School bike tracks provide a safe space for students to build cycling skills, boost fitness, support sustainability, and connect with the community.
Bike tracks are a valuable asset for schools, offering students a dedicated space to develop cycling skills, enhance physical fitness, and foster independence.
They also promote environmental awareness by encouraging sustainable transportation and can strengthen community ties through shared use.
Completed tracks
Some schools in Christchurch already have tracks, and the community is welcome to use them outside of school hours.
You can find out which schools have tracks by selecting the school tracks option on our cycle map.(external link)
Please remember the tracks are the property of the school. Please enjoy and respect the bike tracks and take note of any signage.
Users are responsible for their own health and safety. This includes ensuring helmets are worn, bicycles are safe to ride, and you ride carefully.
Bikes in Schools
Bikes in Schools is a school-led project for any school looking to give students regular and equal access to bikes and bike tracks right on the school grounds.
Find out more about the Bikes in Schools programme(external link).
We support the Bikes in Schools programme so students have access to bike gear, storage, facilities and purpose-built tracks on school grounds.
With Bikes in Schools, your school will build a two-metre-wide asphalt or concrete riding track encircling the school field, plus get a fleet of school bikes, helmets and a converted container to store them all. Some schools include additional pump and skills tracks.
In Christchurch, Bikes in Schools projects receive support from Christchurch City Council’s Cycle Safe training programme for students.