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Bicycle NSW greatly benefitted from the engineering expertise of the late Ray Rice OAM.  Ray was our CEO from 2015-16 and an invaluable Advocacy Consultant between 2017 and 2020.

Ray Rice (left) was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia shortly before his early death in 2021. Ray and his wife Sue (right, riding the Spring Cycle) were lifelong cyclists who supported bicycle events and initiatives over many decades.

 

We have created ‘Ray’s Corner’ to celebrate his life and contribution, and enable everyone in the community to better advocate for improved bike riding infrastructure.  

This page is a great place to find our recent content about policy, strategy and design guidelines.  There are links to important documents and deep dives into issues such as e-bike safety, street design, speed limits, parking policy and road space reallocation. 

Recent policy and design articles

Sydney’s very first School Street

For many families, school drop-off time is stressful. The fifteen-to-thirty minute window is a familiar...

More of the same for regional transport planning?

Why the new regional transport plans won’t make NSW much better for bike riding and...
Lord Mayor Clover Moore cycling in Sydney

Cities flourish when women lead

Chris and Melissa Bruntlett are influential urban mobility advocates and practitioners based in the Netherlands...

Counting cyclists on the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Will the new ramp shift the demographic? If you cycled across the Sydney Harbour Bridge...
Sarah Bickford and Peter McLean from Bicycle NSW with an e-bike at Central Station

E-bikes are still on track in NSW!

However, e-bike conversion kits have been derailed Following its proposal for a blanket ban in...
On-street bike parking in Sydney

Councils tackling share bike parking

Cycling advocates recently had their eyes on London. In an unlikely turn of events, a...
Mountain biking cycling infrastructure view from Mount Kembla

Trails are flowing: Good news for mountain biking in NSW

A lot of the work we do at Bicycle NSW involves an eye for detail...
Bike rider on Kent St in Sydney with no helmet

Calling time on disproportionate penalties for bike riders

No helmet, that'll be $410. But the biggest killer on our roads gets just $149 ...
Bike riders passing a Velo-city sign

Velo-city 2025: Building solidarity with two wheels

Highlights from an inspiring week in Gdansk Velo-city is the European Cyclists Federation’s annual flagship...


Policies and strategies for walking, cycling and place outcomes

Transport for NSW has published a range of new policies and guidelines to support planning, design and delivery of walking and cycling infrastructure. These build on the NSW Government’s Future Transport 2056 vision and the Movement and Place framework.

Road User Space Allocation Policy

This corporate policy requires Transport for NSW allocates physical and temporal road user space safely and equitably to support the movement of people and goods and place objectives. Updated in July 2024.

Cycleway Design Toolbox

Guidance for practitioners on desired outcomes for cycling and other forms of micromobility in NSW. The design principles outlined aim to address both the movement function and place intensity of a location.

Providing for Walking & Cycling in Transport Projects

This corporate policy requires every transport project funded by Transport for NSW must include provision for walking and cycling, and must be delivered from the outset of every transport project.

Walking Space Guide

The Walking Space Guide provides a set of standards and tools to assist those responsible for the pedestrian environment to achieve comfortable environments which encourage people to walk.

Movement + Place Framework and Practitioners' Guide

Movement and Place is a cross-government framework for planning and managing our roads and streets across NSW. The framework is realised through a series of Practitioners' Guides and tools including the Walking Space Guide and Cycleway Design Toolbox.

Design of Roads and Streets

DORAS aims to be a really practical ‘how to’ guide for practitioners delivering new and re-imagined streetscapes that strongly embed the Movement and Place framework. Bicycle NSW has written an article exploring this New Manual for Designing Roads and Streets

We have drawn together guidelines and principles into one resource to help you. As we continue to work, this resource will grow. Please check back for updates.
Last update 15 September 2020