Bicycle Network: Bicycle Network Victoria Membership

What zero dollars means

A few examples the direct impact of a zero dollar bike budget has:

• Beach Road's Black Rock roundabout redevelopment on hold (currently Victoria's number one bike accident blackspot) 
• Infrastructure updates to Chapel Street and Heidleberg Road on hold
• Federation Trail updates and Shepherd's Bridge have been wiped off the plans
• A 500 metre gap in the network (along Dalton Road) misses out on being linked

Bike Budget - Bring it Back! is an ongoing campaign focused on pressuring the Baillieu Government to bring back the bike budget, after their decision to not fund the VicRoads Bicycle Program in the 2012/13 state budget.

The campaign kicked off with a successful rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament in June and we are taking the campaign to all the places that will miss out on planned bicycle facilities.

More information on the campaign can be found here.

Bicycle Network Victoria Milestones

1975

• Bicycle Victoria was founded

1984

• First Great Victorian Bike Ride

1990

• 1,500 Members
• Great Escapade was launched

1993

• First Around the Bay in a Day
• Melbourne hosts first Ride2Work Day
• 3,000 Members

1994

• Bike Parking Experts was formed
• St Kilda Road bike lanes were installed

1995

• Federation Trail campaign begins

1999

• Rail Trail campaign begins
• 18,000 Members

2002

• Released cycling deaths report

2004

• Dangerous driving law introduced (after a three year campaign)
• Ride On Magazine releases their first edition

2005

• Provincial Pathways Program - Victorian government commits $8million to Rail Trails in regional Victoria
• Ride2Work program gains funding for pilot

2006

• Ride2School launched
• Federation Trail opens (after a 11 year campaign)

2007

• First National Ride2Work Day
• Super Tuesday begins
• Swanston Street Copenhagen Lanes (after a 13 year campaign)

2008

• 40,000 Members
• First Parkiteer bike cage opens

2009

• 45,000 Members
• Darebin bridge gets planning approval
• First Bike Futures Conference
• A decent Victorian Cycling Strategy is formed,after a fight

2010

• 16,500 riders on Around the Bay
• No Stopping Zones on Beach Road
• Ride2Work sets new record - 105,000 Australians participated
• 3 Peaks Challenge launches
• Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail - works begin
• Albert Street seperated bike lanes
• Gipps Street Steps project approved

2011

• Bicycle Network Victoria - new strategy, granted charity status and re-brand
• Swanston Street transformation begins
• Fifth Super Tuesday goes national
• Lilydale - Warburton Trail - Maroondah Bridge opens
• Gardiners Creek Trail - Warrigal Road underpass opens and Freeway underpass at Glenferrie Road announced

2012

• Third 3 Peaks Challenge sees record number of cyclists cross the finish line
• Bike Budget - Bring it Back! campaign launched
• Beach Road No Stopping Zones to be made permanent
• Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail works begin
• Dooring fines introduced
• Swanston Street redesign begins
• Port Fairy Rail Trail opens
• City of Melbourne Mayor, Robert Doyle announces over $5 million to help fund our facilities wish list
• Bupa Around the Bay turns 20