10 Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2017</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi News Smart ideas for city Smart Bikes How do you get around when you go into the central city? In a new project, Smart Cities is looking at including a bike share system, which has been successfully trialled by Robert Henderson on the Metro network. Metrocard holders could use their cards to catch the bus into the central city and then use it to hire a bicycle to get around. Flood Alert In future, Smart Cities will look at developing a way of monitoring rivers and parts of the city that are susceptible to flooding in high rainfall so they can see what is happening quickly. CBD Pedestrian Flow Monitoring where people walk and when can be useful in planning a city, because it can lead to finding out why they choose to go some places and not others. Ms McCallum is looking at installing wi-fi sensors in parts of the city, particularly in Cathedral Square and New Regent St, to see the pedestrian flow. Sensors have been trialled in Re:<strong>Star</strong>t Mall to see how it works. <strong>The</strong> sensors use technology, such as cellphones or laptops, to see where people will and won’t walk, and when, so they could improve it. Ms McCallum said they are completely anonymous and it was a work in progress. “It’s going to make this city a much better city to be in.” SmartCross Fancy a game of pong while you wait to cross the road? You may have played the SmartCross game at the intersection of Lichfield and Colombo Sts. But now you can have a go on the new one next to the Vodafone building. Both are supported by the Smart Cities programme. 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It is looking at installing Bluetooth sensors on disabled car parks, which pair with a portable chip given to those who have passes to use them. If a vehicle parks in one that doesn’t have a chip, enforcement officers would get a notification and ticket them. Ms McCallum is planning on trialling this on a disabled car park at the city council on Hereford St first to see if it is successful before rolling it out. Central City wi-fi Smart Cities is looking to roll out free wi-fi in the central city over the next six months, starting in May. Eight years jail for attack on pregnant woman • By Kurt Bayer THUrsdaY JanUarY 31 20<strong>13</strong> A FARMER who bashed his heavily-pregnant ex-partner with a baseball bat until it snapped, and she played dead, has been jailed for more than eight years for what a judge called a “gratuitous, brutal and callous” attack. Christopher James Buick, known as Chris, became enraged that the 23-week pregnant woman wanted to keep their baby and launched the “frenzied attack” in Christchurch earlier this year. <strong>The</strong> brutal assault, where Buick aimed blows at the woman’s stomach, only stopped when she lay on the ground and pretended to be dead. He hit her so hard the bat broke in half. It left her with a fractured skull, severe facial bruising and lacerations, and a broken eye socket. <strong>The</strong> unborn baby escaped uninjured. 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