Funding for the Regional Bike Route Network
The NSW Liberal Party has committed $330 million to the development of bike route network (over the next 5 years) while the Labor Party has promised $412 million for ‘active transport’ projects (over the next 5 years).
Will you lobby to ensure that the higher of these two commitments are actually delivered in the next term of government?
BIKEast’s priorities include the development of an Inner Sydney Regional Cycle network and similar initiatives aligned with the State Government’s Sydney Cycling Future and Greater Sydney Commission’s Green Grid to improve regional route connectivity.
Do you support the development of this network and, specifically, can you assure us that you will lobby for the following projects in the next term of government?
- Construction of a high-standard, protected cycleway along Moore Park Rd between
Surry Hills (Southern Cross Drv) and Paddington (Lang Rd). - Construction of a high-standard, protected cycleway along Anzac Pde between
Kingsford (Sturt St) and Maroubra Junction (Fitzgerald Ave). - Upgrades to the intersection of Oxford St, Lang Rd, Moore Park Rd and Queen St at
Paddington Gate. - Implementation of recommended safety and amenity improvements along Oxford
St between Darlinghurst (South Dowling St) and Paddington (Queen St). - Initiation of planning/consultation for a high-standard, protected cycleway along
Driver Avenue between the Tibby-Cotter Bridge and Federation Drv. - Initiation of planning/consultation for implementation of a high-standard bike route
along New South Head Rd between Kings Cross and Edgecliff. - Initiation of planning/consultation for a high-standard, protected cycleway along
Flinders St between Taylor Square and Drivers Triangle. - Feasibility study for a shared overbridge linking Flinders St with Moore Park Rd at
Drivers Triangle to improve safety and amenity of the intersection. - Wayfinding signage study and installation of signage for the Eastern Sydney Bays &
Beaches Route (scenic coastal bike route) between Elizabeth Bay and Double Bay.
Will you lobby for funding to support the Safe-Streets Neighbourhood approach and similar strategies to encourage active travel in your electorate?
Will you lobby for funding to support strategies to encourage more children to walk and ride to school?
Candidate responses
Alex Greenwich (Independent)
Dear Mark
I refer to the BIKEast election policy platform for a connected bicycle network across
Sydney and the eastern suburbs. I share your vision for sustainable active transport
system that ensures that anyone who can ride a bike has access to safe and efficient bike
paths.
Cycling is a clean and healthy transport option that can reduce traffic and public transport
congestion, while reducing pollution but I am concerned that New South Wales is failing to
treat it as a real transport alternative. While massive investment is being allocated to
destructive road projects like the WestConnex, most cycling moves in recent years have
been retrograde, including increased fines for cycling offences, removal of the College
Street separated cycleway and postponement of the Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway.
We have stalled on important projects to connect existing paths that would create
journeys that are entirely safe for cyclists of all different abilities.
In response to your questions, I am committed to working to achieve a regional bike route
network and support your calls for $412 million over four years in funding. I support the
projects you identify and will also advocate for links between the new inner city high
school and the east. I will lobby for funding for strategies that prioritise active transport
including the Safe-Streets Neighbourhood approach and getting students to ride and walk
to school.
Supporting active transport so that people who can ride a bike feel safe to do so remains
a priority of mine and if re-elected, I hope to work with you to improve Sydney’s cycling
infrastructure.
Yours sincerely
Alex Greenwich
