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Garry Robinson founder of BikeTrail.blog, has extended an invitation to ride the Greater Sydney Bike Trail a 230km loop around the outer edges of the metropolitan Sydney area that pieces together some of his favourite paths, ‘Why not ride around Sydney? Hopefully this page will inspire you to ride around the worlds premier city and…
Recent decades have seen ‘the death of the town centre’ in many western countries. Many factors are at play. These include the post-Covid shift to working from home, increases in online shopping, migration from small towns into cities, and the apparent ease of shopping in large malls rather than on the main street. But this…
But not just yet in New South Wales…. Just a few weeks ago, the Assistant Treasurer accepted the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) recommendation to adopt additional bicycle helmet standards in Australia. This means that bicycle helmets meeting 6 Australian and overseas standards can be imported and sold in Australia. Australia’s new standards should allow a…
Not compared to car ownership! At Bicycle NSW, we regularly hear that people are put off buying an e-bike by the high purchase cost. Our content writer, Monique Ewen, set out to understand whether e-bikes really are too expensive. She did this by comparing the cost of ownership for e-bikes and cars. Given the current…
Stories of spectacular fires caused by lithium-ion batteries have sparked fears about the safety of these batteries and the gadgets they power. And of course, this includes e-bikes and other e-mobility devices. As our recent article Why is there an e-bike in my shower? highlighted, e-bikes are very popular with people living in apartments. Of…
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Not according to urban planning experts! Australian cities have an abundance of affordable, subsidised and often free homes – but only for cars. Parking is a poor use of valuable public land in Australian cities. Most parking is free or heavily-subsidized. Planning codes have ensured that developments provide abundant parking ever since the private car…
Bike paths and pedestrian-friendly streets have much more to do with improving our economy than many people realise! Pitt Street in the Sydney’s CBD. Originally installed as part of the pop-up cycleways program in response to social distancing rules, the Pitt Street cycleway was made permanent in 2022. Two vehicle lanes were reallocated – one for…