The good news is that the Swan Street Bridge project is to be speeded up. The bad news is that the paths under the bridge will be closed.
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March 2018
By-pass pipe could hookah ya
Riders on the Bay Trail will need to be extra careful in the coming months as Melbourne Water installs a by-pass pipe between North Road and South Road.
Legal loop – TAC coverage
Are you unsure about what support you may be able to get from the TAC as a bike rider? We have some information from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.
Hopes dashed for Rosanna connection
Prospects have faded that badly needed bike connections would be delivered in Rosanna as part of the Level Crossings removals project.
Moonee Ponds Creek Trail closure
The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail will be closed for 15 weeks at Dean Street (Dawson Street) after Easter.
Sunshine missing link plugged
Work starts soon on the new path to link Sunshine and Sydenham.
New rail trail coming in a rush
Work has started on the new Caulfield to Dandenong rail trail. It's looking good and arriving earlier than expected.
Battery Point by bike
The City of Hobart has installed signs through Battery Point showing two bicycle routes connecting the Sandy Bay Road lanes with Salamanca and the waterfront.
Are quiet streets an alternative to dedicated cycleways?
Some cities push bicycle riders on to quiet back streets instead of building separated on-road cycleways.
Gold plated for riders
It is a great day for riders when construction authorities make a special effort to keep riders safe when steel plates have to be placed on roads.
Parisians get paid to switch to bikes
Parisians are being encouraged to swap their cars for cash and start riding in a desperate bid to reduce health-damaging air pollution in the metropolis.
Big data tracks bike spenders
Researchers have began using sophisticated analysis of credit card spending patterns to see whether more people on bikes means more or less spending.
Sydney Harbour Bridge ramp delayed
The NSW Government continues disappoint bike riders by delaying plans to replace the Sydney Harbour Bridge steps for at least another two years.
Multiplex ignorance a bad Exhibition
An unauthorised closure of the Exhibition Street bike lane in the Melbourne CBD this week by construction group Multiplex has highlighted an important need.
Jean Hailes and Bicycle Network gear up for women’s health
Bicycle Network is proud to be teaming up with Jean Hailes for Women’s Health again in 2018.
Personalised route advice for Sydney riders
The City of Sydney have launched a new 24/7 personalised route service to help people who ride navigate city streets.
300-kilometre bike network a priority for Sydney
A 300-kilometre connected network of bike paths across Sydney should be a national priority according to Australia’s chief infrastructure advisor, Infrastructure Australia.
Winter is coming: don’t get caught in the dark
Daylight savings is ending and winter on the way – Australian bike riders are being urged to light up and not get caught in the dark.
This Girl Can to inspire women to get active
The Victorian Government have today launched their powerful, new campaign – This Girl Can which is aimed at inspiring more women to get active.
Have your say on Wellington Park track users code
The Wellington Park Trust is looking for feedback on its new Track Users Code and signs for track trail-heads.
Have your say: New Town and Tolosa Dam
Two community feedback requests have come up in New Town and Glenorchy (Tolosa Park Dam) that bicycle riders may like to participate in.
Get our teens off the road and on to bikes
Bicycle Network is reigniting its campaign to allow teenagers to ride bikes on footpaths in Victoria and New South Wales on the eve of National Ride2School Day.
Bikes to beat bulge in the West
Melbourne’s western suburbs are planning to use bikes to tackle some of the lowest physical activity rates in Victoria, and the associated health issues.
Bay Trail expansion opportunity
The popular Bay Trail could soon reach Melbourne’s western extremities as planning gets underway between Point Cook and Werribee South.
At last! Darebin Bridge opens
After one of the most controversial, protracted, and hard fought campaigns in the history of Melbourne’s bike riding community, the Darebin Bridge is ready.
Harcourt mountain bike trails now open
Victoria’s newest mountain bike project – 34 kilometres of trails at Harcourt – opened at the weekend.
Watching for trucks
VicRoads is intensifying its campaign to make bike riders alert to the risks of trucks.
Protesting rights for food delivery riders
People who ride bikes for food delivery services have rallied in Sydney on Wednesday to call for improved working conditions.
Have your say on the Liverpool Bike Plan
Liverpool City Council is asking for public comment on a draft bike plan that has been newly created.
