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.
Ride to School Initiative Targets Early Lessons
Melbourne, Victoria One of Australia’s leading cargo bike dealers has taken the initiative to boost the number of families who cycle to school, launching a concerted campaign this month to encourage and assist people to switch to active commuting. Melbourne-based company Dutch Cargo Bike this month launched its Bike and Stay initiative, a not-for-profit venture…
Amy Gillett Foundation Helping to Deliver Courier Safety
Melbourne, Victoria Leading last-mile delivery service DoorDash has teamed with Australian bike safety advocacy group the Amy Gillett Foundation (AGF) to enhance the safety of courier riders. The partnership will develop a training course for DoorDash’s new delivery riders, known as Dashers, and ongoing cycling safety information to reinforce smart and safe practices. AGF and…
Design Competition Announced for Sydney Harbour Bridge Cycle Ramp
Infrastructure Australia’s New Plan Embraces Micromobility
Who Will Educate the Police?
Dana Point, California, USA This is a story about the local County Sheriff’s office in Dana Point, California. But it has relevance to police forces in Australia and elsewhere. Dana point is officially classified as a city, but it’s really part of the massive greater Los Angeles post-war urban sprawl. A very pleasant part mind…
A Tale of Two Cities
I’ve never actually lived in Melbourne. But over the past 31 years since starting Bicycling Australia, our first cycling media business, I’ve usually visited Melbourne, which is the centre of Australia’s bicycle industry, at least six times per year… once every eight weeks or so. That totals around 200 visits, so it’s a familiar city to me.
Electric Cars Not So Great – Planning Minister Says
Sydney, NSW NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes has warned Sydney risks being enslaved to cars as he becomes the third senior minister to offer a view on how the state government should deal with the public uptake of electric vehicles. Senior ministers are divided over how best to spur the take-up of electric vehicles while…
Helping Employers and Their Staff to Make the Move
Canberra, ACT On 26th May ACT’s Minister for Emissions Reduction Shane Rattenbury announced funding for a new pilot program called Make the Move. “Now that the ACT has shifted to 100% renewable electricity, transport emissions are by far the ACT’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, at over 60%,” Minister Rattenbury said. “That’s why we…
The Tenuous Life of Temporary Infrastructure
Wollongong, NSW Covid-19 has brought tragedy on a global scale, which I don’t want to disrespect in any way, but it has also brought unexpected opportunities. Specifically, in relation to micromobility, we’ve seen ‘temporary’ infrastructure, literally popping up in cities all over the world. Over the coming months and years, the battles will be fought, city by city to either make permanent or discard each…
Sydney Harbour Bridge Concept Plans Finally Released
Sydney, NSW After years of delays to the long-awaited project, NSW Transport Minister, Andrew Constance, revealed the final concepts for the Milsons Point ramp. Release of the designs comes weeks after Transport for NSW refused to reveal the options to the public because its staff wouldn’t have been able to cope with the volume of expected feedback.…