World Bike Day 2018 – from the PortBUG…
From the PortBUG blog: World Bike Day 2018 in Adelaide was marked by a jointly organised BISA/Bike SACommunity Ride from Victoria Park to Elder Park on […]
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World Bike Day Happy Snaps
Email your World Bike Day Happy snaps to chair@bisa.asn.au Take a happy snap of you enjoying great bicycle infrastructure, whether it is a path, street, crossing, speed, signage or bike […]
River Torrens Linear Park path closure west of Holbrooks Road
The path on the north side of River Torrens west of Holbrooks Road will be closed until September.
BISA’s AGM: new committee, more reports
BISA held it’s AGM on Thursday, 17 May. The committee elected has a familiar look, the changes being that Katie Gilfillan has replaced Fay Patterson as chair and Scott Sims […]
Come to a ‘Be Safe, Be Seen’ Cycling Safety Seminar!
In collaboration with Port Adelaide/Enfield Council the PortBUG will once again be running a free BikeSA/MAC ‘Be Safe, Be Seen’ cycling safety seminar (leaflet attached). When: 4-5pm, Thursday […]
DPTI responds to our concerns
Late last year there was discussion on Adelaidecyclists about a dangerous situation created by recently installed audio-tactile linemarking on Main South Road at Sellicks Hill. We had a look […]
BISA AGM
It’s that time of the year again!! Date: Thursday 17 May 2018 Location: The Joinery, 111 Franklin Street, Adelaide. Time (Speaker): 6:30pm-7:30pm Time (AGM): 7:30pm-8:00pm Our speaker for […]
Bicycle policy scorecard – Election 2018
BISA is happy to release our Bicycle Policy Scorecard to help people vote to support transport cycling this election. We asked all parties to commit to 5 proposals to promote […]
Election 2018 – Investment in cycling: Let’s get serious
It’s election time. BISA has 5 proposals to kick start cycling in SA, including a funding request for: $75million each year for 4 years. Yes, we are serious. To […]
What’s been happening to cycling levels?
The Advertiser has been anguished and Councillors Antic and Moran have been gloating over “plummeting” cycling levels. Yet we seem to see as many cyclists on the city streets as […]
Draft Jetty Road Masterplan
The Draft Jetty Road Masterplan has a number of welcome features, including a 30km/h speed limit and a sensible way of dealing with the notorious Stop 16 tram stop. […]
Prospect Bikeway construction about to start
The signs claiming there is a bikeway have been up for months, but residents have been told that Braund Road will be closed for construction of raised plateaus at the […]
Comments on DPTI’s plans for the South Road / Hillier Road intersection
As is usual with DPTI, we have been told what they intend to do after they have consulted with locals. In the case of Main Road Belair, their plans would […]
North Terrace is to become even worse for cycling
The plans for the tram extension to East Terrace have been made public and its bad news for cycling. With trams having their own dedicated tracks and with passenger loading […]
Our submission to the parliamentary inquiry
The State Parliament’s Legislative Review Committee has established an inquiry into parking and traffic movement. We have no idea of the agenda behind its establishment, but we couldn’t […]
DPTI response to our complaints about Main Road Belair
We have received a response to our letter complaining about DPTI’s plans for Main Road Belair. Our complaint was about the proposed narrowing of the road to provide a […]
30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide, 2017 Update
The 2017 update of the 30 Year Plan has been released. You can find it at the LivingAdelaide website. The whole document is 17MB to download, but we have […]
Parliamentary inquiry into parking and traffic.
The state parliament’s Legislative Review Committee is conducting an inquiry into traffic and parking. The terms of reference are: The regulation by local government of parking and traffic movement in […]
Holdfast Bay Council’s resolution about bike lanes at Stop 16 Jetty Road
We have uploaded an extract from the minutes of the Council’s meeting in May. You can see the resolution here.
We call for measures to remedy DPTI action on Main Road, Belair.
DPTI are putting in pedestrian crossings that will create squeeze points for cyclists. Main Road Belair is already a horrible route for cyclists but unfortunately the topography means that there […]