We’re in for a wet summer but with a few safety precautions, you can still keep bike riding. La Niña cycle Australia cycles through La Niña and El Niño periods which drives the hot and dry climates, but also the increased rainfall. Currently, the Bureau of Meteorology has declared that Australia is in a La Niña…
Thousands of bike riders will benefit from the new cycleways being proposed along Oxford, Liverpool and College streets. As one of the busiest cycling routes in NSW, City of Sydney and Transport for NSW wanted to create safer spaces for people to ride into and out of the CBD. Liverpool St and Elizabeth St cycleway…
One of the Bicycle NSW team members rides a bicycle and motorbike on the road, both of which have some different rules to car drivers. The Same For Everyone Many of the road rules are the same for everyone. Red lights, stop signs, navigating roundabouts and obeying speed limits are all the same for motor…
On the road we indicate intent, and depend on cooperation to change lane, turn and navigate a roundabout. Merging At A Roundabout Too often marked bike lanes vanish faster than an ice-block on a hot day, and riders need to merge into traffic to travel forwards, enter a roundabout or turn. Sometimes cars and obstacles…
Bicycle NSW wishes to convey its condolences to the family and friends of the 52-year-old man who died in hospital last Friday (13/11/2020) after he was hit riding his bicycle on Springhill Road in Coniston. The collision occurred just before 7am on Tuesday (10/11/2020) causing serious head and chest injuries. In spite of the first…
Nothing says an Australian summer like spending a hot day by the waterside. Why not make the NSW South Coast your next destination for a bike riding adventure? The Eurobodalla region is full of places to explore and things to do. There are stunning beaches, rivers and inlets with great places to swim, surf, snorkel,…
A member commenting on social media compared our efforts to improve the Westconnex Rozelle Interchange, to the labours of Sisyphys- Greek mythology’s metaphor for a hopeless task. Constant Issues For Bikes Just when we think we’ve made progress in the uphill battle, another round of photos or batch of emails arrives. Bicycle NSW, together with…
In 2019 over 90% of Australians did some form of physical activity but did the COVID-19 pandemic affect this in 2020? Increase In Physical Activity When the majority of Australia went into various stages of lockdown, there was actually an increase in people being physically active from 33% in March to 42% in April. The…
Traffic injury is one of the biggest killers in Australia and Road Safety Week (15-22 November) is here to highlight the impact of road trauma and ways to reduce it. With over 1200 people dying and 44,000 seriously injured on Australian roads every year, changes need to be made. Take The Pledge For Road Safety…
People opposed to bike riding have developed a new approach to disrupt progress, but we’re not dazzled by the gaslight. Objections For Safety Openly objecting to families and children having safe places to ride their bikes, separated from motor vehicles, is a bad look. Instead people opposed to cycling infrastructure and pop-up cycleways in their…