Parents across NSW are calling for safer roads around schools to enable active transport. Making walking and cycling a priority has many benefits. Residential streets in Australian towns and cities are blighted by narrow uneven footpaths (or no footpaths at all), dangerous intersections, steep kerb cuts (where they exist!), a lack of crossings and 50km/h…
Whether we like it or not, cycleways are political. This is despite the fact that they encourage healthy, cheap and emissions-free transport. However, they remain a novelty in Australia and arouse deep emotions. The pop-up cycleway on Moore Park Road recently won a three-year reprieve, demonstrating government and community resolve to prioritise people over vehicles. Read…
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Our free guided ride with Mike Tomalaris attracted a big group of eager participants! Transport Mutual Credit Union in partnership (TMCU) with Bicycle NSW got together for a family friendly social bike ride through the scenic Olympic Park precinct on Sunday 18th June. Tour de France broadcasting guru and bike advocate Mike Tomalaris entertained riders…
Bicycle NSW is excited to welcome two additional Better Streets Campaign Coordinators, Kat Hossen and Monique Ewen to the group. Better Streets Better Streets is a coalition of planners, advocates, community groups, pedestrian and bicycle groups that are working to support local and state governments roll back 70 years of car-centric planning. The group launched…
The Angry Bull-led recovery in Tenterfield Tenterfield, a small Northern NSW town, recently hosted Gravel n Granite, which attracted over 800 mountain bike riders. The event, organized by the local mountain bike club, was a springboard for announcing the development of a 174km trail. Possibly the largest of its kind in Australia! Angry Bull Trails,…
Parramatta Road is no longer a road. It’s a stroad! What’s a stroad? A stroad is best described by what it isn’t. Neither a street nor a road. Roads convey people and goods from one place to another, and the primary goal is efficiency of movement. Streets are places to be – to live, to…
…not just a highway or a car park People flock to the Blue Mountains because of their World Heritage-listed natural beauty. There are some great trails in the National Park for walks and mountain bike rides. Yet, there’s a jarring dissonance when it comes to active transport. The natural beauty of Mountains villages and their…
Oxford Street stretches eastward from Sydney’s CBD towards the coast. It has a depth of character unlike any major street or road across anywhere in Sydney. There is no place quite like Oxford Street. The evolving story of the strip is rich and fascinating. Bicycle NSW friend and BIKEast advocate Andrew Moss has delved into the distant…
(M) Rating: This article contains material for mature audiences! Better to ask, why wouldn’t you? Momentum Magazine ran an article on the top 10 reasons for riding to work. And the Bicycle Review Guru’s Michael Van Gerpen has a number of excellent additional thoughts. Based on these and the experiences of Bicycle NSW Members, here…