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Bicycle NSW has greatly benefitted from the engineering expertise of Ray Rice OAM, as a consultant and previous CEO.  We have created ‘Ray’s Corner’ to celebrate his contribution, and help everyone advocate for better bike riding infrastructure.  

This page is a great place to find our recent content about policy, strategy and design guidelines.  There are links to important documents and deep dives into issues such as e-bike safety, street design, speed limits, parking policy and road space reallocation. 

Recent Policy and Design Articles

Bicycle NSW Uncovers Hidden Toll Rebate
Bicycle NSW Uncovers Hidden Toll Rebate
Did you know that if you carry your bicycles on a roof rack then you might as well be driving Read more
MAKING LOCAL STREETS SAFE FOR BIKES
Making Local Streets Safe For Bikes
Protected cycleways that separate bike riders from both vehicles and pedestrians are gold standard facilities. Great examples of these cycleways Read more
Should we ban e-bikes in apartments?
Should We Ban E-Bikes in Apartments?
Stories of spectacular fires caused by lithium-ion batteries have sparked fears about the safety of these batteries and the gadgets Read more
Do great places need parking?
Do Great Places Need Parking?
Not according to urban planning experts! Australian cities have an abundance of affordable, subsidised and often free homes – but Read more
Active Transport for a Healthy Economy
Bike paths and pedestrian-friendly streets have much more to do with improving our economy than many people realise! Pitt Street in Read more
Police tape across NSW road
NSW Road Safety Forum Misses Vital Ingredient
Road trauma statistics have trended in the wrong direction over the last few years. 370 lives were lost in the Read more
Three Roads to affordable housing and better transport
Three Roads to Affordable Housing and Better Transport
There's a golden opportunity along three of Australia’s oldest roads  Parramatta Road is Australia’s ugliest, noisiest, dirtiest road. Half of Read more
Western Distributor
Strategic Modelling: Helpful or Harmful?
A transport model is a tool for assessing the likely impacts on travel demand caused by changes in the transport Read more
small child standing in front of super sized ute
Supersizing Parking
for supersized cars is mad Let Standards Australia know that this is a really bad idea! Standards Australia is considering Read more
Cars travelling down the road in 40km zone
Inner West Plans 40 and Below
The Inner West Council has conducted a study to look at reducing the speed limits to 40km/h across its neighbourhoods. This Read more
The problem with Local Traffic Committees
The Problem with Local Traffic Committees
And the fix Active transport advocates have long been frustrated by the slow machinations of traffic where even small changes Read more
Greenways for a Healthy City
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer Read more

Policies and strategies for walking, cycling and place outcomes

Transport for NSW has published a range of new policies and guidelines to support planning, design and delivery of walking and cycling infrastructure. These build on the NSW Government’s Future Transport 2056 vision and the Movement and Place framework.

Road User Space Allocation Policy

This corporate policy requires Transport for NSW allocates physical and temporal road user space safely and equitably to support the movement of people and goods and place objectives.

Cycleway Design Toolbox

Guidance for practitioners on desired outcomes for cycling and other forms of micromobility in NSW. The design principles outlined aim to address both the movement function and place intensity of a location.

Providing for Walking & Cycling in Transport Projects

This corporate policy requires every transport project funded by Transport for NSW must include provision for walking and cycling, and must be delivered from the outset of every transport project.

Walking Space Guide

The Walking Space Guide provides a set of standards and tools to assist those responsible for the pedestrian environment to achieve comfortable environments which encourage people to walk.

Movement & Place Framework & Practitioners Guide

Movement and Place is a cross-government framework for planning and managing our roads and streets across NSW. The framework is realised through a series of Practitioners Guides and tools including the Walking Space Guide and Cycleway Design Toolbox.

We have drawn together guidelines and principles into one resource to help you. As we continue to work, this resource will grow. Please check back for updates.
Last update 15 September 2020