On 31 July 2019, we launched our new Cycling Without Age trishaw, the third trishaw in Sydney, thanks to generous community grants from City of Sydney and Woollahra Council. This launch also signified the formal start of the program in the Sydney / Woollahra area. BIKEast volunteer pilots were on hand to demonstrate the operation […]
With Sydney increasing the bicycle infrastructure, and cycling participation still quite low, it is important to provide education and opportunities for young people to learn bike skills. A good way of learning bike skills is to provide facilities where people can ride and explore using their bike in a fun and safe way. Some examples […]
The Paddington Greenway – a pedestrian and cycling path through White City, Paddington that would link Darlinghurst to Woollahra. Below are some progress updates on this proposal: Sep 2019 City of Sydney has also provided support for the project in this month’s council motion. Two UTS students – Chrissie Kirkwood and Fergus Barker – were […]
BIKEast is pleased to make a submission on the Sydney Gateway Concept Design. We believe that providing safe, continuous, and connected bike routes will encourage more people to ride their bikes more often – an outcome that is consistent with NSW and Local Government strategies to realise the considerable individual and public benefits of increasing […]
Westconnex – New M5, opening in 2020, will provide underground motorway tunnels, stretching from Kingsgrove to the new St Peters Interchange (SPI) spaghetti junction. This is covered in two main documents: Planning Condition B50 – Pedestrian & Cycling Network Review Planning Condition B51 – Pedestrian & Cycling Implementation Strategy The documents are quite lengthy, so […]
Following questions from the community about the Sydney Gateway Concept Design, we have created these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Our outline of the concept design is here. What is the difference with the Proposed Replacement Path vs Alternative Path? These are the two options presented as part of the Concept Design. BIKEast support the Proposed […]
6 June 2019 – This page was updated to clarify that the Alternative route was an option, rather than a planned route (in addition to the Proposed Replacement route). We have created a Frequently Asked Questions page here. Priorities Ahead of the new Sydney Gateway motorway project, the surrounding cycling and walking advocacy groups have […]
Great response and update from Woollahra Council in relation to BIKEast’s submission to the draft Delivery Program 2018-2021 & Operational Plan 2019-2020: Current priority Council’s current cycleway priority is delivering the New South Head Road, Double Bay to Rose Bay Cycleway. A Development Application (DA) for the project has now been lodged and public exhibition […]
Austroads recently released a report around a pilot project to improve the measurement and reporting of serious injury crashes by matching crash and hospital data. It is known that neither crash data nor hospital data alone is adequate for reporting progress against the National Road Safety Strategy’s target of reducing serious injuries by 30 per […]
Recently, Bayside Council went to community consultation for their proposed Wolli Creek One Way Circuit (Improvements for Walking & Cycling). The results of the consultation were as follows: This was finalised through council in late 2018. BIKEast also suggested that the surrounding roads should be reduced to 40km/hr to support the concept of Safe Street […]