Photo by John Slaytor. Great news, BIKEast is now an official Sydney affiliate of Cycling Without Age! We are looking forward to supporting, participating and celebrating this wonderful program! What is Cycling Without Age? Cycling Without Age is a movement started in 2012 by Ole Kassow. Ole wanted to help the elderly get back on […]
“Neighbourhood streets play a vital role in making places liveable. Rather than seeing them as simply transport corridors for cars, they are important places for walking, cycling, social interactions and even playful exploration by local children. Safe Street Neighbourhoods argues that neighbourhood streets provide a valuable focus for a road safety intervention that is low […]
Our 2016-2017 Executive Committee was elected in the recent November AGM. The Committee is as follows – President: Mark Worthington Vice President: Jim Hope Secretary: Yvonne Poon Treasurer: Suzanne Schamschula Public Officer: Rob Alford Adrian Boss Edna Udovich Frank Dreyer Blanka Golebiowski (Committee to co-opt a 5th committee member at a later date) The next AGM […]
Alex Greenwich, Independent Member for Sydney recently spoke about the efforts of the City of Sydney, Woollahra Municipal Council, local businesses and residents working together to reactivate this important heritage street. “The Paddington Society and BIKEast established a proposal to redesign Oxford Street Paddington that would involve a 40 kilometre speed limit, footpath widening, wide pedestrian […]
On Sunday 18 September 2016, Waverley Council organised a Bike Week hub at their new activation space at Warners Ave / Campbell Parade. Activities included trying electric bikes and bike-powered smoothies. BIKEast led a ride from Bondi Junction to the event. Despite the bad weather, there were many people interested in stopping by and chatting! See […]
Have you heard of the ESSSN? The Eastern Suburbs Sustainable Schools Network welcomes local parents, teachers and early childhood educators wanting to network and share ideas about school sustainability. The Network is coordinated between Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick Councils, who plan the meetings, organise guest speakers and workshop activities. The Council’s work in a variety of ways to support […]
Some minor changes to the NSW Road Rules from 1 July 2016 clarify existing road rules and make them easier to understand. The main changes related to bicycles are: Rules 98, 99 – Bicycle paths and separated footpaths have been added to the list of places where bicycle riders do not have to ride in […]
BIKEast is currently working with the CBD Coordination Office to discuss improvements to the cyclist detours in place for the Sydney Light Rail construction, and better communication of updates and changes. In the meantime, see below for the Sydney Light Rail – June update. Click this link to subscribe. CBD and South East Light Rail […]
We’ve prepared a version of the Sydney Light Rail Construction Schedule in chronological order. Available to view here as a Google Spreadsheet for easy sorting / filtering. https://goo.gl/Qxdrx0 For the document with full map and zones, go to http://mysydney.nsw.gov.au/projects/cbd-and-south-east-light-rail. On the right hand side under More Information, click CBD and South East Light Rail […]
The minutes for the April meeting can be found here. The minutes for the May meeting can be found here.