Frome Bikeway: Adelaide City Council listens!
Last night Cllr Abiad put up the motion that he foreshadowed, but added a variation: no part of the existing bikeway would be replaced until the section north of Pirie Street […]
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Councillor Abiad moves to have one lane of traffic between Carrington and Wakefield but two lanes north of Wakefield
The agenda of the special meeting to be held on Tuesday 7 March 2017 has been uploaded to our website. 20170307 Adelaide City Council Special Meeting Agenda The essential elements […]
BISA lobbies Adelaide, Unley councillors
BISA chair Fay Patterson has written to each Councillor of the Unley and Adelaide City councils before crucial votes are to be taken on the Rugby-Porter route and the Frome […]
City Bikeways Consultation Report
The City Bikeways Consultation Report has been posted. You can find it here: 20170228 ACC City BIkeways Consultation Council Agenda paper It canvasses the views of businesses, residents, cyclists, professionals […]
Follow up to Pedal Update article on bollards
Our recommendation in the January 2017 Pedal Update that you sue a Council if injured by a non-compliant bollard elicited “disappointment” from the Adelaide City Council. You can read an […]
Access from the River Torrens to North Terrace
We’ve written letters to both the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure and the Lord Mayor seeking assurances that cyclists will be able to ride between the River Torrens and North […]
New Council report on Frome Street
A Council committee will be discussing the options for the Frome Bikeway on Tuesday, 22 November.
Campbelltown Bicycle Plan
The Campbelltown City Council has commissioned a bicycle plan, but is taking a long time to adopt it. We’ve urged its adoption and recommended that it be amended to provide […]
We’ve made some comments on planned improvements to Unley’s Rugby/ Porter route
The Rugby/ Porter route through Unley is probably Adelaide’s most popular on-road cycling route. The Unley Council have plans to make it better. You can see what is planned here: 201611-rugby-porter-concept-plans. […]
Planning minister moves to cut bike parking in the city
For some unknown reason the Minister for Planning John Ran is trying to give himself the capacity to require less bike parking that the Adelaide City Council’s planning rules specify. […]
What we’d like to see in the Bike Strategy, updated
We produced our ideas of what should be in the State bike strategy in early 2015 and we still haven’t seen the promised strategy. It’s been 18 months now and […]
Former BISA chair asks ACC why they are ripping up the Frome Bikeway
Former BISA chair and current Adelaide City resident has written to the Lord Mayor and Councillors asking them why they intend to replace with existing Frome Bikeway with a narrower one […]
Comment on Charles Sturt’s Transport Plan, 2016-2031
The City of Charles Sturt has released a draft Transport Plan covering the next 20 years. It talks about cycling quite a lot, which is not surprising given that new […]
BISA Submission to the Broadview, Clearview and Enfield LATM
Port Adelaide Enfield Council have commissioned a draft Local Area Traffic Management Plan to help alleviate traffic and parking problems in the Broadview, Enfield and Clearview areas. The Levels Bikeway […]
$12m for separated bike lanes in the City
Frome Bikeway extended to the Torrens.
New east west link from Mile End to Kent Town,
“Point to point” bike share scheme.
All good news, though we are worried about proposed changes to the existing Frome Bikeway.
Grange Road, Mitcham safety upgrade
Submission regarding Mitcham and DPTI’s plans for a safety upgrade of the railway crossing on Grange Road. We suggest ways to improve conditions for cyclists.
Minister for Transport Stephen Mullighan’s presentation to the BISA
The Transport Minister Stephen Mulligan addressed the AGM of the Bicycle Institute, 31 May. As far as we know it is the only occasion on which the Minister has shared […]
Crossing Regency Road on the Levels Bikeway – what we’d like to see
It’s good to see the government planning to make crossing Regency Road safer for cyclists using the City-Levels Bikeway. See how we think their plans could be improved further.
Cycling initiatives for the Adelaide Hills
The seat of Mayo looks to be close, with the Liberal’s Jamie Briggs being threatened by the Nick Xenophon Team’s Rebekha Sharkie. Here’s a chance to lobby politicians for better cycling conditions.