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In another sign of how cycling is rapidly becoming ‘mainstream’, two very different bicycle companies are both reaching out beyond the usual audience of bicycle brand marketing campaigns.

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Yuba’s Spicy Curry is a Genuine Alternative to a Car

Phil Latz - 0
Cargocycles founder Gary Cookson is not just running a thriving business. He’s passionate about what the products he sells can do for our families, cities and environment. "Cargo bikes can definitely replace a second car"
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Organisation Features

Made in Australia – Krankie Cargo Tricycles

Phil Latz - 0
On an unassuming suburban house block, located about 10 kilometres south-west of Sydney’s city centre, Andrew Graf is manufacturing possibly the most complex bikes ever to be made in Australia.
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Adelaide’s Bad Decision is Just a Symptom of Deeper Issues

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
Let’s start with a confession, then some context, before I offer my opinion for your consideration and comment, that I grew up in the city that will be ‘Exhibit A’ in this opinion column.

Australia’s Turn Next?

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
Australia and Canada have a lot in common. They’re both former British colonies, who to this day enjoy friendly sporting rivalry every four years at the Commonwealth Games.

When Will Our Governments Start Joining the Dots?

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
In this article I’ll look at two recent decisions by two different governments, that are equally disturbing for a slightly differing set of reasons. Banning Scooter Trials: Andrew Constance has deep roots in the Bega region on NSW’s far south coast. In the 1860’s his great-great-grandfather, James Constance, drove a team of bullocks through the Bega Valley and settled there as a bush pioneer until his death in 1912. Andrew Constance told this story in greater detail during his maiden speech to the NSW parliament on 21st May 2003. In that same maiden speech he said, “The broader policy questions about the environment mean surely it is time to dare our Government and citizens to consider every option…”

Australian Ingenuity Creates World Leading Ebike Racks

Product Features Phil Latz - 0
Due to their extra size and weight, Ebikes can present design challenges when it comes to transporting them on the back of a vehicle. But Australian manufacturer GripSport has come up with unique solutions to these challenges. From modest beginnings in founder Jon Weaving’s backyard workshop back in 1998, GripSport is now quite probably the largest bicycle related manufacturing business in Australia. It now occupies three adjacent factory units in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, where it’s highly skilled and experienced team employ the latest design technology and even robot fabrication of some components. This expertise in design and manufacture shows though in their latest GSE racks that carry two ebikes weighing up to 30 kg each.

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Book Review: Cycling for Sustainable Cities

Phil Latz - 0
Ralph Buehler and John Pucher are two highly regarded and widely published American academics. It has taken them almost a decade, but in early 2021 they’ve published Cycling for Sustainable Cities.
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Bikes

German Sales Point to Future Growth Potential in Australia

Phil Latz - 0
If you’re wondering why bicycle factories cannot produce enough bikes, parts and accessories to keep up with both Australian and global demand, a look at the 2020 sales figures of just one country, Germany, will help to explain why.
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Product Features

Australian Ingenuity Creates World Leading Ebike Racks

Phil Latz - 0
Due to their extra size and weight, Ebikes can present design challenges when it comes to transporting them on the back of a vehicle. But Australian manufacturer GripSport has come up with unique solutions to these challenges. From modest beginnings in founder Jon Weaving’s backyard workshop back in 1998, GripSport is now quite probably the largest bicycle related manufacturing business in Australia. It now occupies three adjacent factory units in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, where it’s highly skilled and experienced team employ the latest design technology and even robot fabrication of some components. This expertise in design and manufacture shows though in their latest GSE racks that carry two ebikes weighing up to 30 kg each.
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Bikes

Ebikes Focus of The Conversation Hour

Phil Latz - 0
The Conversation Hour is a Victorian based interview and talkback program on ABC Radio. Hosts Richelle Hunt and Warwick Long recently devoted an entire episode to the growing popularity of ebikes. Richelle opened the program by declaring that she and her family, who were definitely not ‘hard core’ cyclists, were considering buying an ebike instead of a second car. The program included calls from various members of the public plus experts from the Australian Electric Vehicle Association and Victoria Walks and Peter Bourke from Bicycle Industries Australia and We Ride Australia.
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Scooters

Spin, Segway, Self Driving Scooters Here Now

Phil Latz - 0
The developers claim that this new technology could lead to a 10x increase in the number of rides per scooter per...
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Bikes

Clip On Ebike Power Within Seconds

Phil Latz - 0
Brooklyn / New York / USA Despite the boom in ebike sales over recent years, there are still far...
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Infrastructure

