56 groups across Australia unite to call for urgent target-based transport reform by 2035
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If Australia is serious about decarbonising transport, it must quickly establish strong and effective targets, 56 groups have urged.
WestCycle responds to City of Perth draft Bike Plan 2025-2035
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The City of Perth has published a draft Bike Plan that looks forward a decade to 2035. WestCycle has responded and urges people to do the same before Friday, 26 July.
“If you build it they will come”: Unlocking active travel’s potent potential
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WestCycle Board Member Ben Swan explains 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.
New Bayswater Station Project – PSP open
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Shared path now open between Hamilton Street and Guildford Road in Bayswater The Principal Shared Path along Whatley Crescent between Hamilton Street and Guildford Road is now open. Finishing works will continue over the coming months, with the path remaining accessible for bike riders. See the METRONET project page for more details about the current […]
Armadale Line Shutdown: impacts on bike riders
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The Armadale Rail Line will be closed from Monday 20 November 2023 until mid-2025. This will have various implications for bike riders…
Cycling and e-scooters worth 6850 jobs and $2bn to WA
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Cycling and e-scooters are responsible for 6850 jobs in WA and contribute about $2 billion directly and indirectly – $18bn nationally – to the economy, a new report says.
Advocacy Update: PSP Detours Workshop
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Yesterday, 7 November 2023, Wayne Bradshaw (CEO) and I attended a workshop on Principal Shared Path detours with staff from the agencies that deliver or advise on projects that impact the PSP network: Main Roads, the Office of Major Transport Infrastructure Delivery, Public Transport Authority, and Department of Transport.
Building a bike friendly future in car country: WestCycle’s response to the 2023 National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey
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The survey, conducted biennially since 2011, offers a snapshot of riding habits, motivations, barriers, and demographic breakdowns.
Road Safety Week 14-21 May: ‘Drive So Others Survive’ (Drive SOS)
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Driver behaviour in the headlights.