Sunny skies wrap up Bike Week 2024
Bike Week 2024 wrapped up on Friday 8 March and enjoyed great weather, with only one ride in the south having to be cancelled due to strong winds.
Bike Week is run by volunteers across the state who lead social rides and organise events in the first week of March each year. If you have ideas for events of interest to bike riders let us know and we can promote it to other Bicycle Network members who may be able to help you out.
You can also float your idea at the monthly coffee and chat for bike riders in Hobart, held on the first Friday of the month, 11.30am-12.30pm, at Jampacked. And if you’d like to lead a social ride, get in contact with our volunteer social rides organiser who’ll let you know about the next training session.
Hobart giving prizes for open space comments
The City of Hobart is kicking off planning for its Open Spaces strategy by asking Hobartians what they value about our trails, reserves and parks.
By filling out the survey to let the City of Hobart know how you use these areas and what you think would improve them you go into the running to win free passes, plants or duck booklets.
The survey is open until 24 March, with winners announced in April. https://yoursay.hobartcity.com.au/open-space-hobart
Launceston tracks & trails under the microscope
And in the north the City of Launceston is looking at its open spaces, with a tracks and tails survey now out for comment.
There is also a map that you can pin comments to and more than 110 suggestions have been made, mostly focusing on improving surfaces and connecting the network.
https://tomorrowtogetherlaunceston.com.au/resilient-city-2024/tracks-trails-path-networks-map
Collins Street petition gains momentum
Bicycle Network’s petition supporting a trial of separated cycleways on Collins Street in Hobart is gaining more signatures, with the next goal being 1000 people.
The petition can be found at https://www.change.org/p/safer-cycling-on-collins-street and will be given to the Hobart City Council before councillors are due to make a decision on the trial.
More than 180 people signed the petition in a couple of hours next to the Rivulet Path at the end of Collins Street this week, with the most frequent response being: "it's a not brainer!"
Five rides on offer in Cycle Challenge
There's still space in the Becks Mitre 10 Western Tiers Cycle Challenge on Sunday 24 March if you want to test your ability to complete one of the five course lengths on offer.
Leaving from Prospect Vale Park, you can choose to do the 24km, 52km, 76km, 100km, or 140km routes through the Meander Valley and returning to the park, leaving from 8am and 10.30am and costing a flat rate of $45 for adults and $15 for children.
More information and links for registration at https://tascyclechallenge.org.au. Money raised from the ride goes to New Horizons, which helps empower people with a disability.