Integration & Data

Bike Counter Data Shows Clear Covid Spike

Phil Latz - 2
We’ve all seen increased cycling activity during Covid lockdowns and heard about the surge in demand for bicycles and related equipment. But it’s interesting to see some hard data that precisely measures cycling activity...
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Integration & Data

Unpacking the USA’s Bike-Sharing and Ebike Boom

Phil Latz - 0
Social-distancing, sustainability and accessibility helped accelerate e-biking during the pandemic, and the trend is showing up in urban bike-sharing programs.
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Policy & Funding

Canada’s Historic First Federal Funding of Cycling Infrastructure

Phil Latz - 0
On 12th March 2021 Canada’s federal government announced C$400 million (A$416 million) in funding to be invested over five years to help build new and expanded networks of pathways, bike lanes, trails and pedestrian bridges.
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Policy & Funding

Adelaide Scraps Plans for Critical Bikeway

Phil Latz - 0
Adelaide City Council has abandoned plans to spend $5.8m on a new east-west city bikeway.
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Bike and Scooter Share

Lime’s New Features Should Reduce Hiring Stress

Phil Latz - 0
Lime customers can now take advantage of new features like app-less riding, 10-minute reservations, and vehicle configurations.
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Policy & Funding

Major Expansion of 40 kph Zones in Canberra

Phil Latz - 0
Australia’s capital city is about to significantly expand its 40 kph zones in the CBD’s of Civic, Braddon, and Tuggeranong.
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Policy & Funding

Critical Missing Link Receives $1.5 Million in Funding

Phil Latz - 0
For years, local cycling and walking advocates have been campaigning to reopen the Glenbrook Tunnel in the Blue Mountains of NSW, just west of Sydney.
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Policy & Funding

Key Cycling Organisations Present United Front

Phil Latz - 0
On 24th March 2021, 10 key cycling organisations joined forces to present a single submission giving feedback on improvements to the draft National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30.
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Bike and Scooter Share

Bike and Scooter Share is Booming in Darwin

Phil Latz - 0
Darwin is one of Australia’s most remote cities. Geographically it’s closer to Singapore than Sydney. It’s the capital city for the Northern Territory, which is Australia’s most sparsely populated state or territory with
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Recreation

All Other Recreation

E-Scooter Racing World Circuit Gathers Momentum

Phil Latz - 0
Not many people would wish to hit speeds in excess of 100kph on a transport device with no roll cage, completely open to the elements and riding on 16 centimetre wheels travelling just a few centimetres off the ground. This is, however, what anyone taking a trip on an eSkootr S1X racing e-scooter can look forward to. The eSkootr S1X has been created for the planned eSkootr Championship (eSC) which will start towards the end of the year. The races will be conducted on specially built circuits – concrete seams and cracks in pavement would not do at these speeds on a ride with such tiny wheels – in city parks, streets or within stadiums.
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Rail Trails

Capturing the Compelling Case for Rail Trails

Phil Latz - 0
Virtually every Australian rail trail proves to be a huge boon to its local economy when it’s opened. Yet virtually every proposed new trail, especially in NSW, take years of pitch battles fought by heroic volunteers in order to overcome the same ill-informed and negative arguments that are thrown up against them. We recently became aware of a particularly eloquent letter that was written by a local resident nine months after a landmark rail trail in NSW was finally opened last year.
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All Other Recreation

Cycling’s Friends Speak Up in Federal Parliament

Phil Latz - 0
On Tuesday 16th February the second ever Parliamentary Friends of Cycling event was held within Australia’s parliament house in Canberra. There are over 100 Parliamentary Friendship Groups (PFG’s) covering a huge range of interests mainly across environmental, health and social issues. Although these groups do not hold any formal legislative power, they provide an important opportunity for each represented cause to gain access to parliamentarians and for those parliamentarians to go on the public record with supportive comments.
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Bike & Scooter Share

Unpacking the USA’s Bike-Sharing and Ebike Boom

Integration & Data Phil Latz - 0
Social-distancing, sustainability and accessibility helped accelerate e-biking during the pandemic, and the trend is showing up in urban bike-sharing programs.
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Planning, Design & Education

Hobart Reduces CBD Speed Limits

Phil Latz - 0
Effective from Monday 1st February 2021, Hobart has become the latest Australian city to lower its speed limits on central city streets. As you can see from the map accompanying this article for all but two roads the speed limit has been reduced from 50 kph to 40kph. The small roads shown in grey were already 40 kph.
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Critical Missing Link Approved for New Zealand’s Capital

Policy & Funding Phil Latz - 0
New Zealand’s national capital of Wellington has a greater urban area population of 429,700 in 2020, but due to its extremely hilly terrain and limited land, being surrounded by ocean on three sides, only half of these people, 215,100 to be exact, live in the city of Wellington itself. The other half live in nearby urban areas including Lower Hutt and Porirua. Also due to this extremely rugged terrain, a single four lane motorway is the only main road that links Wellington to the rest of New Zealand. Currently there is no separated cycle route along this main road, that has been built on a narrow strip of in some places reclaimed land, wedged between the mountains and the sea. The only space for cyclists is the shoulder of what is an extremely busy high speed road.

