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Rent a Bike in Melbourne
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Rent a Bike in Melbourne
The State Government's latest push to boost healthy transport alternatives will flood the city centre with 600 new short-term rental bicycles. Members will pay an annual fee of $50 or a daily subscription of $2.50, with the bikes free for the first 30 minutes. More...
Back to top Call for Improved Bike Lane Networks in SA
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Call for Improved Bike Lane Networks
One of S.A.'s brightest cycling prospects has joined the call to improve bike lane networks to cope with the boom in cycling. More...
Expanded Bicycle Network for Melbourne
Friday, October 23, 2009
Expanded Bicycle Network for Melbourne
19 bicycle paths around Melbourne will be built or upgraded under a $9.2 million funding package. More...
Cycleway Expansion in Adelaide
Friday, October 16, 2009
Cycleway Expansion in Adelaide
A total of $5.7 million will be spent on upgrading specialised bicycle infrastructure around Adelaide and in other areas. More...
Commuter cycling not reducing driving
Friday, October 16, 2009
The real question should not be is cycling growing around Australia', but is sustainable travel displacing car trips. In Australia, the cities with the highest rates of cycling to work (Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra) have the highest rates of car driving, and generally the lowest walking rates. The cities with the least car driving (Sydney, Brisbane and Hobart), have the lowest cycling rates and (except for Brisbane) the highest rates of walking. more...
Walk/Cycle to School
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Walk/Cycle to School
A western suburbs primary school in Melbourne has raised the option of keeping cars outside a 2km radius of the school and for students to walk or ride the rest of the way. More...
Ride To Work Day Success
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Ride To Work Day Success
Across Australia, an estimated 140,000 rode to work yesterday. More...
Bicycles Cause Traffic Chaos
Monday, October 12, 2009
Bicycles Cause Traffic Chaos
The Brisbane to Gold Coast Cycle Challenge has come under fire for unleashing traffic chaos on the tourist strip over the weekend. More than 10,000 cyclists yesterday took part in the annual charity fun ride. More...
Cyclist commuting growth in Melbourne
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Cyclists Exponential Growth
Many more people are being injured as increasing numbers join the thousands cycling to work each day. The number of office workers using pushbike power to commute in Melbourne almost doubled in the five years to 2006 and jumped by 15% to May this year alone. 732 cyclists were admitted to hospital in 2007 compared with 231 in 1999. More...
Huge Brisbane bike park opens soon
Friday, September 18, 2009
Brisbane cyclists are set to benefit from a state-of-the-art end-of-trip
facility opening in October 2009.
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) Cycle Centre is nearing
completion and has been constructed underneath the RBWH Busway Station in
Herston as part of the Northern Busway development.
The $8 million RBWH Cycle Centre will be open to the public and feature
750 bike parking spaces, male and female shower facilities, lockers,
ironing facilities, clothes drying rooms, hair dryers, and a towel service
for added convenience. More...
Are cycle lanes good for bikes?
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Cycle lanes can make roads more dangerous for cyclists
because they encourage motorists to drive closer when overtaking bicycles, a
study has found.
Drivers give cyclists a wider berth on roads where there is no lane because
they assume that they should share the road and make more allowance for the
risk of wobbles.
The study, conducted by Leeds and Bolton universities, challenges the approach
taken by many local authorities, which is to promote cycling by painting cycle
lanes and cycle symbols on their roads. It suggests that reducing the speed and
volume of traffic would be more effective in improving cycle safety than narrow
cycle lanes. More...
Breaking down the barriers against cycling to school
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
NZ Transport Agency has recently published a report
investigating the barriers to cycling at intermediate schools.
Transport modes such as walking and cycling, including cycling to school, could
play a key role in combating obesity, climate change and traffic congestion as
well as restoring 'social capital' within communities. The objective of this
research was to identify the specific barriers to school students cycling to
school for six intermediate schools and recommend interventions that would be
effective, acceptable to parents and schools, and favourable to school students
for each of the schools. These specific barriers and solutions were then used to
identify common themes, issues and solutions that might be considered at a
national level, and give more confidence to those who are responsible for
considering and acting on school cycling initiatives.
Four stages of data collection were carried out including the collection of
existing school travel information, site visits, interviews, focus groups and
questionnaires. In order to overcome barriers to cycling to school it is
proposed that the development of genuinely safe and attractive school cycle
networks, cycle training, effective bike storage and the continued
implementation of slow zones around schools (or widespread lower speed limits)
be implemented or given higher priority. More...
