Metro Melbourne Corridors
In this section we will describe those corridors identified in the Victorian Cycling Strategy as Proposed Priority Cycling Routes. Each corridor page will provide links to the sections that we are working on and indicate significant intersecting routes and branches.
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Linking the Maribyrnong to the Yarra through Kensington, North Melbourne, Carlton, Fitzroy and Abbotsford.
This corridor runs from the Box Hill Central Activities District to the CBD and is identified in the Victorian Cycling Strategy.
Linking the regional rail link from Ravenhall through Sunshine and Footscray to the Docklands via Footscray Road path.
Victorian Cycling Strategy
From the Victorian Cycling Strategy
'Central to a good bicycle network plan is the idea that its sum is greater than its parts. A path is more useful when connected to key destinations.
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This has long been a goal of the PBN, and in the development of the redefined PBN, priority will be given to meet the recent rapid growth in cycling activity, which is expected to continue.
The map (Figure 11) proposes an indicative cycle network for inner Melbourne and shows strategically significant commuter routes running both straight out of the city centre and across the city.
The indicative routes were developed using a range of criteria including connections to key destinations, directness, route continuity, the ability to provide adequate separation from motor traffi c, the desire to accommodate novice as well as experienced cyclists, and the competing demands for road space from other road users.
