Tasmanian Local Gov Elections 2022

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Tasmanian Council Elections 2022

Local councils are perfectly placed to improve cycling infrastructure to make it safer for more of us to ride more often.

Making it easier to ride in your local community

Below are some of the ways your council can help make it easier to ride a bike for transport or fun:

Build and maintain paths and separated cycleways that link to jobs, schools, services and local shops and can be ridden by people of all ages and abilities.
Develop bike plans/strategies for the council area.
Seal and widen shoulders on popular road riding routes.
Provide recreational trails and paths.
Lower speeds (30km/h) on local streets where people want to ride, scoot and walk.
Provide and mandate end-of-trip facilities and bike parking.
Engagement with programs like Ride2School and Back on your Bike.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Are you a local candidate up for election?

Don’t wait to be contacted. If you’ve got a strong position on bikes, send us your responses to the questions listed at tasoffice@bicyclenetwork.com.au and we’ll publish them on our website.

We’re calling on our members, friends, BUGs and local organisations to get involved.

Reach out to your council’s candidates and ask them how they plan to make your streets and open spaces more bike friendly, and let them know their response will be published on our website.

Questions you can ask your candidates:

If elected, what projects will you prioritise to make it easier for people to walk and ride this term? What are your longer term priorities?
If your council does not have a bike plan, will you work to get one in place in this term?

If you get a response to these or your own bike-related questions, send it to us at tasoffice@bicyclenetwork.com.au and we’ll post them below.

You can also check out how Tasmania’s city councils have voted on bike issues on our website: www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/our-campaigns/city-council-bicycle-votes/

Council election candidate responses

If you are a candidate in the elections and would like to let people know your position on better cycling facilities, let us know.

If your council is not listed, don’t worry, we’ll add it when you send your statement.

Hobart City Council

The following candidate responses have been received:

Ryan Posselt
Gemma Kitsos
Louise Elliot
Raj Chopra
Kate Kelly
Bill Harvey
Louise Bloomfield
Dr Zelinda Sherlock
Damon Thomas
Anna Reynolds
Nathan Volf
Helen Burnet
Marti Zucco
Jeff Briscoe
John Kelly
Bec Taylor
Steven Phipps

Candidate statements

Glenorchy City Council

Responses received:

Kelly Sims
Morris Malone
Jenny Branch-Allen
Sue Hickey
Molly Kendall
Ali Sawyer

Candidate responses

Clarence City Council

The following candidate responses have been received:

Alderman Beth Warren
Matthew Combey
Simon Walker
Heather Chong
Anna Bateman
Bree Hunter
Richard James
Sharyn von Betouch
John Peers
James Walker
Jade Darko

Candidate responses

Kingborough Council

The following responses have been received so far:

Gideon Cordover
Jill Hickie
Clare Glade-Wright
Kaspar Deane
Michael Rowan
Di Carter
Amanda Midgley

Candidate responses

Derwent Valley Council

The following responses have been received so far:

Heather Chaplin

Candidate responses

Devonport City Council

No candidate responses have been received.

Candidate responses

Burnie City Council

Responses received:

Amina Keygan
David Pease
Craig Hensley
Teeny Brumby
Ryan Gilmour

Candidate responses

Launceston City Council

The following responses have been received

Danny Gibson
Hugh McKenzie
Alan Harris
Cecily Rosol
Jarad Murray

Candidate responses

Central Coast Council

The following responses have been received

Cheryl Fuller
Casey Hiscutt
John Beswick

Candidate responses

Waratah-Wynyard Council

The following responses have been received

Maureen Bradley

Candidate responses

Our election priorities

1. BUILD PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO RIDE

Main street makeovers – Make Sydney Road a best practice example of main street recovery and show the way for future transformations.
Strategic Cycling Corridors – Accelerate the roll out of Strategic Cycling Corridors with prioritised planning, design and delivery program.
Metropolitan Trails – A Metropolitan Trails Network program to deliver on the potential of Melbourne future network of recreational trails
Low speed local neighbourhoods – Introduce a state-wide program whereby communities can apply for funding packages for liveable neighbourhood.
Regional trails and tourism – In this term, complete the Daylesford to Macedon, and Yarra Ranges trails. And proceed with the 12 Apostles Trail.
Health circuits in Rural Victoria – Introduce a health circuits program to boost physical activity in rural and peri-urban areas.

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2. NORMALISING BIKE RIDING

Support Ride2School – Fund Bicycle Network’s flagship behaviour change program Ride2School over the next four years.
Station access and bike parking – Every station needs a local bike network and secure bike parking (Parkiteer cages).
End of trip facilities review – Review planning provisions for end of trip facilities.

3. SUPPORT AND PROTECT PEOPLE WHO RIDE

Introduce policies that make it easier and safer to ride –Introduce minimum passing distance law and allow footpath riding in Victoria.

4. STRATEGIC DIRECTION

Active Transport Victoria (ATV) – Renew, refresh and empower ATV to obtain greater contribution from across government towards active transport.
Boost Safe System Investment for bike riders – TAC and VicRoads launch a separate Safe System program to address bike safety.
Standards and guidance review – Produce new Victorian Guidelines for bike infrastructure that meet contemporary international standards

Bike policy should not be hard or complicated.

Governments of all political ideologies can make real change for people who ride.

Download our full policy paper

Timelines

5 September 2022: candidate nominations open

20 September 2022: candidate nominations announced

3 October 2022: Polling opens

25 October 2022: Polling closes

28 October to 5 November: results announced

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Tasmanian Council Elections 2022

Local councils are perfectly placed to improve cycling infrastructure to make it safer for more of us to ride more often.

Making it easier to ride in your local community

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Are you a local candidate up for election?

Questions you can ask your candidates:

Council election candidate responses

Our election priorities

1. BUILD PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO RIDE

2. NORMALISING BIKE RIDING

3. SUPPORT AND PROTECT PEOPLE WHO RIDE

4. STRATEGIC DIRECTION

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