BIKEast has endorsed the Better Streets Federal Election campaign – With the federal election approaching, we have a critical opportunity to push for real investment in walking and cycling across Australia. For the last two decades the Australian Government has invested just $0.90 per person annually —far below what’s needed. We’re calling for an increase to $15 per person per […]
On 30 September 2024, the T3 Bankstown Line between Sydenham and Bankstown shut down for “12 months” (there are reports indicating it may take longer) while the line is upgraded to metro standards. This project is named Southwest Link and related communications have a unique bright pink colour to their branding. Useful links: Southwest Link […]
The local election results were announced in early October and we were pleased to see some gains (Woollahra’s referendum loss) but sad to see some losses (Cycleway committee members in Randwick). Bicycle NSW also wrote up – what happened in two metropolitan councils on different sides of Sydney Harbour. Both councils have controversial active transport […]
Today’s NSW Local Council election, remember to check which candidates have supported active travel / cycling publicly – this will make a difference to whether cycling projects get supported or scrapped in the next 4 years – If you’re interested, feel free to check voting history – eg. who at Randwick Council 2024 voted to […]
The Sydney metro was originally set to open on Sun 8 Aug, but was postponed to Mon 19 Aug 2024. We had some time on Sun 25 Aug and managed to check out the Metro – esp the bike parking. We also checked out Waterloo Metro station and International / Domestic airport link. How to […]
The Sydney metro was originally set to open on Sun 8 Aug, but was postponed to Mon 19 Aug 2024. We had some time on Sun 25 Aug and managed to check out the Metro – esp the bike parking. We also checked out Sydenham Metro station and International / Domestic airport link. How to […]
The annual Big Bike Film night was held on 20 August 2024 at Chauvel Cinemas, Paddington. BIKEast was pleased to offer free bike parking for this event, knowing that many of our community would be attending – and with only 2 bike O-rings outside this cinema, would need space for many more bikes! We safely […]
BIKEast 2024 AGM Congratulations to the BIKEast executive team elected at the AGM for the next 12 months: Officer bearers President – Mark Worthington Vice President – Yvonne Poon Secretary – Jim Hope Treasurer – Simon Conroy Public Officer – Warren Salomon Advocacy Coordinators City of Sydney / Centennial Parklands – Lee Roberts Randwick / […]
Better Intersections is a tool to record and visualise how long people walking and on bikes have to wait at traffic lights. You can contribute timing measurements yourself. It’s focused on Sydney, Australia, but you’re welcome to take measurements for any intersection around Australia or the world. This site is managed by Jake Coppinger at betterintersections.jakecoppinger.com and […]
Cycling conditions are greatly improving for residents and visitors to Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs partly due to the hard work of BIKEast. This year the group celebrated the opening of two major separated cycleway projects, Waverley Council’s Bondi Junction Cycleway and Randwick’s Centennial Park to Kingsford Cycleway (above) as part of government funded walking and cycling […]