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Newly-appointed Greens MLC Robert Simms says South Australia would become the first state in the country to appoint a Walking and Cycling Commissioner, under proposed legislation he plans to introduce next week.
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An Adelaide City councillor who helped vote down the east-west bikeway has called on Town Hall to spend up to $20,000 on a plan for new CBD bike routes.
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Designs for a long-delayed east-west bikeway through the city will be signed off by the end of the year, with the Adelaide City Council rushing to get the $6 million project finished before a $3 million State Government funding offer expires.
Virus restrictions have encouraged walking and cycling and reduced air pollution to a level not seen since 2006. It should be a turning point for post-pandemic transport and climate policy, argues the team who measured a significant drop in global carbon emissions under lockdown.
The long-overdue $12 million city bikeway project is set to have its deadline extended for a second time, with city council backtracking over preferred routes and ongoing construction delays meaning an end date is not likely until 2021.
Painting white lines to mark bike lanes on city roads and assuming cyclists will be safe and motivated to use them is delusional, and does nothing to encourage more people to give two-wheeled city transport a try, argues Daniel Bennett.
Extending the tram network in the CBD will be the target of a new 20-year city transport strategy to be co-developed by the State Government and Adelaide City Council.
