New analysis reveals just how little is spent on cycling and walking projects around Australia. No state's spending on cycling is more than 1.5% of its road funding.
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Cycling is a low-cost and non-polluting way to make deliveries in congested cities. Slow cyclists should be recognised as good for the economy and environment, not treated like second-class citizens.
Many short-term bike-hiring programs have been launched amid much fanfare, only for their popularity to decline soon after. Several key factors need to be in place for a program to work.
Australians can see the impact of dockless bike sharing on the streets of their cities. The huge store of data collected about user journeys is less visible, but just as important.
In recent years the number of motor vehicles – and the pollution they generate – has grown astronomically, leading some citydwellers to wear facemasks in the hopes of protecting themselves. So do they work?
More cyclists are suffering from serious injuries than ever before. Here's what we can do to provide a safer environment.
The evidence suggests a small investment in cycling infrastructure, combined with less punitive policing, would enable more Australians to escape daily traffic congestion.
Bike lanes in South Africa were meant to encourage commuter cycling and ease congestion but in Johannesburg the initiative garnered more outrage than support.
Pro-bike policies can boost local business. In one Melbourne case study, the average hourly retail spending from six bikes was $97.20 compared to $27 from one car occupying an equivalent space.
New South Wales' new tougher bike laws reveal an ongoing war of the roads.
Cycling has flatlined in Australia since 2011, with many people citing safety concerns as the main reason not to ride. Wider recognition of cyclists' right to be on the roads would help to boost the numbers.
Even before this year's race began, only five or six riders had any real chance of winning.
It takes a cyclist with a diverse set of strengths to win over the 21 gruelling stages of the Tour de France.
Bikesharing has boomed in Europe and North America in recent years following decades of slow growth since its introduction on the streets of Amsterdam in 1965. Like any industry undergoing rapid expansion…
Australian governments heavily subsidise car, bus and train commuting, but not cycling. Yet a new survey shows many workers would consider riding to work if they got paid for it, and most would even support…
Write or say anything publicly that is remotely critical of cyclist behaviour in Australia, and you will incur the wrath of a growing body of active and media savvy cycling advocacy groups. This is the…
London’s cycle hire scheme has become a prominent fixture in the capital’s transport network since it opened in 2010. Known as “Boris Bikes”, it is Barclays Bank that has provided commercial sponsorship…
Much has been said in recent weeks about the death toll of cyclists in London. Yet the only immediate response media coverage seems to have produced is police on street corners handing out tickets to cyclists…
For a few hours, late last week, it looked like Queensland could become the first Australian state to start relaxing its strict bicycle helmet laws. After months of careful review of the evidence, a state…
Bristol will be the first British city to “go Dutch” after the city council gave the green light to building a European-style cycle network that would not be shared with road traffic. The city’s plans…
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Transport Engineering, University of the West of England
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Research fellow, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University
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Professor of Anatomy & Histology, Flinders University
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PhD Student, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health, Victoria University
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Research Assistant, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Infrastructure Management, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, University of Chester
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Professor in Transport Management, University of Sydney
