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E-bike forum attracts rider interest

Bicycle Network members keen to hear the latest on the e-bike regulation crisis logged on in large numbers to see the E-Bike Forum presentation in early September.

City seeks feedback on plans

The City of Melbourne is seeking community feedback on several corporate planning documents which will guide its future direction in the long and medium term.

Plans for safer Alps link

Alpine Shire is considering plans to make a busy bike link – Back Porepunkah Road – more bike-friendly.

Toowoomba seeks cycleway feedback

Toowoomba Regional Council is calling for community feedback on several proposed cycleway options connecting Newtown residential suburbs to the city centre.

Ministers demand urgent e-bike action from Canberra

The New South Wales and Victorian governments have teamed up to push their federal colleagues towards urgent reform of the flawed legal controls that have plagued the development of the e-bike sector and resulted in numerous battery fires, and now, a proposal to ban e-bikes from trains.

E-bike fires prompt train ban

Thousands of e-bike riders could be deprived of their rights to take their bikes on trains following moves by state governments to outlaw e-bikes and e-scooters from trains because of the risk of battery fires.