Road-safety experts push for 30km/h speed limit to save lives

Road-safety experts push for 30km/h speed limit to save lives

At 40km/h – which is widely enforced in busy areas and around schools – there is still a 60 per cent likelihood a person hit will be killed.

  • byPatrick Hatch

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You call this living? Dutch ‘cycling professor’ has some tough advice for Melbourne

You call this living? Dutch ‘cycling professor’ has some tough advice for Melbourne

Professor Marco te Brommelstroet scoffs at Melbourne’s frequent ranking as one of the most liveable cities in the world.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Merri-bek may rip up bike lanes as backlash reaches Pascoe Vale

Merri-bek may rip up bike lanes as backlash reaches Pascoe Vale

Merri-bek council will consider ripping up a section of separated bike lanes in Pascoe Vale after residents complained they were causing safety issues and stand-offs between motorists.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Lycra-free zone:The country where cycling is all about going slow

Lycra-free zone:The country where cycling is all about going slow

Cycling slowly doesn’t come easy to the uninitiated,but in the Netherlands is an art you should cultivate.

  • byBrian Johnston
Riders in various states of undress cruise streets in 14th Naked Bike Ride

Riders in various states of undress cruise streets in 14th Naked Bike Ride

The annual ride,which started in 2009,is billed as promoting cycling as a key form of transportation and fuel-conscious consumption.

  • byTassanee Vejpongsa
There’s a key to getting more people on bikes – but motorists hate it

There’s a key to getting more people on bikes – but motorists hate it

About 60 per cent of Victorians are interested in cycling as a form of transport but are afraid to ride alongside traffic,and separated bike lanes aren’t keeping up.

  • byPatrick Hatch
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Scrapped Shrine to Sea bike path could be revived – but at a cost to cars

Scrapped Shrine to Sea bike path could be revived – but at a cost to cars

The government axed plans for a controversial separated bike lane that would cut speed limits and a lane of traffic – but a local council has been lashed for putting it back on the agenda.

  • byCara Waters
Work to start on Harbour Bridge cycleway next year as final design revealed
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Work to start on Harbour Bridge cycleway next year as final design revealed

An Indigenous artwork depicting eels will run the length of the 200-metre bike ramp,the construction of which has divided opinion in Sydney’s north.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Thousands of share bikes are back in Sydney. Will they clog the streets again?

Thousands of share bikes are back in Sydney. Will they clog the streets again?

Companies behind the latest rollout say there is untapped demand for “micromobility” and that technology will make a difference this time around.

  • byAndrew Taylor
‘Massively disruptive and damaging proposal’:Eastern suburbs cycleway under siege

‘Massively disruptive and damaging proposal’:Eastern suburbs cycleway under siege

The cycleway was to run from Taylor Square to Centennial Park along Oxford Street. It is now facing an assault of opposition from locals,including high-profile politicians and small business owners.

  • byMichael Koziol
Are e-bikes worth it? After four years in the saddle,here’s what I found
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Are e-bikes worth it? After four years in the saddle,here’s what I found

Push-bikes were too slow but my electric bike offers me a sweat-free way of getting around – and delivers small moments of joy.

  • byMiki Perkins