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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.

The state government is planning a new road to Hobart’s port that will arch over the Intercity Cycleway at McVilly Drive, creating an underpass for path users.

After years of advocating for a rail trail on the disused Derwent Valley rail line, the council is seriously considering the project in its draft Upper Derwent Valley Precinct Plan.