Riders who use Southbank Promenade to get along the Yarra River will find access restricted for months as construction begins to upgrade the Promenade.
Moves to extend Coastal Pathway to Stanley but no MTB trails Construction of the Coastal Pathway between Wynyard and Burnie is yet to begin but the council is already looking to the future. Waratah–Wynyard Council has given the go ahead to investigating a 73 km extension of the Coastal Pathway to Stanley at its April [...]
With winter fast approaching our social ride leaders are making the most of the good weather with a few different ride options, including a long ride to New Norfolk and exploration around Oatlands.
The Tasman Peninsula is the latest Tassie location to have mountain bike trails proposed to cater to the local thirst for shredding as well as providing another activity for tourists.
One of our members has come up with a proposal to adopt the Dutch system of intersection numbering to help promote cycling in the Northern Midlands and Meander Valley.
The remaining section of the 74 kilometre Kwinana Freeway Principal Shared Path, between Leach Highway and Mount Henry Bridge, is now complete and open to the public.
Castlereagh Street is one of Sydney’s busiest city streets, and plans are underway to transform it into a people-friendly promenade with bike lanes and alfresco dining.
There will be concentrated construction activity for the next two months as the notorious roundabout at Porter Street in Templestowe is converted to a controlled intersection.
Learning to ride and how to go bike touring are two valuable sessions being offered in Launceston and Hobart, Devonport Council is calling for comments on its open place strategy and Kingborough Council on its draft capital works plan.
The new Dhungala and Yakoa Bridges, which cross the Murray and Campaspe Rivers at Echuca-Moama, offer five kilometres of shared user path for riders and walkers.
There are a few pathway and parking projects going on around Hobart at the moment so we’ve pulled them together here for you to see what progress is being made.
Water features strongly in this fortnight’s social rides with a ride by the river in Ranelagh and one in Hobart and a recumbent ride to Blackwood Creek. To attend any of our free social rides, just click on the RSVP link and respond online or email/call the ride leader.
A bridge on the Diamond Creek Trail near Laurel Hill Drive in Eltham North is currently closed as the council undertakes works until mid to late April.
Starting Tuesday 19 April and concluding – Friday 22 April Wellington Street will be closed to northbound and southbound traffic, including the bike lanes.
A bypass will be operating from April to June on the Maribyrnong River in Aberfeldie. The trail though Riverside Park will remain open during the works.
Main Roads WA are currently gathering information about how riders use and experience the Kep Track, which will inform the planning of a proposed route for a new Eastlink highway.
The Tasmanian upper house elections are set for Saturday 7 May and are likely to be drowned out by the federal election but it’s important we keep bikes on local political agendas.
Riders on Whitehall Street in Footscray will need to take care next Wednesday while the trail is temporarily closed adjacent to the West Gate Tunnel operations site.
There are heaps of social rides this fortnight in all corners of the state to choose from, including a return of a recumbent ride in the north. Get in before the weather turns cooler to enjoy our beautiful autumn weather.
Northern Midlands is the latest council to set up a bicycle committee, Glenorchy Council reimagines its civic centre with a bike lane through the site, and Kingborough Council opts for car parking over a protected bike lane.
The trail along the Darebin Creek will be closed at Epping. Works associated with the Child’s Road upgrade will close the facility between now and May 2022.
The special edition Little Vic Bike Ride finished-up yesterday in Great Western, after 4 magnificent days of riding and camping around the Grampians. Read how it all went down.
Early investigations for the upgrade of the South Gippsland Highway between South Dandenong and Lynbrook could provide a vital bike connection to Cranbourne through the suburbs in Melbourne’s south-east.
When Bren Christiansen decided to take a bike tour through Morocco, he thought I would have an amazing tour, how could it not be amazing cycling with friends and other like minded people? Then a devastating earthquake struck in the leadup.
The UK government will equip more children with the skills to walk and ride to school through a £60 million ($115 million) investment over the next two years.
It's 5.30am in Yarram and most of the township is fast asleep, as are the 1500 unexpected visitors who arrived by bike the day before. Bicycle Network's General Manager of Events, Caitlin Borchers, is awake though.
