A stepping stone to improving Oxford Street for everyone At a packed Sydney Council meeting on 8 May, Bicycle NSW advocated for the Moore Park Road cycleway to be retained until 2026. It’s important for bike riders, but also for the future success of the Oxford Street urban renewal project. We are delighted that Councillors…
By Graham Marshall I started to ride to work in the city on a casual basis when I first moved to North Ryde about ten years ago. I was encouraged by the excellent bike path along Epping Road which made it seem safe and a good way to get extra exercise. After a while, I…
Construction teams are very busy rolling out new protected cycleways in the centre of Sydney! Work is underway to make the Pitt Street pop-up lane permanent and the cycleway on King Street between Pitt Street and Phillip Street is racing ahead. The reinstatement of the College Street cycleway will start within weeks and the Oxford…
With the announcement that Sydney’s Inner West Light Rail line needs to close for up to 18 months, bike riders have offered another solution. As people return to face to face education and work, people who depend on the Inner West Light Rail will be dreading up to 18 months of crowded replacement buses, or…
Bicycle NSW is pleased to see the current government trying to compete with the opposition on budget promises for active transport infrastructure if elected. Transport Minister Andrew Constance MP promised to more than double active transport spending over five years to over $600 million. This is made up of $330 million for active transport, $285…
The Sydney Gateway project proposes cutting connections to the well-used, shared path along Alexandra Canal. This undermines an $80 million active transport investment by City of Sydney Council and Sydney Water. The Alexandra Canal cycleway connects Tempe and the southern suburbs to Sydney’s CBD and eastern suburbs, and connects to The Orbital – a critical…
Labor has pledged to spend $412 million over the next four years on the infrastructure we need for cycling and walking, more than double the expenditure figure given by the current transport minister. This adds to the commitment of $7 million for programs to get more children walking and cycling to school, and it represents…
Opposition leader Michael Daley MP has promised Labor will spend $7 million on bike paths, building bike storage areas, and supporting road safety programs to make it easier for kids to walk and ride their bikes to school. BIKEast and Bicycle NSW joined NSW Labor Leader Michael DaleyMP, Shadow Transport Minister Jodi McKay and Labor’s candidate…
Two riders have been seriously hurt cycling beside motorways in NSW over the past week. Bicycle NSW calls on everyone to help minimise the risk to people riding bikes. In NSW people are allowed to ride bikes on the road shoulder beside motorways. For some this is the only connection to their destination. For…