"Vital for the professional development of Tasmanians working in Bike Planning and related fields"
Saturday 25th May, 11am, Princes Wharf No.1 at Salamanca
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Some key Messages from Europe
Posted May 16, 2013, 5:22 PM by Austin GreenwoodListen up, Hobart City Council Aldermen!
The elements to increasing the takeup of active transport choices in our city are simple:Political Will, Infrastructure, Public AwarenessIt's happening in Ireland:"The number of cyclists entering Dublin City has increased by a significant 42 per cent over the period 2006 to 2011..which reflects a number of measures introduced in the past six years to promote cycling in the city.This includes the Dublinbikes bike rental scheme, new cycle lanes, public awareness campaigns to promote cycling and the introduction of the 30kph city centre speed limit.""In Europe, the biggest trigger was political will.Once that is achieved, first focus on making cycling safe in the city. Develop a decent and safe network of cycle paths and other bicycle infrastructure, such as parking. And finally, promote it through several campaigns."
In Berlin, 13% of all local journeys are already made by bike (1.5million trips daily). The city is planning to have a 830km bike network in place by 2020 to include 12 orbital routes and eight routes running into and out of the centre.
Probably the most astonishing feature of the Berlin plan is the "Pedelec Corridor" out into the suburbs (note these suburbs are outside Berlin, which means joined up thinking with the neighbouring government). The plan is to build a fast bike route, specifically designed to attract long-distance cycling on electric-bikes. There are already over a million e-bikes in Germany and there is serious money being spent to encourage people to swap from car to e-bike.
It is completely within the HCC's capacity to improve conditions for cyclists soon.The Sandy Bay Walking and Cycling Project is the test this May-June 2013... -
Why are these people SMILING?
Posted May 10, 2013, 7:29 PM by Austin Greenwood -
I don’t ride a bike, why should I sign the Times cycling petition?
Posted May 4, 2013, 12:23 PM by Austin GreenwoodEven motoring presenter Jeremy Clarkson has previously spoken of the need to redesign roads forbikes.
The main roads running through our villages, towns and cities are becoming a traffic-choked nightmare. Roads designed centuries ago for a gentle stream of vehicles are now clogged with millions of cars. For decades, government policy has simply tried to build more roads and force more capacity out of our creaking transport system. But as you will know if you have ever sat in an endless traffic jam or crawled slower than walking pace through a town centre, this approach is not working. read on... -
Europeans Plan to DOUBLE Cycling by 2020
Posted Apr 29, 2013, 12:04 PM by Austin Greenwood
On Thursday [25-Apr-13] a key committee of European MEPs adopted ECF’s Vision for doubling cycling in the EU by 2020 and the target is on course to be adopted as full EU policy later this year.This is the first time that the ECF target has been formally adopted in an EU action plan and is a major milestone in ECF’s campaign to release billions of euros for cycling in the next EU budget.
ECF Secretary General Bernhard Ensink said “To have this ECF policy objective adopted in full will be a breakthrough decision for cycling in Europe. It is exactly in line with our ECF Vision and our strategies for this year. In 2013 we get cycling into the key policy frameworks, then from 2014-2020 we and our supporters have the chance to see the policy acted on.” read more...
