Posts Tagged ‘Active Transport’
WeRide Pushing Transport Minister for E-Bike Salary Packaging
Canberra, ACT Active transport lobbyists will again push for salary packaging assistance and other financial purchase incentives to be extended to e-bikes – similar to provisions recently introduced for electric cars in Australia – when WeRide Australia officials meet with the Federal Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Catherine King, next Thursday. WeRide Australia executive officer…
Uber Social Experiment Challenges Australians to Go Car Free
Melbourne, Victoria Rideshare company Uber is challenging 50 Australians to go without their cars for four weeks, and document that experience of switching to active transport and other sustainable options, in a world-first social experiment launched this week. “This trial will provide insights that will help Australians recognise their overreliance on their car and decide…
Labor Election Pledge to Double NSW Active Transport Funding
Sydney, NSW NSW Labor has declared it will double funding for active transport infrastructure if it wins the 25th March State election. NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns was joined by the Opposition spokesperson for transport, Jo Haylen, for an announcement in Sydney last month that the Party would allocate an additional $60 million over four…
Bite-Sized Forums Bringing Academics and Practitioners to the Table
Perth, WA A new series of active transport seminars in Perth is bridging a disconnect between academics and their peers in industry and government. WA cycling lobby organisation WestCycle held its first Future of Mobility seminar last month so academics can share their studies with people who can put their findings into practise. “I don’t…
Cycleway Design Course Rescheduled to May
Sydney, NSW A cycleway design course run by the University of New South Wales has been rescheduled to begin in May, after registrations did not reach the minimum number for the original start date in February. The eight-week Active Transport: Cycleways Design course, the first of its kind in Australia, will now be held by…
Mass Ride to Promote Better Streets
Sydney, NSW A mass ride, walk and roll in the heart of Sydney will be held on Saturday 4th March as part of the Better Streets coalition to boost active transport in NSW. Organisers of the Better Streets Weekend Walk and Ride are anticipating hundreds of participants will join the walk and ride along cycleways…
WestInvest’s $33.7 Million for Active Transport Infrastructure
Sydney, NSW Plans for new walking and cycling tracks in western Sydney have been unveiled in a series of NSW Government announcements for its $5 billion WestInvest program. Blue Mountains City Council, Hills Shire Council and Hawkesbury City Council will benefit from new active transport infrastructure, announced by Premier Dominic Perrottet and Treasurer Matt Kean…
Active Transport Improvements in Queensland Road Upgrades
Cairns, Queensland Active transport corridors have been incorporated into several Queensland main road projects open for public comment or outlined in recently-released project masterplans. Recently announcements and updates by the Queensland Government for road upgrades in Cairns, the Sunshine Coast, Bribie Island and the Gold Coast have all included improvements to active transport infrastructure. A…
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…