Policy & Funding
This category includes government policy announcements, both local, state, national and international along with updates and summaries about budgets and upcoming projects.
Strategy’s 64 steps to Active 15-Minute Communities
Sydney, NSW This month’s release of NSW’s first Active Transport Strategy will “set an unprecedented target and steps to double walking and cycling trips” over the next 20 years, according to the Minister for Active Transport Rob Stokes. “Our plans for strategic cycleway corridors across Greater Sydney are just as city shaping as the major…
Membership Drive to Forge Path for Better Streets
Sydney, NSW A new Better Streets active transport advocacy and support group is on a membership drive as it prepares to target the NSW election in March. Better Streets is aiming to sign up at least 1,000 individuals and organisations in NSW – including actions groups, businesses, schools and health providers – to its active…
Scooter Companies Welcome Government Strategy to Declutter Paths
Brisbane, Queensland An e-Mobility Parking Plan has been launched by the Queensland Government to address the ‘clutter’ of e-scooters and other e-mobility devices on the State’s paths. The plan aims to improve the parking of e-scooters, e-bikes and other e-mobility devices “to ensure they are not left in a way which blocks paths and creates…
Vanity, Not Climate Change for Micromobility Disruption
Sydney, NSW Virtually no one rides e-bikes because of climate change, according to micromobility pioneer Oliver Bruce. Instead, people typically travel by e-bike because it’s often quicker and there’s the opportunity for a bit of exercise, he told last month’s inaugural Micromobility Conference & Expo in Sydney. At the same time, advocacy for micromobility as…
Added Power for New Parliamentary Friends of Cycling
Canberra, ACT Some of Federal parliament’s most bike friendly politicians were officially inducted to the latest incarnation of a cross-party cycling alliance last month. A ceremony on the lawns of Parliament House on 23rd November announced the new co-chairs of the Federal Parliamentary Friends of Cycling, coordinated by national active transport advocacy group We Ride…
Lower Speed Advocates Slam Liverpool Trial Axing
Sydney, NSW The termination of a 30kmh speed trial in Greater Western Sydney, reverting a Liverpool thoroughfare back to 40kmh, has been condemned by road safety advocates for lower speed limits. The founder of advocacy group 30please.org, Lena Huda, said she was saddened to hear the State Government was ending the 30kmh trial in the…
Electric Riders Ready to Spark United Front for Small Devices
Sydney, NSW A fledging lobby group focused on the legalisation and promotion of electric skateboards and other small e-mobility devices is calling for a united front by industry to help take control of public dialogue and future policy about the sector. Electric Riders Australia, formed early last year, is participating in next week’s Micromobility Conference…
Advocates Present United Voice on Federal Budget Concerns
Canberra, ACT Australia’s State cycle advocacy groups are presenting a unified voice to the Federal Government on both its Budget, delivered last month, and its National Electric Vehicle Strategy discussion paper. After a number of peak bike advocacy groups expressed some disappointment over a perceived lack of Budget funding to active transport, We Ride Australia…
Leading Pedal Power Down the Path for More Visible Advocacy
Canberra, ACT Strong demonstrations of support for government commitments to active transport infrastructure, and the politicians who commit those funds, will be a high priority for the new head of the ACT’s peak cycling advocacy group. “We have to make government see that announcements on active transport infrastructure are just as popular as road projects.”…
We Ride Urges Strong Bike Presence in National EV Policy
Canberra, ACT Any government incentives to promote electric transportation in Australia needs to include e-bikes, according to a submission being prepared by bicycle advocacy organisations for the Federal Government’s consultation for a National Electric Vehicle Strategy. We Ride Australia is coordinating a joint submission to the strategy from State and national bicycle advocacy groups, who…