Policy & Funding
This category includes government policy announcements, both local, state, national and international along with updates and summaries about budgets and upcoming projects.
Brisbane CBD To Install Separated Bike Lane Trial Immediately
Over the past decade the Brisbane City Council has spent more money on cycling infrastructure than possibly any other local government in Australia. But this is not so impressive as it might sound for two key reasons. Firstly, at over 1.2 million residents, it has by far the greatest population of any Australian local government…
Greater Manchester Announces $153 Million Cycling Project
Greater Manchester is the third largest urban area in the UK with approximately 2.8 million residents. It is also the home of former champion cyclist Chris Boardman who has been the city’s ‘Cycling Commissioner’ and most prominent cycling advocate for many years. The project announced on 1st October 2020 by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy…
City of Geneva to Subsidise ‘Soft Mobility’
The city of Geneva in Switzerland is the nation’s second most populous city with 1.26 million in its greater urban area. It’s best known for being the European headquarters of the United Nations plus being the headquarters of many other global organisations. The Geneva City Council has just announced that it will subsidise three aspects…
Perth City Deal Totals $105 million For Sustainable Transport
On 20th September 2020 the Perth City Deal was announced, allocating $105 million towards 15 projects that were recently highlighted in the Perth Greater CBD Transport Plan – a shared transport vision between the State Government and City of Perth. This amount includes the previously announced $50 million for the Swan River Causeway Bridge linking…
City of Sydney Pushing For Lower Speed Limits
Motorists could be forced to slow down to 40km/h when driving throughout the City of Sydney, as the NSW government works with local councils to reduce speed limits in areas with high numbers of pedestrians and cyclists. Transport for NSW is negotiating with councils across the city to reduce speed limits to 10km/h in pedestrian-motorist…
$50 Million Walking and Cycling Bridge Announced for Swan River, Perth
The Causeway across the Swan River is the main entrance to Perth’s CBD from the eastern suburbs. As well as being packed with cars trucks and buses it currently carries an estimated 1,900 pedestrians and 1,400 cyclists each day. On Wednesday 26th August WA State Government Planning Minister Rita Saffioti announced a new $50 million…
Stage Two of Pop-up Cycleways and More Infrastructure Funding Announced for NSW
Stage Two of Pop-up Cycleways and More Infrastructure Funding Announced for NSW Following the initial six pop up cycleways that were quickly built within the City of Sydney local government area, Transport for NSW has just announced stage two, which will cover 20 kilometres across a range of Sydney councils and a further 15 kilometres…
Paris 2020 Election Results Herald a Major Boost for Micromobility
Unlike most Australian cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, where the City Council area only covers a small, central city fraction of the total city, the Council of Paris is responsible for a 105 square kilometre area that his home to over 2.15 million residents. It covers the entire main city region, extending…
What Will Boris Johnson’s Historic UK Announcements Mean for Micromobility?
On Tuesday 28th July 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made his much anticipated announcement giving details about his government’s ambitious plans to boost walking and cycling. The £2 billion (A$3.64 billion) in new funding over the next five years had been announced previously by his Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, but much of the detail…
All Interested Parties Urged to Share New Cycling Campaign Ads
Australia’s peak cycling advocacy group, We Ride Australia has just launched a new animated cartoon campaign to urge local councils to improve cycling infrastructure so more people can walk and ride during and post coronavirus. You can see the new campaign series here: Full version: https://vimeo.com/440520054 30 second version: https://vimeo.com/440517683 15 second version: https://vimeo.com/440519872 Bicycle…