With a third of City of Sydney residents walking or riding to work, things are changing for the better. In other words, residents are pedalling up the numbers of those who use the riding network. In the 10 years since 2007, $11 million, on average, has been invested annually into building a safe bike riding…
ACT Police will be enforcing minimum passing with undercover police riding bicycles. For the first time in Australia, ACT Police will enforce safe passing of people riding bikes by motor vehicles using under-cover police riding bikes. Like NSW, ACT drivers must leave at least 1m when passing a bike rider on a road, where the…
Bike riding across NSW is booming in certain pockets where there have been investments in infrastructure, such as the City of Parramatta. Since 2013, Parramatta Valley Cycleway (PVC) has seen growth from 7,736 monthly riders to 19,238 in 2019. The PVC is a 20km shared path, which has enabled people to walk and cycle from…
Bike riding as a way to connect. As a child growing up in Australia in the 70’s and 80’s, I was lucky enough to ride a bike. Through the teenage years, I continued to ride during summer around the flat holiday beachside suburb on a cruiser style bike, no gears needed here! Over the years,…
This year, Lloyd will be joining thousands of bike riders on Sunday, October 13 to cycle over the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the 2019 Spring Cycle. “I was born with a congenital heart defect called aortic stenosis. When I was younger it didn’t greatly hinder me physically. However, as I went through my teens and…
Thirteen years ago, David along with his eldest son and father rode Spring Cycle for the very first time. With his youngest son Max now old enough, in 2019, David will be riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge with his three children in memory of his father. “Riding Spring Cycle is an institution in our…
With bike riding participation rates decreasing around Australia, NSW is defying the trend. According to the 2019 Cycling Participation Survey since 2017, bike riding participation around Australia has dropped from 15.5% weekly in 2017 to 13.8% in 2019. However NSW is the only state with an upward cycling participation trend, if only slightly, from 12.5%…
Bicycle NSW has been working on ways to make light rail tracks safer for people who ride bikes or use wheelchairs. Last March we wrote about crossing light rail tracks. There are things road and light rail designers, and bike riders, could do to make crossing safer. Unfortunately, in Newcastle at the intersection of Scott…
Bicycle NSW knows you want to ride more often but sometimes you don’t feel safe. Trusting the driver next to you can be challenging. We have been working with police on a road safety campaign to improve trust on the roads. Unfortunately this year’s road safety figures are headed in the wrong direction. Consequently, current…
Since March 2019, Bicycle NSW has been working to try and make light rail crossings safer. Now, we need your help! This work has included researching and writing about the issue, working with the government advising and providing feedback on signage and infrastructure development. For people riding bikes, using wheelchairs and prams crossing light rail…