Registrations are now open for volunteers to secure a site during Bicycle Network's upcoming Super Sunday active transport survey on Sunday 12 November.
Setting off into the wilderness with everything you need strapped to your bike can be an exhilirating experience. But an equally daunting one depending on the type of adventure you've got in mind.
The transport sector is on track to become Australia's largest source of carbon emissions by 2030, but the federal government is now developing a plan to stem to the tide.
After a decade-long battle, the notorious Black Forest Drive through Macedon and Woodend will be transformed from four lanes to a traffic-calmed two-lane road with separated bike lanes.
An organised mass participation ride like Around the Bay can act as a powerful motivator at any point of a health journey, but at one cardiac health clinic in Melbourne's it is serving as a vital pathway on the road to recovery.
Improving conditions for bike riders and making it easier for everybody to choose sustainable modes of transport can mean great things for the environment, but at Bicycle Network we know there is always more that can be done.
Byron Shire has given the go-ahead for the development of Northern Rivers Rail Trail through its territory, opening an opportunity for the next stage of the 132 km project.
The need to slow car traffic in built-up areas and create separation to protect vulnerable road users from vehicles were some of the strongest themes put to the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into road safety last week.
When staff at Willoughby Public School went to the local council with concerns about car congestion and road safety, they expected to met with engineering solutions to improve the flow of vehicles and people.
Low-speed streets are instrumental in encouraging bike riding and other forms of active transport, and more of them could be on the way in New South Wales following landmark changes to the govermnent's speed zoning standards.
Learning to ride a bike is an invaluable skill that stays with you a lifetime, and the Mayor of Boston is looking to offer every child the opportunity with a new city-wide free bike education program.
Bike riders in Melbourne’s inner north could be on the path to a better riding environment as the City of Merri-bek embarks on a new transport strategy.
Bicycle Network’s free Ride2School program has shared the joy of riding with hundreds of thousands of students for 17 years. But the program, beloved by schools across the country, is under threat.
Hundreds of people on bikes, scooters, e-bikes, cargo bikes, recumbent bikes and other modes of low and people-powered transport are expected to join the next Critical Mass event in Melbourne on Friday 30 June.
Chalk drawings on the road, bikes cutting laps and laughter in the air were signs of success this week as Bicycle Network continued its Open Streets program at Brunswick South West Primary School.
The Shrine to Sea project, funded by the State Government with $13M in 2018 to provide a walking and biking boulevard between St Kilda Road and the beach at Beaconsfield Parade, no longer contains a walking and biking component.
The face is boiling red, the window starts to slide down, the rider—just a metre away—prepares for a spray, or a swerve, and the fight or flight reflex prepares to kick in.
Many solutions to climate change carry remains far off in the distance with lots of unanswered questions, but the good news is we have tools at our disposal today to make a real and lasting impact.
Google has introduced a feature for its Maps software that allows people to preview their journey in detail and offers many advantages for bike riders.
When the 480 km Tasmanian Trail was first dreamed up back in the 1990s it was by horse riders looking for a multi-day challenge.
Fast-forward 26 years and it’s now bicycle riders looking for an adventure to test their gravel and touring bikes who are now the dominant trail user.
The Australian government has released its first National Electric Vehicle Strategy, a roadmap to tackle emissions in the transport sector by promoting a shift toward electric transport.
Work is nearing completion on an innovative new bridge over the Parramatta River, a first of its kind for Australia and one that offers easy access at either end.
The trial of the separated bike lanes along Elizabeth Street in Richmond has received the stamp of community approval and the temporary structures look set to be upgraded to a permanent facility.
The popularity of gravel bikes and gravel riding opens the door to routes in the Bega Valley that aren’t possible on a road bike, and require too much highway time to be fun on a MTB.
Another gap in the St Kilda Road bike lane corridor will soon be connected as works starts on the city-bound section between Park and Dorcas Street, South Melbourne.
The City of Darwin is casting an eye to the future and floating the idea of reduced speed limits to make its CBD more compatible with alternative modes of transport.
Victoria’s experiment with e-scooters has been extended another six months and will now include privately owned devices in addition to the hire schemes in Melbourne and Ballarat.