road safety – Page 4 – canberra.bike

Section 4.2 Cycling injuries to children

Cycling injuries are far more common than fatalities.

Section 4.6 Safety is all in the mind

Are parked cars the better bollards. Berlin safe street survey

Perception of safety is important to cycling.

Section 4.1 Austroads recommendations on speed limits

We are warned of the dangers of roads from an early age, but few would know just how dangerous a car driving at the 50 km/h in a local street can be. At 50 km/h there is a low chance of a struck pedestrian or cyclist surviving. Austroads recommends lowering speed limits.

Active Travel Streets: low-speed, low-volume, traffic calmed, retrofit

The older parts of Canberra are due for a rebuild, to make more space for people and easier and safer to get around. Active Travel Streets will be part of it. Active travel is reclaiming space for cyclists, walkers, joggers, people pushing prams and those using wheelchairs.