Cycling is often talked about in terms of movement – speed, efficiency, congestion relief, carbon reduction. But for many people, the decision to ride — or not — has very little to do with kilometres or commute times. It comes down to something much more fundamental: Do I feel safe? Alice Vincent is an Associate…
Bicycle NSW recently joined the Illawarra Ramblers on its signature Sydney bike ride, 10 Sydney Bridges. Over nearly 50 km, from Milsons Point in the north to Caringbah in the south, the 15-strong group experienced the best of Sydney’s new bicycle infrastructure. It was a great opportunity to learn more about this relatively new Bicycle…
Western Sydney’s brand new cycleway opened on Saturday, 14th March 2026 Known as the ‘Emu Track’, the M12 shared user path stretches for 16km from the M7 Cycleway at Cecil Hills to The Northern Road at Luddenham via the new Western Sydney International airport. It includes 6 rest areas, good lighting, artworks and a scenic…
Back in October 2025, before the Sydney Harbour Bridge Cycleway northern access ramp was complete, we positioned ourselves at the bottom of the Milsons Point steps, and undertook a bike count during the peak commuting hour. We marked every bicycle rider that passed us in both directions, scribbling away to make a note of several…
The next infrastructure upgrade for Sydney? On Tuesday 6th January 2026, as half the working world remained on holiday and the other half reluctantly returned to empty desks and full email inboxes, an excited crowd gathered in North Sydney’s Bradfield Park. The demographic was noticeably different to the regular stream of commuters traditionally seen ascending…
Huge progress for Sydney as a connected cycling city Bicycle NSW staff and Board Members were amongst the crowd, catching up with all the familiar faces that make up the wider advocacy community. So many people who helped get this project over the line were there: Bicycle User Group leaders, former and current ministers, mayors…
Chris and Melissa Bruntlett are influential urban mobility advocates and practitioners based in the Netherlands. They have now written three books together. The first, ‘Building the Cycling City: The Dutch blueprint for urban vitality’, was inspired by their first trip to the Netherlands in 2016 after a decade of bicycle advocacy in Vancouver. The second…
It is 11 months since Bicycle NSW was finally able to share the detailed designs for the Sydney Harbour Bridge Cycleway northern access ramp. At the time, construction had just started. Now the ramp is ramping up to open this summer! Last week, the Bicycle NSW team was able to get up close for the…
Will the new ramp shift the demographic? If you cycled across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Thursday 23rd October, you might have seen two members of the Bicycle NSW team. Sarah, our Bike Planner, and Ali, our digital content support, were at the bottom of the infamous Milsons Point steps, scribbling away on sheets of…
Cycling advocates recently had their eyes on London. In an unlikely turn of events, a story about the chaos of industrial action across the city’s Tube network quickly turned into headlines about shared bikes. The strikes caused an unexpected critical mass of bike commuting and shared bikes offered an easy way to saddle up. Market-leader…