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Harri Bancroft, mobility policy manager at the Committee for Sydney, says more should be done to encourage cycling.

Londoners don’t have to. Should Sydneysiders need a helmet to ride?

Police are issuing almost half the number of fines for cycling without a helmet as they did five years ago. If Sydney wants more cyclists, should adults need one to ride?

  • Mary Ward

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London has cracked down on e-scooters.

Crackdowns and bans: How the world’s cities are dealing with e-scooters

As Melbourne announces a ban on the controversial shared scooters, let’s take a look at how other cities, from London to New York, have addressed the issue.

  • Michael Gebicki
E-scooters parked on a CBD footpath.

E-scooter numbers in the city to be cut to rein in footpath ‘circus’

Dedicated on-street parking bays, restrictions on nighttime rides and fine increases are in the plan to combat complaints about e-scooters.

  • Patrick Hatch
A passing motorist has captured the moment a man riding a shared e-bike tries to cross lanes in the Eastern Distributor, crashing into the road.

Rogue e-bike rider fled Eastern Distributor after crashing and forcing lane closure

A man without a helmet has been spotted riding in the tunnel before crashing into a lane divider and falling onto the busy motorway.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Three girls ride on one e-bike in Manly.

‘Fat bikes’ sparking fear in Sydney’s beachside suburbs

Locals are fed up with overpowered e-bikes ruling the footpaths as councils struggle to stamp out young people speeding and riding dangerously.

  • Jessica McSweeney
A new survey highlights the best and worst places for bike users in WA on an interactive map.

The most dangerous – and safest – streets to ride a bike in Perth revealed

Perth cyclists have vented their frustration over some of WA’s roads which they say make it impossible to ride a bike safely.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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GIF - In a supplied image acquired Wednesday, 26 July 2023 , shows bikes left on the street in the city, Bondi and inner west of Sydney. Bike sharing companies have dropped heaps of bikes on Sydney streets in the past week or so and this will no doubt trigger complaints. Photo: SUPPLIED

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.

  • Andrew Taylor
Personal e-scooters, like this one, will no longer be illegal from April 5.

Personal e-scooters given the green light to join controversial trial

Victoria will lower the age limit for riders as a trial of thousands of hire scooters on inner-Melbourne streets is extended for at least six more months. 

  • Patrick Hatch
Mobikes sitting in a storage warehouse somewhere in Sydney.

1300 share bikes abandoned in Sydney warehouses never ridden

The company went bust without ever deploying the bikes to the streets as business and councils warn the sector remains mostly unregulated by the state government.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Mobikes in Sydney in 2018, when the service was functioning.

More than 1600 shared bikes abandoned after company fails

The bicycles are sitting on city streets and in warehouses after Mobike, also known as Onyahbike, went under last year.

  • Nick Bonyhady

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