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Life fills Macleay Street, Potts Point, during City of Sydney’s Summer Streets events in February 2022 (Image: Adam Hollingworth)
How can we define a ‘healthy street’? One which is welcoming to everyone, young and old. A place that supports Read more
Why ride to work?
That’s our recommendation to the NSW EV Strategy and the combined advocacy submission to the National EV Strategy.  Mike Tomalaris Read more
Heavily loaded bikes and a strong headwind! A tough day on the old road from Beltana to Copley (Image: Rosamund Burton)
Sydney bike rider and author Rosamund Burton has just published a new book, Whispering Wire, about tracing the Overland Telegraph Read more
Bicycle NSW Ghoul Invasion Photo Contest Winner
Thank you for your participation in our Ghoul Invasion Photo Contest. We enjoyed seeing all your creativity! Congratulations to our Read more
Bike Leichhardt Tourers. Photo Courtesy: Mike MacDonald
One of Australia’s most popular and familiar regional rail trails is only 250km northeast of Melbourne. The entire Murray to Read more
The Lower Prospect Canal cycleway. The edges of the canal are left visible to either side of the shared path and hint at the history of the corridor and its importance for NSW public health. (Image: Bicycle NSW)
Bicycle NSW has recently made submissions about two masterplans in the Cumberland area that propose new and upgraded active transport Read more
A key ambition of the new Strategy is to support multi-modal transport options
The team at Bicycle NSW has taken a deep dive into the new Future Transport Strategy, attending an excellent presentation Read more
The recently completed separated cycleway on Miller Street in Pyrmont Bicycle NSW
10 years ago, nobody thought of Sydney as a bike-friendly city.  Policy decisions ‘actively’ discouraged cycling and politicians ripped out Read more
Western Distributor proposal
Bicycle NSW joins the City of Sydney and pedestrian advocacy group WalkSydney in objecting to the unexpected proposal to ‘upgrade’ Read more
Uniform police cyclists and undercover police cyclist (photo: iStock)
In May 2018, after a two year trial, the Minimum Passing Distance became permanent law in NSW  which means, our Read more
Liz Hirst, Bradley Birnie and Elisha Pearce of Transport for NSW with Michael Bishop and Francis O’Neill, Bicycle NSW Head of Advocacy (Image: Bicycle NSW)
The advocacy team at Bicycle NSW attended a site walk with Transport for NSW Sydney Gateway team and Michael Bishop, Read more
Families enjoying the Spring Cycle ride over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. CREDIT: EDWINA PICKLES
After a hiatus of two years, thousands of enthusiastic cyclists descended on Sydney streets last Sunday, for Bicycle NSW’s 37th Read more
Sydney Central Precinct model, viewed from the east, showing the buildings that will sit on the Over Station Deck and 3 new bridges crossing the rail corridor: at Cleveland St, Prince Alfred Park and Devonshire St (Source: Bicycle NSW photograph of model by City of Sydney)
Transport for NSW has recently exhibited ambitious plans to transform underutilised land north of Central Station into a mixed-use precinct anchored Read more
L to R Mayor Amanda Findley, CEO of Bicycle NSW Peter McLean, BUG President Peter Cassar and Trish Cassar
Members and friends of the Shoalhaven Bicycle User Group (BUG) came together at the Worrigee Sports Club on the 28th Read more
Micromobility in Chinatown
Aaron Gordons’s article, about e-bike infrastructure in America, considers a challenge that Australian bicycle advocates would be happy to have. Read more
Daily car trips (especially under 5 km) are unsustainable in so many ways Traffic congestion currently costs the Australian economy Read more
Watch the short video of Sean’s awesome amp-assisted daily commute.
Sean O’Shaunessy, long-time friend, journalist and Northern Rivers’ resident, recently purchased an e-bike. When I asked how he found it, Read more
Reframing bicycles – from recreation to transportation
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been significant changes in the way people travel. Fewer cars on the road made Read more
Bicycle NSW recently toured the areas of concern and sites of opportunity along the Warringah Freeway corridor
The short answer is we still don’t know, and that has us worried. Given the Warringah Freeway Upgrade (WFU) is Read more
The existing M7 corridor has a wide median that was intended for future dedicated public transport lanes (Source: TfNSW)
Toll giant Transurban has submitted an unsolicited proposal to the NSW Government to widen the Westlink M7 for 26km between Read more
A shared path located largely in the rail corridor was promised by NSW Government in 2015. The plans are now completely different! (Source: Sutherland Shire Council)
Transport for NSW is progressing its plans for Stage 2 of the Sutherland to Cronulla Active Transport Link (SCATL) to Read more