Design a bike share system
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
In 1995, Copenhagen was the first city to introduce a modern bike share system - Bycyklen - or The City Bike. Much has happened since this Bike Share v. 1.0 was launched and, over the past ten years, many large cities now enjoy exciting, new bike share systems. Copenhagen is searching for a bike share system that reflects their city's unique, world-class cycling city culture. Therefore The City of Copenhagen is pleased to launch an open design competition in order to determine how a bike share system v. 3.0 would look and work in the city in the future. More...
Ride Canberra website goes live
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The Ride Canberra website went live this week to coincide with the Mountain Bike World Championships in Canberra. We’ve developed the site as a one-stop-shop for local, interstate and international riders hitting the trails in Australia’s Capital of Mountain Biking. The website includes trail information and maps, ride friendly accommodation, restaurants and bars, bike gear and tours, events, and there’s lots more to come with riding tips, latest news and trail reviews planned for the site. We hope you like this first stage of the site and drop us a line if you have any ideas for the site. More...
Be part of research on women cycling
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
University of Adelaide Research - Women returning to cycling
Many women express an interest in riding a bike and yet they still constitute only a small proporation of cyclists. University of Adelaide researcher Jennifer Bonham is currently investigating the decision women take to return to cycling and their experiences of getting back on a bike. The research will assist in developing strategies to support women who would like to cycle. If you have recently returned to bike riding and would like to be part of this study, please contact Jennifer Bonham at jennifer.bonham@adelaide.edu.au . More...
FREE AustCycle Cycling Training in NSW Extended to 31 March 2010
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FREE Cycling Training
Extended to 31 March 2010
AustCycle is the result of over a decade of research, which has identified a strong need to develop a national cycling training scheme. It is a new venture designed to be the cycling equivalent of AUSTSWIM, which counts for approximately 400,000 swimming class participants each week. AustCycle seeks to take advantage of and contribute to the significant increase in popularity that we have seen in cycling in recent years. This popularity has been fed by factors such as a concern for the environment, health and fitness, economic factors and the pure fun of riding bikes.
AustCycle is a joint venture between Cycling Australia, the Amy Gillett Foundation (AGF) and the Bicycle Federation of Australia (BFA) and was formally established in 2008 to deliver high quality cycling training, by accredited AustCycle Teachers to Australians of all ages so that they can ride further, more often, more confidently and more safely. This will result in more active, healthier, happier Australians and a safer, cleaner environment.
Throughout 2009 The Department of Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC) have provided a significant number of DECC Cycling Vouchers, each worth $360, FREE to companies, councils and community groups to provide adult AustCycle training courses for everyone from beginners to experienced riders.
Since its launch, the DECC Voucher Program has provided more than 150 groups with FREE cycling training. We are happy to announce that this program has now been extended to March 31, 2010, giving hundreds more the opportunity to take up this exciting offer.
For further information about the vouchers, contact DECC via email at OnYourBike@environment.nsw.gov.au. To apply for a voucher, simply fill in the DECC Faxback Form available on the AustCycle website.
Find out more about AustCycle at www.austcycle.com.au. For more information on this release, please contact Allison Maher on info@austcycle.com.au or 0414 544 311.
Blitz on Cyclists in Melbourne
Monday, August 31, 2009
Blitz on Cyclists
Cyclists will be the target of a three-day police blitz in Melbourne during the first week in September. Statistics show 9% of all road users in the Melbourne CBD are cyclists, increasing to a remarkable 38% on roads such as St Kilda Rd on Princes Bridge in the morning peak. More...
Bicycle Fatalities Increase in Sydney
Monday, August 24, 2009
Bicycle Fatalities Increase in Sydney
Cars and bicycles don’t mix on Sydney’s major roads. More...
Bidders for Melbourne bike hire scheme announced
Monday, August 24, 2009
Connex Short Listed for Bicycle Hire Scheme
Veolia, owner of Connex, is reportedly in the running for a $5 million Melbourne bicycle hire project. The successful bidder will establish about 50 stations to house 600 bicycles that commuters can ride free or hire short-term to cut congestion and carbon emissions. More...
Brisbane Bicycle Hire Scheme Progressing
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Brisbane Bicycle Hire Scheme Progressing
Almost every major intersection between George and Edward streets in the City of Brisbane will have hire bikes available by September 2010. Up to 12 hi-tech docking stations are proposed in the area. More...
