It is everybody’s right to have a safe journey to their destination regardless of their method of transport. Knowing the rules and following them is essential for all road users to ensure that we all remain safe and enjoy the journey.
WestCycle, The Road Safety Commission and the cycling community have developed guidelines to promote safer riding on our roads. Creating a more harmonious and safer riding environment will increase the number of people who choose to ride a bike.
2/3 OF OUR JOURNEYS IN A CAR ARE LESS THAN 5km AND CAN BE TRAVELLED IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES ON A BIKE.
These guides will help you ride safely. As riders, we can engage with other road users in a positive manner and with more people riding, our community will accept riding as a way of life and lead to improvements in health and wellbeing, traffic congestion, community cohesion, and environmental outcomes, while saving you money from increasing fuel costs.
The Best Practice Guides do not outline road rules – they communicate principles that you won’t find in a rulebook, and we hope that they are widely adopted within the cycling community. With this in mind, in consultation with numerous stakeholders, we have developed a series of “Best Practice Guides” to riding. The project was made possible through funding from the Road Trauma Trust Account.
We’ve put together a guide aimed at people who ride in groups. It’s to help make group riding safer and more enjoyable for everyone. Many groups have their own set of riding standards, and this guide is not designed to replace them. It is, however, about defining best practice for groups to adopt or modify to suit their individual needs. Whether you ride with a few mates, with a club, or from a café, use this guide to get the best out of your group rides.
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The State Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and Lotterywest are major supporters of WestCycle in Western Australia. Sport and recreation creates vibrant, inclusive and connected WA communities.
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.