Last week Bicycle NSW joined with the Amy Gillett Foundation and We Ride Australia to present to Senior Police at the Australasian Road Safety Conference on things police can do to improve road safety for riders. Bicycle NSW General Manager of Public Affairs, Bastien Wallace, spoke about the issues that rural and regional bike riders…
NSW Green members for Balmain and Newtown Jamie Parker MP and Jenny Leong MP convened a forum on the 3rd of October to discuss ways to make things better for bike riding in NSW. General Manager of Public Affairs, Bastien Wallace, represented Bicycle NSW and joined with representatives Bicycle User Groups from Glebe, Leichardt, Ashfield,…
Wednesday the 17th of October is Ride2Work Day is a sitting day for NSW Parliament. Inviting your local MP to join you in riding to work could help make things better for bikes. Ride2Work Day will be celebrated by the City of Sydney with a breakfast in Martin Place this year. Just up the street…
If we want safer roads, behaviour change incentives need to be applied where the risk is created, instead of trying to ‘mop up afterwards’ with insurance. Prevention beats hoping you might get your costs paid for if you’re killed or permanently disabled on the road. The problem is that our roads prioritise motor vehicle movement…
Bicycle NSW and the Amy Gillett Foundation met with Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy, senior representatives of NSW Police and the Centre for Road Safety to discuss issues for bike riders in NSW. A key challenge for riders has been the enforcement of Minimum Passing Distance laws. We agreed a range of measures to work together…
The NSW building boom has seen the number of heavy vehicles moving through communities increase. Awareness campaigns remind bike riders to take care, but a safe systematic approach is necessary to address the real dangers. On average 58 people are killed per year in heavy truck crashes and 1391 suffer serious injuries. Bicycle NSW supports…
Trek Bontrager Line Pro flat bicycle pedals (aftermarket only) Pedals may have a manufacturing defect which causes the spindles to be brittle. This may cause one or both of the spindles to break. If the spindle breaks, the pedal body will separate from the spindle. Consumers with affected pedals should stop using them immediately. Consumers can…
Recent speed limit reductions in parts of Melbourne and Brisbane are expected to improve community safety and well-being. Brisbane City Council will reduce the speed limit to 40km/h around dozens of suburban shopping and dining precincts. While in Collingwood and Fitzroy in Melbourne, the speed limit will drop to 30km/h. Bicycle NSW supports decreasing…
Last week Member, Katie Banerjee, came third in the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Italy, after only starting to ride 3 years ago. An amazing achievement! We caught up with Katie after her race to explore her journey into cycling. “I started cycling 3 years ago just around local roads and National Parks for…
In last Friday’s budget estimates hearing on proposed expenditure for Roads, Maritime and Freight (Minister Melinda Pavey’s department), The Hon. Cate Faehrmann MP asked questions on safety, infrastructure funding, the Sydney Harbour Bridge Ramp and positive provisioning for people who ride bikes. Safety Cate raised Cadel Evans’ comment in 2016 that Sydney’s roads are unsafe…