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The City of Hobart’s pioneering E-bike Library has celebrated its first birthday, with close to 10,000 km travelled by the bikes over the past year.

New bike counts from across Melbourne show that significantly more people have taken to riding in the past month, in the wake of the growing cost-of-living crisis.

Preliminary figures from the 2026 Super Tuesday count show a 19% increase in the number of e-bikes on roads nationally, compared with 2025.

Many Tasmanian bike shops are seeing an increase in interest and sales of e-bikes in response to the fuel crisis and general cost of living pressures.

On footpaths, speed limits for e-devices will be reduced to 10km/h, and a new offence will make it illegal to ride near pedestrians without due care.

Hobart City Council has started the approval process of its first bike plan in close to 30 years.

The new Victorian Active Transport Plan, which will guide the development of biking and walking across the state for the next decade, has been released.

After years of volunteering as a cycling advocate and ride leader in Tasmania, one of our volunteers went a step further, creating a library of self-guided rides open to all to use. 

Important bike routes through Footscray are open again with the completion of the new $1.5 billion Footscray Hospital.

A 13.8-kilometre shared path planned alongside the final stage of the M1 metro rail line will link the Sydney suburbs of Sydenham and Bankstown.