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Despite record investment in recent years cycling spending amounts to just 2 per cent of the transport budget in WA.

Now that’s long term: At this rate, Perth’s long-term cycle network to take 100 years

How good are the primary and secondary cycle routes in your Perth or Peel state electorate? Check it out here with our handy visualisation broken down by area.

  • Emma Young

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Four rounds of consultation, three routes suggested – but this bikeway still isn’t built

Brisbane council spent thousands of dollars consulting over three possible bike routes in Brisbane’s north – before returning to a plan it kiboshed in 2018.

  • Felicity Caldwell
E-scooters lined up in Melbourne in December.

The move to drop Sydney speed limits to 30km/h and allow cyclists on footpaths

Reducing car speed limits to 30km/h and forcing e-bike riders to get insurance are among the recommendations of a months-long state parliamentary inquiry.

  • Anthony Segaert
A demonstration of the Ario e-scooter that can be operated remotely.

Sydney gets another e-bike company, with e-scooters not far off

A new e-bike brand launches just as NSW parliament is set to release a report on the matter.

  • Anthony Segaert
Pierre Vairo at the Dynon Road “rainbow bridge” in West Melbourne.

These new bike bridges were built months ago. Cyclists are demanding to use them

The bright-green bridge over Footscray Road and a rainbow bridge at Dynon Road remain fenced off by the West Gate Tunnel Project, forcing cyclists to continue riding on dangerous truck-laden roads.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Cycling groups want better infrastructure in time for the Brisbane 2032 Games.

No bike helmets during Games: Cycling’s wish list for Brisbane 2032

Brisbane has been urged to relax bike helmet laws for the 2032 Olympics and follow the lead of Paris by investing in cycling infrastructure.

  • Cameron Atfield
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NSW woman in hospital after cycling crash.

‘Awful, freak accident’: Spectator remains in hospital after Tour Down Under crash

A woman from NSW, visiting the cycle race in South Australia, has been hospitalised after multiple cyclists crashed into a barricade spectators were standing behind.

  • Roger Vaughan
Kangaroo Point Bridge, Brisbane’s newest green bridge connecting Kangaroo Point to Eagle Street Pier.

The car-free Brisbane bridges now busier than anyone expected

New data reveals Brisbane’s most popular bridges for pedestrians, cyclists and e-scooter riders, as police seek to enforce speeding and helmet laws.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Australia’s Luke Durbridge.

Turbo Durbo wins hometown national cycling title in Perth

Luke Durbridge has paid tribute to teammate Luke Plapp for ensuring he claimed an emotional hometown win at the Australian road cycling championships in Perth.

  • Roger Vaughan
Cyclists and e-scooter users were asked to walk through the Sono Lumo light show, in the middle of the Bicentennial Bikeway.

Bike riders were asked to dismount for 100m. Now they plan to protest in the casino’s driveway

The Star argues it has created new public spaces for all to enjoy – but others argue this riverside CBD space along Brisbane’s busiest bike route didn’t need “activation”.

  • Felicity Caldwell

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