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Pedestrians are fed up with begging

Pedestrians Are Fed Up With Begging

Bicycle riders and pedestrians are done – so very done – with having to wait forever. The beg button is a joke and the joke is on us. Jan Gehl, the esteemed Danish urbanist who inspired City of Sydney to turn around decades of car-first planning, wrote in his 2007 Public Spaces Public Life Study:

Blacktown’s good bones marred by bollards

Blacktown’s Good Bones Marred by Bollards

Dan Sobkowski is a young father who bikes for transport with his family in and around Blacktown. Dan’s observations on how difficult it can be to get around outside a car are compiled on his excellent Instagram account Copenhagenize Blacktown Bicycle NSW is delighted to meet a new ally for Better Streets and human-friendly infrastructure

Bollard Busters!

Bollard Busters!

Riding group takes out two useless bollards in Homebush Bicycle User Group (BUG) Bike North may have set the record for speedy bollard removal. And possibly alliteration! Because on a recent Botany Bay Bacon ride, Bike North Secretary Brian busted two bollards.  Just north of Parramatta Road at Homebush, there were U-shaped barriers on each

China’s Great Leap Forward

China (re-)embraces active transport as Australia stays gridlocked Different cities are at different stages along their paths to sustainable mobility. Australia for instance, has developed fine documents like the NSW Future Transport and Active Transport strategies. Or the Movement and Place framework. For example, the NSW Active Transport Strategy discusses the need to walk and

Road rage death 5 years on -

Road Rage Death 5 Years On…

…and Louise is still campaigning for safer streets Note: This story may upset and distress some readers Five years ago Louise lost her husband of 40 years in the most unnecessary and tragic of circumstances In 2018, Louise and David Brand were doing what they loved best, cycling with friends along the quiet Mount Darragh

Road rage death 5 years on

Making Walking and Cycling a Priority

Parents across NSW are calling for safer roads around schools to enable active transport. Making walking and cycling a priority has many benefits. Residential streets in Australian towns and cities are blighted by narrow uneven footpaths (or no footpaths at all), dangerous intersections, steep kerb cuts (where they exist!), a lack of crossings and 50km/h

Reimagining the Blue Mountains as a place

Reimagining the Blue Mountains as a Place…

…not just a highway or a car park People flock to the Blue Mountains because of their World Heritage-listed natural beauty. There are some great trails in the National Park for walks and mountain bike rides. Yet, there’s a jarring dissonance when it comes to active transport. The natural beauty of Mountains villages and their

Why ride to work?

Why Ride To Work?

(M) Rating: This article contains material for mature audiences! Better to ask, why wouldn’t you? Momentum Magazine ran an article on the top 10 reasons for riding to work. And the Bicycle Review Guru’s Michael Van Gerpen has a number of excellent additional thoughts. Based on these and the experiences of Bicycle NSW Members, here

Young lady in crowd looking at her mobile phone

Speed Is The Culprit, Not Phone Use By Pedestrians

Blaming pedestrian behaviour for crashes ignores evidence and decades of bad planning. When it comes to collisions between vulnerable road users and motor vehicles, Australian traffic laws are fatally flawed. Speed is the culprit, not phone use by pedestrians. But firstly, to clarify, a vulnerable road user (VRU) is anyone not in a car, bus

A fun e-bike-led revolution to tackle the cost of living and climate blues (Image credit: Better Streets Weekend)

Sydney’s Future is Electric

And it’s coming back clean! History comes in waves. As the City of Sydney’s electrification of transport strategy illustrates.  Even the name evokes the marvel of the Victorian industrial age. But now it’s driven by the climate emergency and powered by 100% renewables. So, from an environmental perspective, it’s great to see progress on a