(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…
Unforgiving climbs and iconic Australian pastoral vistas Bicycle User Groups (BUGs) are local groups of bike riders who get together for social riding in their area. Many BUGs also organise a longer trip away to destinations like the Alpine Region. Jindabyne and The Snowy Mountains are often targeted by endurance cyclists for their unforgiving climbs…
Roll-on bikes on regional trains is years overdue! Dismantling, boxing and weighing bikes just to board TrainLink is a major deterrent to regional tourism. Cycle tourism will continue to prefer Victoria, NZ and Europe over NSW because an outdated TrainLink policy doesn’t support Roll-On Bikes on All NSW Trains. Bicycle New South Wales collaborated with…
City of Canada Bay Council to remove the Heath St Cycleway Canada Bay Council declares best practice bicycle infrastructure ‘unsafe’ (Image: Bicycle NSW) For no good reason You may have read that, as cycleways go, Heath Street Cycleway is top notch. However, on Tuesday 28 March, City of Canada Bay Council (CCBC) voted to have…
One metre still matters but awareness and enforcement of Minimum Passing Distance legislation has stalled. Where’s the shoulder? Photo credit, Drive Magazine Minimum Passing Distance legislation (MPD) states that drivers must give bicycle riders at least one metre space in 60 km/h zones and 1.5 metres above 60km/h. But we know this isn’t happening. The…
If you see a bicycle rider going too fast on a shared path, tell them to slow down! This excellent video from Northern Beaches Council alerts different path users to their responsibility to share the path safely. https://youtu.be/DrevqKZzGvU (Source: Northern Beaches Council). For more information about issues with shared paths go to Shared paths –…
Bicycle NSW is extremely pleased that a majority of councillors at North Sydney Council decided to give consent to Transport for NSW to progress the development of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Cycleway northern access ramp. The linear ramp will provide a safe and accessible alternative to hauling your bike up 55 steps to reach the…
Bicycle NSW is excited to announce two Better Streets events happening this weekend in Wollongong and Sydney. These events bring together communities, advocacy groups, and politicians to promote safe and healthy streets that are accessible to everyone. A Better Street has space for people to linger and participate in community life. Traffic is slow and…
And why I love it! Environmentalist, Bicycle NSW friend and Arup transport planner Ed Forrester first decided to try cycling from Manly to Sydney’s CBD on National Ride to Work day last October. Previously, he had thought that the ride was unachievable. Firstly due to a lack of safe infrastructure on congested roads, but also…
Bicycle NSW was incredibly proud to announce the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with our new partner HelloRide recently, 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…