The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Budget season for bikes It’s budget season for local councils across Victoria and bike riders will soon have the opportunity to contribute to deliberations on the funding of bike infrastructure for the coming year. To get the ball rolling, Bicycle
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Multi-million dollar bike parking facilities lure big businesses to Sydney CBD Sydney office towers are cutting down on car parking and investing in multi-million dollar end of trip facilities for bike riders in an effort to attract tenants. In
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Super Tuesday stats roll in Yesterday hundreds of volunteers were stationed at key intersections around Australia for the nation’s biggest bike count. While collecting and analysing the data will take several months, initial figures indicate that rider numbers are
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Bayswater students get ACTIVE Students at Bayswater West Primary School in Melbourne are riding, walking, skating and scooting into a healthier future thanks to the launch of Ride2School’s ACTIVEMaps. Developed by Bicycle Network’s Ride2School program, the ACTIVEMaps initiative encourages
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Sydneysiders pedal in protest Sydney cyclists rolled on the College Street cycleway on Sunday to protest its removal by the Baird Government. The cycleway is a key north-south link in Sydney’s bike network, and while two new cycleways are proposed
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Local news Melbourne rides the night Melbourne is renowned for having four seasons in one day, but Saturday night/Sunday morning it seemed there was only one—the wet season. Despite this, more than 2000 excited riders rolled out for the city’s newest night time event for bike riders—Ride the Night—with the aim of raising money for YSAS to
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Peaks Challenge Gold Coast – are you up for it? A new, tough-as-nails cycling event in the pristine, sub-tropical rainforests of the Gold Coast Hinterlands is to be held on 8 August this year, Bicycle Network announced yesterday. In
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Sydneysiders left in the lurch Plans to replace Sydney’s arterial College Street cycleway with part-time bike lanes will leave the city without a permanent north-south bike link and thousands of riders stranded. Bicycle Network CEO Craig Richards is urging
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Aussies go for gold in Mexico Australia is off to a flying start in the 2014/2015 UCI Track World Cup Series, topping the medal tally at the first round of competition in Mexico with three gold, two silver and a
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Fifty percent of Aussie workers would commute by bike for cash Bicycle Network has welcomed the support of the Heart Foundation and bike manufacturers and wholesalers for financial incentives for bike riders – a scheme Bicycle Network put forward to Prime Minister Tony
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