What a Difference a Decade Makes!

Planning, Design & Education Phil Latz - 0
Toronto is the largest city in Canada with a greater urban area population of over five million. Rob Ford was Mayor of Toronto from December 2010 to 2014. During this time he was one of the most vehement and outspoken opponents of cycling in any major city in the western world. Ford spoke out against cyclists sharing roads with motorists, which he said were, “…built for buses, cars, and trucks, not for people on bikes.” As councillor, Ford opposed the installation of bike lanes on University Avenue and Jarvis Street.

Autonomous Vehicles – Will Active Transportation Rights Prevail?

Planning, Design & Education Phil Latz - 0
Washington DC / USA Many people think that autonomous vehicles are still decades away, but with major trials already...

Opinion

Opinion

Adelaide’s Bad Decision is Just a Symptom of Deeper Issues

Phil Latz - 0
Let’s start with a confession, then some context, before I offer my opinion for your consideration and comment, that I grew up in the city that will be ‘Exhibit A’ in this opinion column.
Read more

Australia’s Turn Next?

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
Australia and Canada have a lot in common. They’re both former British colonies, who to this day enjoy friendly sporting rivalry every four years at the Commonwealth Games.

When Will Our Governments Start Joining the Dots?

Opinion Phil Latz - 0
In this article I’ll look at two recent decisions by two different governments, that are equally disturbing for a slightly differing set of reasons. Banning Scooter Trials: Andrew Constance has deep roots in the Bega region on NSW’s far south coast. In the 1860’s his great-great-grandfather, James Constance, drove a team of bullocks through the Bega Valley and settled there as a bush pioneer until his death in 1912. Andrew Constance told this story in greater detail during his maiden speech to the NSW parliament on 21st May 2003. In that same maiden speech he said, “The broader policy questions about the environment mean surely it is time to dare our Government and citizens to consider every option…”

We Don’t Need These Killers in Australia!

Opinion Phil Latz - 10
For micromobility to flourish, people need to feel safe on our roads. Over the past couple of years, I have been alarmed and dismayed to see a rapid acceleration in the number of ‘hyper macho pickup trucks’ being imported from the USA and appearing on our streets.

Policy & Funding

Policy & Funding

Canada’s Historic First Federal Funding of Cycling Infrastructure

Phil Latz - 0
On 12th March 2021 Canada’s federal government announced C$400 million (A$416 million) in funding to be invested over five years to help build new and expanded networks of pathways, bike lanes, trails and pedestrian bridges.
Read more

Adelaide Scraps Plans for Critical Bikeway

Policy & Funding Phil Latz - 0
Adelaide City Council has abandoned plans to spend $5.8m on a new east-west city bikeway.

Major Expansion of 40 kph Zones in Canberra

Policy & Funding Phil Latz - 0
Australia’s capital city is about to significantly expand its 40 kph zones in the CBD’s of Civic, Braddon, and Tuggeranong.

Critical Missing Link Receives $1.5 Million in Funding

Policy & Funding Phil Latz - 0
For years, local cycling and walking advocates have been campaigning to reopen the Glenbrook Tunnel in the Blue Mountains of NSW, just west of Sydney.
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We’ve all seen increased cycling activity during Covid lockdowns and heard about the surge in demand for bicycles and related equipment. But it’s interesting to see some hard data that precisely measures cycling activity...
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For the first time, Australian consumers can now purchase one of the most thoroughly tested, locally designed, bulletproof e-bikes in our nation.
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Yuba’s Spicy Curry is a Genuine Alternative to a Car

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Read more
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Made in Australia – Krankie Cargo Tricycles

Phil Latz - 0
On an unassuming suburban house block, located about 10 kilometres south-west of Sydney’s city centre, Andrew Graf is manufacturing possibly the most complex bikes ever to be made in Australia.
Read more
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Social-distancing, sustainability and accessibility helped accelerate e-biking during the pandemic, and the trend is showing up in urban bike-sharing programs.
Read more
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