Protecting cyclists at intersections
Safe cycling is the product of good intersection design.
Category: urban planning
Priority Crossings: What are they?
Priortiy crossings are essential on CBR Cycle Routes but still not common.
Cycle highways: Introduction to Active Travel
The relevant text for cycle highways is scattered throughout a number of these documents. This document is an introduction to Active Travel. The key documents in the Active Travel Framework will be discussed here and here.
Cycle highways: Planning for Active Travel in the ACT
The relevant text for cycle highways is scattered throughout a number of key documents. Here the relevant extracts from Planning for Active Travel in the ACT (PATCAT) are gathered together in one place.
Cycle highways: Active Travel Facilities Design MIS05
The relevant text for cycle highways is scattered throughout a number of key documents. Here the relevant extracts from Active Travel Facilities Design MIS05 are gathered together in one place.
Woden Valley 1989: ahead of its time
Woden Valley was built in the 1960s. By 1989 it already had many of the bike paths we know today. It was ahead of its time. Photos from 30 years ago, that could be from yesterday.
Tuggeranong: valley of bike paths 1989
After the paddocks in the Tuggeranong Valley came suburbs and bike paths, and what beautiful bike paths they were.
ACT Coroner: poorly maintained path contributed to the death
The cyclist Dr Teresa Foce died on a poorly maintained path, awash with gravel. The ACT Government needs to show more responsibility.
Lake Burley Griffin Circuit resurfaced
Lake Burley Griffin Circuit has been resurfaced from Black Mountain Peninsula to Weston Basin. Here are a few photos one beautiful morning.
Visual dictionary for active travel
Active Travel contains an abundance of new terms. Here are some of the more common ones.
Cycling infrastructure score: measuring progress
For the comparison of projects, we have developed a standardised scorecard. Over the years, it is easy to lose track of what is new, as the same projects get announced at media events again and again.
Heysen Street to Woden Town Centre
The Heysen Street Link bike path will be extended to Woden Town Centre. Good news, after years of delays. The scope of projects may shrink after a grand vision, but Heysen Street Link has grown to something more. A happy end.
