Burnie confirms its not working on eastern section of Coastal Pathway while other north-west councils put it on their election wishlists, Snap Send Solve awards Burnie it's Tasmanian winner for 2023 and Bike Spot wraps up with more than 600 Tasmanian report.
We’ve got a few Bike Week rides in our list of social rides but hope to see more by the time 1-8 March rolls around. Keep your eyes on our general events listing for more rides being added: https://ridewithgps.com/organizations/2014-bicycle-network-tasmania/events
The Kunanyi Challenge is back to help kick off Bike Week this year, along with social rides galore across the state and the Super Tuesday commuter count.
Happy 2024 to our loyal members and subscribers. As we embark on a new year, I wanted to share a couple of key milestones on the 2024 Bicycle Network calendar, and some news about our organisation.
Police have arrested two teenagers – one of whom has been charged – following an investigation into two bike riders that were hit by a car on Beach Road last week.
The on-road west-bound bike lane on Somerville Road between Whitehall Street and Hyde Street in Yarraville will be closed for several weeks during February.
Australians are spending an increasingly large portion of their household budgets on owning and operating cars, new economic modelling from the nation’s peak motoring body shows.
Transport for London making e-bikes one of the easiest ways to get around town through a large expansion of its public e-bike share scheme, from 600 to 2000.
Riding a bike is in itself and environmentally-friendly activity, but the Dutch are looking to level up its eco-credentials with expansive new bike paths that generate electricity from the sun.
Landslips come in all shapes and sizes, but for the Falls Creek community and in fact the whole of Victoria, they don’t come much bigger than the mass of material that swept across Bogong High Plains Road in late 2022.
The new shared path and bridge on Harris Street in Yarraville that will take bikes over the busy Whitehall Street truck route has started construction.
The long-planned and soon-to-be constructed Queens Avenue shared path in Caulfield East has come under threat from residents who have recently discovered that trees in the way will be removed.
We’re back with the first In the Loop social rides heads-up for 2024. The coming fortnight is offering the usual rides around Hobart as well as a country roads expedition.
Riders in the north of the CBD will encounter changed traffic conditions as work proceeds to dismantle overhead gantries and acoustic sheds built for the Metro Tunnel Project. The removal the overhead gantry at Stewart and Franklin streets has been completed. Shed demobilisation works have started at the Franklin Street West site with the long-term [...]
Bicycle Network opened three new Parkiteer facilities as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project on Mt Derrimut Road and the Hurstbridge line duplication projects between October and December last year. Deer Park Station The opening of the Deer Park station saw the removal of the 68th level crossing at Mt Derrimut Road. The station [...]
Workers are racing to complete the connections to the Walmer Street Bridge in Abbotsford and get the Main Yarra Trail crossing of the Yarra operational before the holidays.
New research from the US has established that the trend toward cars and SUVs that are fashionably high at the front has resulted in a climb in deaths and serious injuries.
This edition of News Bites counts Sunday riders in Kingston, ironman to close Intercity Cycleway and Bridgewater Bridge works continue to disadvantage cyclists.
From cutting into air pollution to giving rise to hybrid work, the pandemic reshaped many aspects of urban life and in London, it looks like one of its legacies may be a sustained uptake in bike riding.
A first-of-a-kind eco-tourism project is taking shape in northern Queensland, soon to offer bike riding adventurers a spectacular journey through Wet Tropics World Heritage Area between Palm Cove and Port Douglas.
An expansive mapping project to uncover Australia's most safe and unsafe places to ride has been met with huge interesting from the bike riding community, revealing valuable insights on infrastructure around the country.
Whether you've visited before or it's still on the to-do list, new features on the Great Victorian Rail Trail create even more impetus to get out and explore this magnificent route through the Victorian high country.
Chances are we've all got a disused bike laying about somewhere or knows someone who does. And chances are this trash could become another rider's treasure if given a little TLC.
With the year winding up and our next In the Loop not until next February, we wanted to remind you of all the cycling advancements that have happened in Tassie over the past year.
A section of the Scotchmans Creek Trail in Mount Waverley will be closed for a month from late January, all in the quest of building a better litter trap.
Whether you support or oppose the Macquarie Point Stadium you may be interested in commenting on draft guidelines the Tasmanian Planning Commission has issued to shape the government’s application.
A world-class mountain bike park has opened for business in NSW, taking thrillseekers from 300-metre peaks to the spectacular forested foothills of the Sapphire Coast.
Registrations are now open for Bicycle Network's National Ride2School Day 2024, where hundreds of thousands of kids around the country are expected to ride, scoot, skate and walk to class.
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.
Geelong’s plan to transform its central business area into a people-friendly and attractive streetscape has progressed another step with the release of master plans for Mercer and Gheringhap Streets, two gateways to the city.
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.
A driver impaired by a cocktail of drugs has been sentenced to seven years and 10 months imprisonment over the death of Melbourne physiotherapist Harry Papagolas in Spottswood in September 2021.
This year’s Great Vic Bike Ride took in a just a small slice of Gippsland, but given this region is the size of Switzerland, here's why you should add it to your 2024 travel wish list.
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.
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.
Construction of the new land bridge connection on the northern side of the Walmer Street Bridge has been delayed and is now not expected to be completed until late July or early August.