31-July-2024

Bicycle NSW held a meeting on 15 May 2024, attended by members from various BUGs, including St George. Some of the issues BNSW is currently involved with:

- trying to have police enforce the minimum passing distance between bikes and vehicles;
- taking bikes unboxed on regional trains;
- overturning police fines, where cyclists have been fined for riding on the road when there is a cycle path beside it!! (Did you even know that was against the law?)
The Fernleigh Track has been extended a further 5kms.
There are calls out for any certified ride leader to become a Master Ride Leader, so please let us know if you’d like to become one.
Bayside Council
1. A motion has been proposed for a shared pedestrian and cycle path from President Avenue to Riverside Drive in Sans Souci, along the greenway. This area was originally earmarked for the M6 but that has been put on hold indefinitely, and probably won’t go ahead along this green corridor anyway.
2. We have added a submission to “Have your say” Bayside regarding the upcoming enhanced facilities near Eve Street, Arncliffe, asking them to ensure that the right-hand turn from Eve Street to the cycle path that goes under the M5 is made more suitable.
Currently there is a gate and bollards which are obstructed from view by overgrown bushes. This is dangerous for cyclists turning at this corner from either direction, often at high speed.
3. We have also requested Bayside upgrade the shared footpath between Wolli Creek and Tempe (on the western side of Princes Highway).

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Pre-July 2024

A win for cyclists!

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Due to the intervention by St George BUG, and especially by ex- President, Kathee Quirk, we have been assured of a pedestrian/cycle bridge over President Avenue in Brighton-Le-Sands, which will connect to the promised M6 cycle path which will commence construction in 2022. The project was signed off by the Planning and Public Places Minister, Rob Stokes. As reported in The Leader of 15 January 2020: "The project includes a new shared cycle and pedestrian pathway through Brighton-Le-Sands, including a bridge over President Avenue."

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Before our submission, the cycle path stopped right at President Avenue, with no safe passage to cross over it. Well done Kathee!!

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On-going advocacy projects 2022

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1.  We are continuing to monitor progress of the Alexandra canal cycleway by the Sydney Gateway Project.

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2.  We are keeping abreast of the proposed SCATL (Sutherland to Cronulla Active Transport) path to ensure it is safe and worthwhile.​

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A better environment for cycling and cyclists

 

Through advocacy we are achieving a better local cycling environment by working collaboratively with Bicycle NSW; local Councils; State and Federal Governments; Bicycle User Groups; Community Groups and other cycling organisations; and by making submissions to relevant government projects as they are announced, e.g. the Sydney Gateway project; 30-Minute Cities project; RMS F6 extension project.

 

Promoting cycling

 

St George BUG promotes and encourages cycling by organising both weekend and weekday rides catering to a mixture of experience, fitness level, age, gender and type of bicycle. We ride in various areas throughout Sydney, the central coast, south coast and Blue Mountains.

 

We also engage in weekend trips away for our members and their partners. 

 

Active transport

 

St George BUG is involved in encouraging members, as well as the wider community, to embrace active transport by utilising the numerous bike paths which are available, while advocating to the relevant government departments the need for further cycle paths, dedicated cycleways and separated cycle lanes on major roads, thus aiding speedier active travel between home and work or places of education, as well as to train stations to connect with rail transport.

 

With the increasing popularity of electric bikes, now is the opportunity to make available active transport links so they will be in place for the expected increase in future use. We encourage the RMS cycleway planners to embrace planning for the future right now.