The NEW Parramatta Rd

A massive opportunity for change In late 2014, the State Government announced the New Parramatta Road project, a 20-year urban renewal program covering 8 precincts (Granville, Auburn, Homebush, Burwood, Kings Bay, Taverners Hill, Leichhardt and Camperdown) that will significantly increase the number of people working and living along the corridor. You can download the detailed […]
A-Maze Gone. Bridge To Remain Clear

The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) has indicated that it will “..not be proceeding at the moment” with the proposed A-Maze garden installation on Pyrmont Bridge. For now, the bridge will now remain clear for safe passage of walkers and riders. Our campaign outlined how the proposed 180m long, 6m wide A-Maze installation would introduce […]
Bike-friendly Apartments

Following on from our 2012 submission, we’re excited to see that we’ve influenced the Government’s thinking about apartment design and the need for better integrating storage space for items like bikes. We’re calling for your ideas with view to further improving the Policy. PlanningNSW has just released an summary of its draft SEPP 65 Policy […]
Cycling and Light Rail

We’re getting on the front foot and engaging directly with the design team of the Sydney CBD and South East Light Rail project to ensure cycling outcomes. We know that the only prospect for real change is to engage early in the process and to champion the benefits that cycling can bring to the […]
Amazed? Stunned.

The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) is proposing to install a 180m long and 6m wide garden structure (entitled “A-maze”) in the middle of Pyrmont Bridge. SHFA appears to have paid only lip service to the installation’s effect of obstructing the 70,000 pedestrian and cycling trips across the bridge each weekday, increasing the risk of […]
New Bourke St Cycleway – Cars entitled, while pedestrians and riders get the scraps.

The City of Sydney is preparing to deliver the final section of the Bourke Street cycleway through Waterloo. However, the link will be delivered as a shared path (thus mixing riders in with pedestrians) rather than as a green, separated cycleway such as you now find along other sections of Bourke St. We think it […]
State Govt delays AGAIN

BIKESydney MEDIA STATEMENT 26 June 2013 BIKESydney calls on the State Government to deliver its Central Sydney Access Strategy. In deferring the delivery of the Central Sydney Access Strategy (the integrated transport plan for the CBD), the State Government has again blocked the delivery of critical cycling infrastructure in the CBD. Potentially terminally. The […]
Bikes & Buses as Buddies

“…If you want to go, wave hello and let me know” Extending from our initiation of the investigation in early 2012, BIKESydney recently participated in a workshop aimed at improving road interactions between bikes and buses. The workshop was funded by the City of Sydney (CoS) and facilitated by the Institute for Sustainable […]
Callan Park needs its Master Plan

On Saturday 2 March 2013, and despite persistent rain, approximately 80 people turned up to the rally organised by the Friends of Callan Park (FocP) calling for the endorsement of the Callan Park Master Plan and the appointment of a Trust to govern the Park. The FoCP also called on NSW Ambulance to withdraw its […]
NSW Transport Plan

The NSW Government has released its final NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan. You can read how BIKESydney and BIKEast earlier sought to shape the Master Plan here. The Master Plan clearly calls for enhanced provision for cycling. (There are 155 instances of the the word “cycling” [there were 28 in the draft Master Plan], […]
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