Bicycle Network: Metro Routes
East: Box Hill to CBD
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This corridor runs from the Box Hill Central Activities District to the CBD and is identified in the Victorian Cycling Strategy.
Mont Albert Road grabs Federal attention
15 May, 2013. The Federal Government has provided $212,000 to Boroondara Council to place green treatment on conflict points along Mont Albert Road, Cantebury.
The marking will go where the existing bike lane crosses side streets and vibraline along this popular route, between Burke to Balwyn Roads.
This will help to alert entering vehicles from sidestreets of riders approaching and also to minimise vehicles entering the bike lane.
Federal Minsiter for Road Safety, Anthony Albanese, has funded a number of bike-related blackspot projects in response to a handful of proactive councils who submitted shovel ready projects to address local road safety projects.
Mont Albert Road grabs Federal attention
13 May 2013. Federal Minsiter for Road Safety, Anthony Albanese, has funded a number of bike-related blackspot projects in response to a handful of proactive councils who submitted shovel ready projects to address local road safety projects.
Boroondara City Council will receive $212,000 to put green treatments where the existing bike lane crosses side streets and vibraline along this popular route, between Burke to Balwyn Roads.
This will help to alert entering vehicles from sidestreets of riders approaching and also to minimise vehicles entering the bike lane.
Barkers Rd cutting a major road block for cyclists
1 September 2011 VicRoads are investigating a number of design options to facilitate a better route for bikes through the Barkers Rd cutting in Kew.
With two vehicle lanes in both directions, including tram tracks in the central lanes space is tight. Alternatives such as developing a path off road on one or both sides, reallocating road space to provide a separated bike facility in both directions and signal phase upgrades at the Findon Crescent signals which are currently set up to encourage rat-running through the back streets at the expense of the trams and vehicles on Barkers Rd.
New options for Eastern Corridor project
3 June 2009. Work is underway to identify high quality routes to link the City to Box Hill and beyond, creating a better commuting experience for those in Melbourne's east.
VicRoads has began evaluating options for the corridor — long a difficult approach to the city — as part of the new Victorian Bicycle Strategy.
Although the map in the Strategy doesn't show a link through to the Box Hill CAD, this is where the corridor really begins.
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Reading from Box Hill, heading west toward the CBD
The first section will be along a yet to be defined route to the eastern end of Mont Albert Road. (shown in yellow above)
The second section will be along Mont Albert Road (orange) which crosses the Outer Circle/Anniversary Trail just east of Burke Road.
The third section is being debated
VicRoads believes that a 'back streets route' can be constructed:
- by turning right at Burke Road and left on Sackville
- running along Sackville Street
- making a connection north to Wellington
- turning left at Denmark and right at Stevenson
- then left on along a to Barkers east of the cutting.
Bicycle Network Victoria supports the development of this route, partly because it would allow people to get to a number of schools by bike.
However it should not be the main connection between Box Hill and the CBD.
A better alternative is a route along Barkers Road (shown in red) at least from Auburn Road to the cutting near the Yarra River. There are a significant number of riders already using Barkers Road.
The next section will be difficult to improve to a high standard. It continues along Victoria St from the cutting to Johnson Street — the first set of signals west of Burnley St on Victoria Street.
VicRoads is right to continue the route along Baker, Elizabeth and Albert to the CBD.
The main branch (shown in pink above) will turn left on Gisborne Macarthur and then enter Collins Street.
This corridor finishes by intersecting with the Capital City Trail in Docklands.
The map shows a secondary branch from the corner of Gisborne MacArthur along Albert to Bourke Street (brown above). A connection to LaTrobe Street will also be needed. See note.