who had a spinal injury 4 years ago. Her interests are fitness, travel and learning new things. Marina and Margaret are united by their love of cycling and the outdoors.

Dr Glen Koorey re-joined consultancy with ViaStrada Ltd in 2016, after 12 years as a Senior Lecturer in Transportation at the University of Canterbury. He specialises in road safety and sustainable transport and has been heavily involved in the development and delivery of national guidelines and industry training courses on Planning & Design for Cycling and Walking. Glen has investigated neighbourhood greenways for over eight years, studying their design and usage in New Zealand, Europe and North America, and convened an international workshop on neighbourhood greenways in Washington DC as part of the 2017 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting.

Jo Clendon is passionate about cycling and walking as part of everyday life, healthy active communities and the environment. To help businesses recognise that not all customers arrive by car she founded the 'Bikes Welcome' charitable trust (www.bikeswelcome.org). She is also a member of the Hutt City Council Cycling and Walking Reference Group, a parent of two children aged 8 and 11 and writes about cycling with kids (www.cyclingwithkids.co.nz).

Penny first got a taste for sustainable transport while working in London. She was the lead cycle engineer for London Borough of Southwark, working closely with TfL to develop the LCN within Southwark. She continued this passion when she moved back to Christchurch and worked for the Council. Penny was an advocate for sustainable transport at the Council and was successful in installing cycle lanes along sections of Marshland and Hills Road. Penny now works for Abley and promotes sustainable transport. She practices what she preaches and cycles 1 kilometre with her twins each morning to their daycare.

Originally from Melbourne based advocacy organisation Bicycle Network I moved to Wellington in 2015 and have been working in behaviour change for WCC since. Passionate about utility cycling, physical activity and all the benefits they bring.

Paul is a plant scientist by education, but an engineer by inclination. He has an inclination to put numbers - lots of them - to any phenomenon he is studying, or managing. He is a life-long self-propelled commuter, and a regular bike user in Auckland (when younger) and now in Palmerston North. He is as much interested in the undersides of bridges as their topsides, in the edges of paths as in their centre, and in the process of getting somewhere, as to where someone gets.

Jonathan Kennett works with NZTA developing a national cycling network and advising on the enhancement and extension of the New Zealand Cycle Trail Great Rides. He is well known for writing several cycling guidebooks and project managing the construction of a number of cycle trails. Jonathan also designs safety improvements for cyclists in rural New Zealand.

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