Cycling in Sydney Australia
Alan Jones is Recruiting anti Cycling Submissions. Deadline this Monday!
This morning on 2GB:
Jones talks about David Hannan, owner of a business park on Bourke St
in Alexandria, saying he is fronting a legal challenge against the
City of Sydney, claiming the Bourke Rd Cycleway has been constructed
in 'the wrong spot.' Jones says that Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of
Sydney has agreed to a retrospective consultation & approval process
through an independent consultant 'because there are elections
coming.' Jones tells people to have their say, telling them how to
voice their opinion and to also send their submission to Hannan 'in
case someone in city hall is playing funny games' because he 'wouldn't
be surprised.' Jones repeats his advice to also send submissions to
Hannan 'so they don't fiddle with this at city hall' because 'we don't
trust them'
Anyone who wants to give feedback on what they think of Bourke Road
cycleway can email prioritycycleways@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au or leave
a message on 9265 9780. More info at
www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Council/OnExhibition/CyclewayFeedbackBo...
Deadline is this Monday.
Please show some support.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Ben Carr on -
ditto. thanks john for the heads up....Not many of us would know what go's on at 2GB
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Permalink Reply by Brian Trench on -
Me too. Thanks for raising it. He just won't go away will he?
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Permalink Reply by Llewster on -
Its not the best cycleway in the world to go into bat for.
So the positives:
- It goes passed many areas of employment and businesses - gyms, markets, pubs, cafes, Bunnings, Post Office, News Limited.
- It is a good link to Mascot Train Station at one end and Green Square at the other - all of which are building new housing areas.
- It is seperated from the numerous very big trucks that go on that road - if the path wasn't there many people would be put off riding on Bourke Rd.
- It is the major link between Botany Bay, Cooks River, Coward St Cycleways and the city (although not signposted that well and not marketed that well that it is a major superhighway for commuting).
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Permalink Reply by timothy.clifford on -
You forgot:
- only cycleway between where Tim lives and where Tim works.
- major reason why Mrs .clifford continues to let her husband ride to work
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Permalink Reply by Martin Geliot on -
Don't forget to email this to them!
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Permalink Reply by Kimberley on -
Thanks for that list. After reading this I saw a Tweet about the "View from the cycling path" blog of Mark Wagenbuur and Judith & David Hembrow. I hadn't come across this blog before but it's now in my blog reader as there's some excellent information there.
Here is their list of infrastructure guidelines for cycle paths, all pertaining to paths in the Netherlands (where they live I think). This is from their post about the three measures of safety that people use to evaluate whether they will cycle (or allow their family to do so, Mrs Clifford). Reading this list made me realise just how inadequate the Bourke Street cycleway is, but hey, at least we've got one, right?!
- Cyclists should never mix with high speed or high volume motor traffic. Most 50 km/h / 30 mph roads here provide cyclists with a segregated path.
- Bike lanes and cycle paths without sufficient separation from the road are not suitable with high speed or high volume motor traffic.
- Reductions in speed and volume of traffic always help. All residential streets here have a 30 km/h (18 mph) speed limit.
- Fully segregated cycle paths provide a good degree of subjective safety but must be built to a suitable standard. Here they have a minimum width of 2.5 metres if for single direction use and 4 m for bidirectional use. Paths for pedestrians are separate.
- Junctions should be designed to make sure that cyclists are not left out.
- In Assen, the new standards require that cycle paths which follow the line of roads are separated from them by 2.5 metres. Where this isn't possible you will find a metal barrier is used, to provide a feeling of subjective safety as well as actual safety from crashing vehicles.
- Where possible, cycle paths follow a completely different line to the roads, which of course improves the feeling of safety further.
- Reducing the noise of motor vehicles by using quieter road surfaces and installing noise barriers between the road and cyclists helps.
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Permalink Reply by Martin Geliot on
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"Where possible, cycle paths follow a completely different line to the roads" - also means less fumes
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Permalink Reply by Sub Optimal on -
David Hembrow is outstanding. I've been quoting him in the thread on the Times Save Our Cyclists campaign.
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