This Bike Champions' Forum, which took place in "Biketober" 2022, centres around an important human right; the right to participate fully in all aspects of life. Everyone deserves to have a choice on how they get around, and our panelists today speak about that from a variety of perspectives.
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Our moderator:
Tiffany Robinson
Tiffany is a transport planner, currently specialising in active modes. She has over 17 years of planning experience in the public and private sector, primarily in transportation planning and community outreach here and abroad.
She’s also a Women in Urbanism Aotearoa committee member with a passion for creating environments for women to move about safely and get home without incident. She enjoys getting out and about with her e-trike Trinity when she can, encouraging others to boldly take up space on the road.
Our panel:
Emma McInnes
Emma McInnes is a mum, an urban designer, and co-founder and current chair of Women in Urbanism Aotearoa. She is passionate about designing fair and equitable cities and towns that work for the needs of everyone. Emma can be seen riding around Auckland with her child on an epic cargo bike!
Kimberly Graham
Kimberly is an accessibility travel blog writer and general accessibility advocate, whose incredible website, "Grab Your Wheels, Let's Travel" details the accessibility of specific buildings, paths, playgrounds, and a variety other locations and activities, all across Aotearoa New Zealand! As well, her website (grabyourwheels.nz) includes helpful guides and links to other accessibility resources and blogs.
Kimberly rides a wheelchair-bike, so that her son, who has cerebral palsy, can join her on adventures all around Aotearoa.
James Littlejohn
James Littlejohn was left partially paraplegic after a motorbike accident 20 years ago. He has tried many adaptive sports, including skiing and water-skiing, but fell in love with mountain biking - which he enjoys with wife Kim and 6-year-old son Max. James is without function from below the knee, but he's able to ride with the aid of specialised orthotic shoes and pedal adaptations. Driven by a desire to share the enjoyment of mountain biking, James and Kim started #AdaptMTB, a charity that promotes adapted mountain biking for people with different levels of riding skill and types of disability.
