LIBERAL

• $6 million to create or extend bicycle routes on state and local roads statewide, with some matched local government funding.
• Three-year funding for the Bicycle Network Ride2School program in Tasmanian primary schools and years 7-9 secondary school students.
• $2 million in 50/50 matched funding grants for southern councils for bicycle infrastructure such as dedicated bike lanes and linking paths within towns. 
• Seal and widen shoulders on sections of the West Tamar highway
• Central Coast Walking and Cycling Trail – Rail Bridge Deck: $450,000 to provide a cycling and walking link across the Forth River utilising the existing rail bridge when an overpass of the Bass Highway is built
• Better riding facilities as part of the Hobart Airport interchange upgrade
• $286,000 for Dial Range mountain bike paths
• $100,000 for a bike skills park in Ulverstone
• $190,000 for the Risdon Vale Bike Collective
• Up to $100,000 to the Glenorchy Council to upgrade the Glenorchy Mountain Bike Park
• $20,000 going to the All-Schools Mountain Bike Championships and $20,000 to the Launceston Mountain Bike Club
• Review planning and development laws to require developers to include bike parking and associated facilities in major Tasmanian cities
• Update the Walking and Cycling for Active Transport Strategy, including regular implementation updates.
• During the Burnie Leaders’ Debate, Labor Leader Will Hodgman said building cycleways on future roads is ideal, but retrofitting cycleways are difficult

LABOR

• $4 million for a Tracks and Trails Community Grants program over three years for local governments and community groups. Up to $100,000 per grant would be available
• $190,000 for the Risdon Vale Bike Collective
• Labor’s general policy platform has commitments to cycleways and shared pathways: “Labor supports an expansion of shared pathways and cycle ways to increase active transport linkages between communities and to enhance safety for cyclists.”
• Labor’s general policy platform has commitments to promoting activity: “Labor will support health education and preventative health measures in schools and the community, which are aimed at preventing ill health, injury and promoting good health and wellbeing outcomes, particularly for children ”
• During the Burnie Leaders’ Debate, Labor Leader Rebecca White would not commit to cycleways on all future roads, but supported wider shoulders

GREENS

• Create a new Health and Wellbeing policy in the planning scheme so people have access to infrastructure which keeps them healthy
• Develop a Hobart transport master plan that invests $80 million over three years in public transport, walking and bike riding facilities to get cars off the road. Cycling infrastructure would include end-of-ride facilities with showers, lockers and secure bike parking.
• $20 million over four years for a bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure fund to match council funding.
• Funding for the Ride2School program of $710,000 over four years.

Jacquie Lambie network

• No policies about bicycles released. 

ShooTers, Fishers and Farmers Tasmania

• No policies about bicycles released. 

Note for all party promises, that all new state roads should incorporate cycling facilities. 

Authorised by Alison Hetherington, Bicycle Network, 210 Collins Street, Hobart