The top 10 reasons for riding to work is an excellent 5 minute read. Some of the reasons you may have guessed, others will surprise you. Last month the BNSW team did its own back-of-the envelope on how much money you can potentially save by leaving your car at home and riding to work. That’s…
Bicycle NSW attended the launch of the 2022 Sustainable Cities Index hosted by the Committee for Sydney. Global consultancy Arcadis has been assembling the index since 2015. It ranks 100 global cities on 51 metrics across 3 categories – people, planet and profit. Australia is falling down the rankings 3 Australian cities were on the…
How much can be saved by not driving? We know that walking, riding and catching public transport is cheaper. Just how much cheaper is a question we’ve been asking at Bicycle NSW and the numbers are impressive. Whilst wages remain stagnant, petrol skyrocketed to $2.10 per litre. To add insult to injury, coffee is predicted…
As drivers are well aware, the average price of unleaded petrol in Australia has recently surged well above $2 a litre. This rise has been caused by the increase in oil prices and the fuel excise levied by the Australian Government, which is currently 44.2 cents in excise for every litre of fuel purchased. The …
NSW Seniors Festival (formerly ‘Senior’s Week’) kicks off this week with many free activities being offered throughout the state to anyone over 60. The 2022 Festival theme is “Reconnect” and it is wonderful that this initiative offers so many opportunities to reconnect with old friends and connect with new ones. Wendy on a cycling adventure…
The Australasian Society for Physical Activity (ASPA) has recently unveiled a new campaign to make transport in general safer and active transport more viable around Australia. Partnering with We Ride Australia and other organisations, The Three Transport Priorities is aimed at the upcoming Federal Election. The three priorities (explained below) are also designed to boost…
It may surprise you to learn that heart disease is Australia’s leading single cause of death. In 2017, 18,590 deaths were attributed to heart disease, which equates to one life every 28 minutes. About heart disease The heart is a hollow muscular organ, situated just behind the breast bone. It is about the size of…
After two years of Covid-19 restrictions and cancelled events, bicycle riders can finally look forward to a year full of cycling events. One of these events is The Mailrun Charity Bike Ride which will take place in Singleton on Sunday 10 April. With 4 different distances to choose from, there is a ride for every…
On the 26th February 2022, Stephen Jones will depart from Cronulla on a 5,300 km cycling trip to raise money for research into Motor Neurone Disease. From Stephen’s first trip: somewhere between South Gundagai and Wantabadgery Motor Neurone Disease – also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Lou Gehrig’s Disease – is a degenerative illness…
Kiama Bicycle User Group (KBUG) is again proudly participating in NSW Seniors Festival (‘Seniors Week’ 25 March to 3 April 2022) by organising a local ride on 29 March. “The group is particularly excited and has put together a package to entice prospective participants to, as the theme for the week suggests, ReConnect”, said Warren…