Planning, Design & Education
This category includes the planning and design of local areas and single projects, city and regionwide networks, multi-modal integration and designs of all buildings and cities as they relate to micromobility. Education includes both behaviour change programs and all forms of safety and skills training.
Australia’s Largest Crowd-Sourcing Bike Safety Project Launch
Melbourne, Victoria Cyclists throughout Australia are being invited to make their mark, after the nation’s largest ever crowd-sourcing bike safety project, BikeSpot 2023, was launched by the Amy Gillett Foundation on Thursday 19th October. The project, launched at Parliament House in Canberra, centres on an interactive online map that allows every Australian to say where…
Transport Necessities to Drive Micromobility in Regional Australia
Cairns, Queensland Efforts to entrench micromobility in Australia’s regional centres should focus on residents and groups struggling to find viable transport options, especially for the implementation of share services, according to a Far North Queensland planner recently returned from a study tour of the US. Town planner and community development consultant Nikki Huddy, who completed…
Research News: Sydney Last-Mile Pilot Launched, Bike Frame Weakness Study, ACT Crash Study, Infrastructure Expectations Higher Among E-Riders
Australia’s first zero-emission last-mile delivery pilot was officially launched in Sydney’s CBD on 10th October, bringing together several leading micromobility players involved in the project. Founders of logistics start-up Parcelrun, which is heading the pilot, were joined by representatives of NSW peak cycling advocacy group Bicycle NSW and e-bike providers Zoomo, Dutch Cargo and Lug+Carrie.…
Bike Industry Alliance for More Sustainable Asian Production
Rotterdam, the Netherlands A new training initiative to achieve more sustainable manufacturing processes in Asia has been launched by a collaboration of major bicycle brands and European organisations for sustainability. The Climate Action Training (CAT) program was announced this month by Shift Cycling Culture, a Netherlands-based not-for-profit working to accelerate collective climate action in the…
Australian Cycling Levels Return to Steady Fall: CWANZ Survey Confirms
Cycling participation levels are falling in Australia, dropping to a rate lower than in 2011, as the Covid pandemic surge quickly peters out, according to a national report released this month. The National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey, conducted by Cycling and Walking Australia and New Zealand, found the number of people who rode a…
AusCycling Program to Restore Love of Cycling for Aussie Kids
Canberra, ACT A new bike education program to give pre-teenage children greater riding skills and confidence was launched last month by AusCycling. The AusBike program will be delivered nationally, for kids aged five to 12, by accredited instructors through cycling and riding clubs, leisure centres and private coaches from Term 4 of the 2023 school…
Project Velograph Maps Shows Early Data for Passing Distances
Adelaide, South Australia Member of the public can now view initial results from an Adelaide study identifying trends in close passes by cars overtaking cyclists, after an online map of the project’s data went live last month. The Project Velograph map, collated from data from nearly 5,400 cycling journeys, shows the median passing distance across…
Subsidised Safe Cycling Training Reveals High Demand
Melbourne, Victoria A new and heavily subsidised Safe Cycling training program for Australian road design practitioners has sold out its first three courses in a matter of days, revealing high demand for cycling infrastructure training. The Amy Gillett Foundation announced the on-line, four-module Safe Cycling program earlier this month, with 100 places allocated to each…
PhD Scholarship to Research Cycling-Led Emission Reductions
Perth, WA Curtin University is offering a scholarship to complete a PhD on urban cycling’s role to reduce transport emissions. The Curtin School of Design and Built Environment has introduced the scholarship for up to three and a half years, to achieve greater understanding of cycling’s potential to contribute to the decarbonisation of transport systems…
Fundraising Campaign to Save Ride2School
Melbourne, Victoria Cycling advocacy group Bicycle Network has launched a fundraising campaign to help save its Ride2School program. The program has been promoting physical activity among Australian school children for 17 years but its funding from the Victorian government ended in June, leaving the Ride2School under threat. Bicycle Network initially set out to raise at…