Early in the pandemic, when there was much less traffic on the roads, people took to their bikes. But since then, fewer people are cycling, with rates now lower than in 2011.

Two-thirds of people want more transport funding to go into walking, cycling and public transport.

The decline in cycling probably shouldn’t surprise us.

In the past 40 years, the percentage of children who walk or ride to school has dropped from 75% to 25%. Furthermore, cycling receives only about 2% of transport budgets.

As well as the three transport priorities, we can of course take many more actions that would help increase walking and cycling.

These measures include: boosting housing density, beautifying our neighbourhoods, programs to build people’s confidence and skills to walk and cycle, such as beginners bike tours, and more frequent public transport.

  • Zagorath
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    10 months ago

    You can tell how much a state cares about cyclists by whether they already allow this. It’s illegal in NSW and Victoria. It’s legal in Queensland, WA, and SA. It should be no surprise that NSW and Vic were also the last states to implement minimum passing laws, in 2018 and 2021, respectively.

    NSW and Vic are crap states.