December 2023
Workers are racing to complete the connections to the Walmer Street Bridge in Abbotsford and get the Main Yarra Trail crossing of the Yarra operational before the holidays.
The bridge has landed
A new bike and pedestrian bridge just settled gently across the Moonee Ponds Creek in West Melbourne, soon to welcome its first riders.
Big and blunt: the cars that threaten life
New research from the US has established that the trend toward cars and SUVs that are fashionably high at the front has resulted in a climb in deaths and serious injuries.
Grattan St lanes get green light
Work starts early next year on the delivery of new, separated bikes lanes along Grattan Street through Carlton.
Swanston Street to close again in February
A second tram track upgrade — this time in the Melbourne University precinct — will again disrupt bike riders on the busy route in the new year.
Tassie Bike News Bites
This edition of News Bites counts Sunday riders in Kingston, ironman to close Intercity Cycleway and Bridgewater Bridge works continue to disadvantage cyclists.
Bike boost in London with 20% increase since pandemic
From cutting into air pollution to giving rise to hybrid work, the pandemic reshaped many aspects of urban life and in London, it looks like one of its legacies may be a sustained uptake in bike riding.
Wheels turn on adventure trail through Queensland tropics
A first-of-a-kind eco-tourism project is taking shape in northern Queensland, soon to offer bike riding adventurers a spectacular journey through Wet Tropics World Heritage Area between Palm Cove and Port Douglas.
38 bike models skewered by recall
In a massive safety recall Product Safety Australia has recalled 38 bike models including from Avanti, Malvern Star, Raleigh and Diamond Back.
BikeSpot shines a light on the safest places to ride
An expansive mapping project to uncover Australia's most safe and unsafe places to ride has been met with huge interesting from the bike riding community, revealing valuable insights on infrastructure around the country.