May 2021
This Bike News Bites covers Hobart MTB news, North East Rail Trail appeal and working bee, Tasmanian bike touring opportunities, Regatta Ground car park work and a potential UTAS bike club.
Hobart’s first separated cycleways get closer
Hobart City Council is due to meet this Monday 10 May to give the final go ahead for a trial of separated cycleways on Campbell Street and short connectors to Argyle Street on Liverpool and Bathurst streets.
Explore Hobart’s hills and river this month
The next fortnight is offering 4 rides exploring all Hobart has to offer with hill climbs, river scenes and forests.
Mornington students pick the path to school
Mornington Park Primary School students helped designate bike riding routes to school at Bicycle Network’s Ride2School ActivePaths workshop last week.
Cargo bike childcare drop-offs are a cinch
A criticism of advocating for bicycle transport is that it’s no good for the parents who have to drop off and pick up kids or do the shopping on their way home but the extra strong, longer framed cargo bikes have solved that problem.
Detour on Main Yarra Trail
Work starts this week to stabilise the banks of a section of the Yarra River in Abbotsford.
New designs released for the Sydney Harbour Bridge bike ramp
Transport for NSW have released two new long-awaited concept designs for a bike ramp to replace the Sydney Harbour Bridge steps at Milsons Point.