Melbourne City Bicycle Advocacy

Melbourne BUG is back

On Friday 18th March 2011, 20 people came to a roof-top BBQ at 6/165 Flinders Lane and re-started the Melbourne  Bicycle Users Group (M-BUG).  A new website will be forthcoming.  Get into contact with Melbourne BUG at our Google Group.  Read more.

This rest of this site is Nik Dow's personal blog about cycling in the City of Melbourne, and is not the Melbourne BUG site. 

Great article by Jan Garrard. 

I believe that the benefits of cycling as part of the transport mix are not being fully realised because of poor public policy.  Not only are there benefits to riders — better health; faster, more convenient transport; lower cost, but there are major benefits to the City that are not being realised — less congested roads and public transport; less air pollution; lower carbon emissions; lower public health costs; quieter, safer roads and a more pleasant public realm. 

The City of Melbourne and the State Government share responsibility for making Melbourne a world-class cycling city.  While the City of Melbourne is heading in the right direction, the State Government is holding things back.  Currently, neither has articulated the vision of Melbourne as a world-class cycling city that we need. 

Please use the contact page to send your suggestions, and use the comments form below each article. 

How will we know when Melbourne is a world class bicycle city?  The litmus tests:

• Space is taken from cars to benefit bicycles
• Ambitious targets that feed into detailed planning
• Plans that include review mechanisms
• Repeal mandatory helmet laws
• Strict liability and other laws

Q.  Why is Yarra Council doing more for cyclists than Moreland Council?
A.  Because Yarra Council does not have a Labor majority.