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World Bicycle Day 2023
Why is this World Bike Day So Important Since its establishment five years ago, World Bicycle Day has been marked Read more
174 glorious kilometres of gravel and granite (Image credit: Flow Mountain Bike)
The Angry Bull-led recovery in Tenterfield Tenterfield, a small Northern NSW town, recently hosted Gravel n Granite, which attracted over Read more
Breathing life into Parramatta Road
Parramatta Road is no longer a road. It’s a stroad! What’s a stroad? A stroad is best described by what Read more
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 Read more
The Rise and Fall of Oxford Street
Oxford Street stretches eastward from Sydney’s CBD towards the coast. It has a depth of character unlike any major street or road Read more
Why ride to work?
(M) Rating: This article contains material for mature audiences! Bike riders are really looking forward to a protected cycleway on Read more
Rail trails encourage independent kids
And resilient communities We have written about how rail trails support regional communities. They do so by connecting people and Read more
Another 3 years for the Moore Park Road cycleway!
A stepping stone to improving Oxford Street for everyone At a packed Sydney Council meeting on 8 May, Bicycle NSW Read more
Return Of The Child -Friendly City
Car-dominated streets damage kids  In an excellent Conversation article, Mischa Ketchell discusses the decline of cities as spaces for children and Read more
North Ryde to CBD By E-Bike
By Graham Marshall I started to ride to work in the city on a casual basis when I first moved Read more
Rural/farm road south west of Dalgety/Snowy River continued (Photo: courtesy Shoalhaven BUG)
Unforgiving climbs and iconic Australian pastoral vistas Bicycle User Groups (BUGs) are local groups of bike riders who get together Read more
Young lady in crowd looking at her mobile phone
Blaming pedestrian behaviour for crashes ignores evidence and decades of bad planning. When it comes to collisions between vulnerable road Read more
Robert Clarke, 59, suffered grazes and bruises. It is remarkable that he wasn’t very badly hurt. (Source: ABC News)
Dashcam footage captured the moment a bike rider was intentionally hit by a driver in Melbourne this week. Robert Clarke, Read more
A fun e-bike-led revolution to tackle the cost of living and climate blues (Image credit: Better Streets Weekend)
And it’s coming back clean! History comes in waves. As the City of Sydney’s electrification of transport strategy illustrates.  Even Read more
This is not a cycleway.
Painted bikes on roads do not a cycleway make. City of Canada Bay Council's claim that it plans to modify Read more
Canada Bay Council declares best practice bicycle infrastructure ‘unsafe’ (Image: Bicycle NSW)
City of Canada Bay Council to remove the Heath St Cycleway Canada Bay Council declares best practice bicycle infrastructure ‘unsafe’ Read more
Where’s the shoulder? Photo credit, Drive Magazine
One metre still matters but awareness and enforcement of Minimum Passing Distance legislation has stalled. Where’s the shoulder? Photo credit, Read more
A Safe Active Street in Perth, Western Australia (Source: West Australian Department of Transport)
If you see a bicycle rider going too fast on a shared path, tell them to slow down! This excellent Read more
The second or even the first family car – e-bike are way more fun for kids! (Source: Rascal Rides)
As cities worldwide set ambitious targets for reaching Net Zero, many are turning to electric vehicles (EVs) to help reduce Read more
Ride to School Day 25% off Bicycle NSW Membership
National Ride2School Day is this Friday 24 March and is a good reminder of some of the important considerations when Read more
Australia remains a dumping ground for dirty cars (Image: Scott McNaughton)
New findings on tail pipe and tyre dust emissions have health experts extremely worried Exhaust fumes and tyre wear particles Read more