Over the past seven decades, New Zealanders have become increasingly dependent on cars to move around – a trend embraced in Hamilton where more than 85 per cent of city trips are made in cars. But creating a seismic shift in the city’s transport network won’t come cheap, with some estimates putting the cost to ratepayers and taxpayers at more than $900 million over the next three decades.
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Benjamin Wilson took up cycling during the Covid-19 lockdown and uses his bike to get around Hamilton. The reality of biking in Hamilton is something polytech student Benjamin Wilson knows all too well.