How to get more people riding bikes?
WestCycle Board Member Ben Swan explains why the right kind of infrastructure is key – and the role WestCycle and WA’s broader bike riding community is playing in creating change away from car-centrism and toward safer, better connected communities.
Ben is the managing director of Future Proof Consulting, which delivers ESG reports to large and small firms and organisations to foster greener practices. https://futureproofconsulting.com.au/
It was all aboard a WestCycle-driven Healthy Streets Bike Bus recently as part of the Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity (ASPA) Conference that drew an international audience to Perth!
WestCycle has published our 2025 WA Election priorities, which centre on the need to accelerate the delivery of the Long-Term Cycle Network.
WestCycle has published our 2025 WA Election priorities, which centre on the need to accelerate the delivery of the Long-Term Cycle Network.
Latest happenings from the peak body for all forms of bike riding in Western Australia.
Elected Director | Off Road
Tim has been in senior leadership and strategic development roles for more than twenty years. He is currently Director of Executive Education in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University and is a past Assistant Commissioner and General Manager in the public service. He is an Accountant (FCPA) and sits on the Divisional Council of CPA Australia.
Tim has been involved in racing mountain bikes, BMX and triathlon for many years, both as a father of two children who race and as a past and current bike racer. Tim is the current over-50 State Champion in downhill mountain biking. He is also a very regular and enthusiastic transport cyclist; frequently seen in a suit and tie riding to meetings in the city on a mountain bike.
Independent Director
Helen is a Town of Cottesloe councillor and is the current Chair of WestCycle’s Transport Advisory Group.
A medical doctor, Helen is a strong active transport advocate with a focus on health outcomes and social well-being.