Why is it so hard for women and children to get out of the car and onto bikes, scooters and their own two feet? Jan Garrard and Hulya Gilbert are two researchers with a few answers. And some solutions to the problem.

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At peak hour an average Australian city traffic lane carries 2,000 people per hour. If they were on bikes that lane could move 14,000 people per hour. Those stats explain why Elliot Fishman, from the Institute of Sensible Transport is studying bicycle sharing.  Elliot was a keynote speaker at the Australian Walking and Cycling Conference.

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Senior Traffic Engineer Jason Chow works in Auckland, creating a variety of safe routes for cyclists and pedestrians. Greenways are created by connecting the existing off-road paths, especially valuable to local schools, but find out why Jason describes another route as “vibrant”. 

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Most places hold endless stories and sights if you just take a closer look. Five self-guided walks developed by local people in the northern suburbs of Geelong have captured many of them. Community Development Officer Amanda Stirrat explains that support for cycling has been just one of the flow on effects of this project.

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Heavy industry, heavy vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians are a pretty uncomfortable combination in Port Adelaide. The grassroots Bicycle User Group there has been working for 35 years to “increase the margins of safety” for cyclists and pedestrians. BUG Secretary Sam Powrie describes the situation and some of their successes.

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