Bicycle NSW is incredibly proud to announce the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with HelloRide, provider of the world’s largest and most advanced fleet of micromobility devices. This is our first bike share partnership and a big win for our Members and supporters as it will pioneer a way to achieve a better environment…
Stage One of the Parramatta Light Rail is getting close to the finish line. It has been a painful and disruptive process – including for bike riders – but installation of the 16 stops is underway, the first trams have arrived from the factory and passenger services are due to start in 2024. The plans…
We’re talking 500%! That’s the base estimate from both the UK and Queensland Governments. Aideen and son on the Gong ride, photo courtesy of City of Sydney Both the Queensland and UK Governments agree that, at a minimum, every $1 invested in bicycle infrastructure returns a $5 net social benefit. The Value of Cycling, a…
Many politicians don’t regularly hear from bike riders or, understand how much community support there is for safe cycling infrastructure. This is not so surprising. If your local area has never had safe cycling infrastructure, most people won’t think to ask for it. The run up to an election is a great time to keep…
That’s our recommendation to the NSW EV Strategy and the combined advocacy submission to the National EV Strategy. Mike Tomalaris and Tegan Mitchell of City of Sydney ride to work on their e-bikes (Image: Bicycle NSW) Success in the Senate to make EV fleets cheaper and greener is a step in the right direction, but…
Sydney bike rider and author Rosamund Burton has just published a new book, Whispering Wire, about tracing the Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin. She wanted to move slowly across the country to absorb every detail of the journey. So Ros and her intrepid friend Fleur Dare set out to ride 800km from Adelaide…
The team at Bicycle NSW has taken a deep dive into the new Future Transport Strategy, attending an excellent presentation hosted by the Committee for Sydney and a webinar by Transport for NSW. We thought our friends and Members would be interested to learn more about the strategic directions that will inform future transport planning.…
10 years ago, nobody thought of Sydney as a bike-friendly city. Policy decisions ‘actively’ discouraged cycling and politicians ripped out bike infrastructure. The removal of the College Street cycleway under Minister for Roads Duncan Gay in 2015 still haunts the cycling community. Today, a new cycleway on College Street is under construction and Sydneysiders benefit…
In May 2018, after a two year trial, the Minimum Passing Distance became permanent law in NSW which means, our most vulnerable road users are offered the protection of a buffer during passing. Australian cycling organisations including Bicycle NSW unanimously called for all states to carry out enforcement campaigns. The aim is driver education and…