Bayside Council has recently opened new bike lanes connecting Rocky Point Road in Sans Souci to Dolls Point Beach. This comes just one year after elected councillors decided to reject excellent plans by council staff, and Transport for NSW funding for a pop-up cycleway in the same area. New Sans Souci Cycleway. Photo Credit: Bayside…
How’s Dad doing? Does he need cheering up or some extra motivation? For Dads who are used to the gym, playing sports, or heading out for a ride with friends, COVID-19 restrictions can be lonely. Whilst riding alone or with one friend has been allowed, your Dad has probably ridden all the streets he can…
With COVID-19 numbers growing, the measures have changed again so we have an update and a challenge for riders. Lockdown Extension for Rural and Regional NSW For riders living outside Greater Sydney, the lockdown measures have been extended until Friday 10 September. In communities where case numbers are low, or cases have not been confirmed,…
All too often bike infrastructure planning in NSW focuses on cities and urban riders, but rural and regional cycling needs attention too. Issues For Regional Bike Riders The roads connecting many homes and towns may be relatively narrow, have unsealed shoulders, no lighting, potholes, be regularly littered with fallen branches or other debris, have higher…
A range of the COVID-19 measures have been amended, and we will do our best to explain them for bike riders in NSW. Bicycle NSW uses the latest published amendments to the health orders to develop advice and update our table. At times this has meant that Bicycle NSW information regarding restrictions has been ahead…
Across NSW we know the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our lives, but we wanted to share some of the great work going on. Creating Safe Spaces For Bike Riding COVID-19 has been tough for everyone, but people across NSW have had the chance to ride their bikes more often. Councils and park managers have seen…
Alfred Street in Harris Park will soon be one of the first in NSW to provide bike priority crossings around roundabouts, if the proposed upgrade is approved. About The Project Identified in Transport for NSW’s Principle Bicycle Network and in the endorsed City of Parramatta Bike Plan, Alfred Street is a priority cycling route for…
Updated 18 August 2021 For at least the next week all of NSW has been placed under lockdown to combat COVID-19. Over the weekend several members reached out to us to explain the changes, but we needed access to all of the amendments first, in order to help you. The changes mean the rules are…
Bicycle NSW wishes to convey its condolences to the family and friends of a woman who died yesterday whilst on a bike ride. The body of the 42 year old woman was found yesterday in shallow water near her bicycle around 250m south of the Spike Milligan Bridge on Brisbane Water Drive at Woy Woy.…
To help reduce the spread of COVID-19, restrictions currently in place in Greater Sydney are now likely to remain in some form until November. Following the spread of COVID-19 cases, yesterday’s health orders extended the same restrictions implemented in Greater Sydney to the Dubbo LGA, and later in the afternoon the same restrictions were extended…