Visibility: it’s all in the legs
A new report has again confirmed the powerful visibility impact of fluorescent and/or reflective ankle bands fitted to bike riders.
Fatalities report: bike riders forgotten in road safety
The number of annual bike rider fatalities in Australia has remained stagnant for 20 years despite improvements to road safety.
New tariff move stalled
A secret move to slap a tariff on all bikes imported to Australia has been scared off in the wake of the outcry over a similar tariff imposed on e-bikes.
Bikes wind back the ageing clock
Two new studies of older adults – who during their life have exercised long and hard on a bike – has found that they rolled back the ageing clock.
Because Tasmanians’ health is riding on it
This article first appeared as an opinion piece in The Mercury, Thursday 8 March 2018. HOBART acting Lord Mayor Ron Christie couldn’t have been further from the truth when this week he called the proposed Battery Point pathway a luxury. Far from being luxuries, separated cycle and walkways are necessities if we are going to [...]
Bike Week members in running for luxury weekend
Anyone who becomes a Bicycle Network member before 16 March goes in the running for a luxury weekend away for two in Tasmania’s central highlands at the Thousand Lakes Lodge, complete with electric bike hire.
Social rides: Stanley and Hobart, 25 March
Free social rides in Stanley and to the Taste of the World festival are taking place on Sunday 25 March.
Parents urged to ditch the car
Australian parents are being called on to leave the car at home and give bikes a go on National Ride2School Day on Friday 23 March.
Bondi Junction cycleway works to begin
Construction is set to begin on the long-awaited Bondi Junction cycleway, but more funding is needed.
Another perfect Peaks
Along with death and taxes you can add perfect weather at Peaks Challenge Falls Creek to the list of life's certainties, but that doesn't make it easy.
Red-hot Orange offers a great day out
30-plus degree temperatures may have caused the road to melt, but it didn't stop more than 1,200 riders enjoying the Newcrest Orange Challenge yesterday.
Plenty Road bike lanes roll out
Work is starting soon on a major upgrade of Plenty Road that will improve the off-road path as well as providing space for roadies on the arterial itself.
Moreland looks ahead at transport
City of Moreland has thought better than waiting for a few years to implement a new integrated transport strategy, they're kicking it off now.
Melbourne crash causes confusion
Following video of a crash between an elderly man and a bike rider, Bicycle Network reached out to our friends at Maurice Blackburn to help clear up some confusion.
That’s not a Smurf, it’s a Super commuter counter
Australia’s streets will be awash with blue-shirted bicycle counters this Tuesday when almost 1,000 volunteers lead the Super Tuesday commuter count.
Performing a civic duty
Bicycle Network's NSW Public Affairs Manager Bastien Wallace calls on our shared sense of community pride to keep share bikes pedalling on the path to success.
More Yarra Trail delays
The evolving Swan St Bridge project is introducing further changes to detour arrangements for riders on the Main Yarra Trail.
Wagga Wagga set to ride
People in Wagga Wagga are set to benefit from 45 kilmotres of new bike trails before the end of 2019 thanks to funding from the NSW Government.
Ballarat: backward or forward for bikes?
Although the Premier preemptively killed off plans for one of Ballarat’s strategic cycling corridors, there is a strong chance it will be resurrected.
Ebike price shock
Riders keen on the increasingly popular electric assisted bicycle are in for a shock to the wallet with new tax being placed on ebikes.
March bike riding madness
With a jam packed calendar of events, the month of March is shaping up to be Australia's busiest bike month.
NSW Budget Submission gets moving
Bicycle Network has begun meeting with NSW MPs to discuss the key asks from its state budget submission and why funding is vitally needed to get NSW moving.
NT prepares for National Ride2School Day
Kids across the NT are getting their bike costumes ready for Australia's biggest community bike party, National Ride2School Day on Friday 23 March.
Tasmanian election 2018 countdown
The Tasmanian election is on 3 March and most of the parties have made their pitches to bike riders.
Pick your Bike Week ride
Tasmanian Bike Week has a choice of six social rides from 4 to 11 March 2018.
Tokyo roadies get special train
It’s no longer a battle for Tokyo’s weekend warriors to get to their favourite riding territory on the Boso Peninsula on Tokyo Bay.
Bike commuters much less stressed
Riding to work or education each day can massively reduce the risk of stress, a major study has found.