IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Following a review of the Australian Bicycle Council (ABC) and the National Cycling Strategy in 2017, a decision has been made to cease the operations of the ABC with effect on 22 December 2017. In the first half of 2018, a new Cycling and Walking Australian and New Zealand (CWANZ) Group will be established, with further details available here.

As a result of the change, this website will not be updated and will be replaced by a CWANZ website in late 2018 or early 2019.

FEATURED PUBLICATION

Cycling Aspects of Austroads Guides

Sat 1st Jul 2017

Cycling Aspects of Austroads Guides contains information that relates to the planning, design and traffic management of cycling facilities and is sourced from Austroads Guides, primarily the Guide to Road Design, the Guide to Traffic Management and the Guide to Road Safety.

RECENT

RESEARCH | RESULTS

Bike Share in the US: 2010-2016

Bike share is growing at an astounding clip across the U.S., with over 88 million trips made on a bike share bike in the U.S. since 2010. In 2016 alone, riders took over 28 million trips, on par with the annual ridership of the entire Amtrak system, and higher than the number of people visiting Walt Disney World each year.

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

This report contains the conference proceedings from the Transport Research Board's (TRB) 10th University Transportation Centers Spotlight Conference on Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety.

Improving Livability Using Green and Active Modes

This research looks at improving livability through green and active modes by conducting a a traffic stress level analysis of transit, bicycle, and pedestrian access and mobility.

Analyzing the Impact of Median Treatments on Pedestrian/Bicyclist Safety

This paper seeks to quantify their impact of various median treatments on pedestrian/bicyclist safety at mid-block crossings.

Safer cycling through improved infrastructure

This article outlines how cycling numbers and safety is improved by improved infrastructure.

Safety of raised platforms on urban roads (p20-27)

Using available speed and crash data from across Australia, this paper applied Poisson regression analysis in a retrospective quasi-experimental study to determine the effect of raised platforms on crash occurrence and severity.

Bicycle Education for Children Evaluation of a Program in Montreal

The purpose of this study was to evaluate an on- and off-bicycle education program for school-aged children in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to understand how education influences the cycling behavior and attitudes of children and parents.

Revealed Bicyclist Route Preferences and Street Conditions

In this study, the route choices of cyclists in an urban environment were related to nine variables on street design and dynamics: tree shade, car parking, traffic speed, traffic volume, mixed or segregated traffic, dedicated bicycle facility, number of car lanes, number of restaurants, and number of retail stores.

Assessing the Economic Impact and Health Effects of Bicycling in Minnesota

This project estimated the economic impact of the bicycling industry and events in Minnesota, estimated bicycling infrastructure use across the state, and assessed the health effects of bicycling in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Rapidly Expanding Mobile Apps for Crowd-sourcing Bike Data to New Cities

This project takes the first steps towards helping to overcome the barriers to wide-scale adoption of bike data crowd-sourcing mobile apps by creating a proof-of-concept “multi-region” architecture, allowing cities to share the same set of mobile apps on the Android and iOS apps stores while setting up their own server specific to their geographic area.

RECENT

POLICY | PLANS

Queensland Cycling Strategy 2017-2027

The Queensland Cycling Strategy 2017-2027 sets the strategic direction for cycling in Queensland over the next 10 years, detailing the priorities and action areas. The Queensland Cycling Action Plan and Queensland State of Cycling Report 2017 are also available.

UK Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Final

This Strategy sets out the ambition to make cycling and walking the natural choice for shorter journeys, or as part of a longer journey. The Strategy sets out objectives to meet this ambition, the financial resources available to meet these objectives, the strategy for delivering these objectives and the governance arrangements that will review this delivery.

Strategic Agenda for Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation

This Strategic Agenda will inform the Federal Highway Administration's pedestrian and bicycle activities in the next 3 to 5 years and is being organized around four goals: 1. Networks, 2. Safety, 3. Equity, and 4. Trips.

WA Cycling Network Plan: Transport @3.5 Million

With its warm Mediterranean climate, flat topography and outstanding natural beauty, the Perth metropolitan region certainly has the right ingredients to become one of the world’s great cycling cities.

UK Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Draft

This Strategy aims to make cycling and walking the natural choice for shorter journeys, or as part of a longer journey. It sets out the objectives, the financial resources, the strategy and the governance arrangements to deliver the aims of the Strategy.

Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy

This strategy sets out the ambitions for walking and cycling in the UK and outlines the governance arrangements and resources required to deliver a substantial change to current travel behaviour.