The Federal Member for Corio Richard Marles made a speech in parliament recently covering off all the benefits of improved safety for bike riders in our fair city. “In the last two weeks, I have met with Mr Barton van Laar, the President of Bike Safe in Geelong. Barton has spoken to me of a…
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Geelong features strongly in Bicycle Victoria’s top ten list of regional priority projects. They are asking the State Gov. to fund these in the upcoming budget. The top ten are: Lilydale to Yarra Glen Rail Trail Woodend to Daylesford Rail Trail Geelong – Complete the gap in Ring Road Church st to Fyansford for a…
Plenty of people, young and old turned out to enjoy the winter sunshine and re-invigorate a few inner city lanes for the ‘better block’ event. The event strongly supported bike riders of all kinds with easy bike parking, coffee and a cycling forum. The forum at Beav’s Bar was stacked with people passionate about seeing…
WOW… An all-star line up for the upcoming Cycling forum… This just in from the organisers: On Saturday June 15th Cycle Geelong will host a Geelong Cycling Forum: a public discussion about community bicycle transportation, covering aspects such as safety, infrastructure and networks in Geelong. This forum comes at a crucial time in the region with numerous…
The cover of a recent edition of the famous New Yorker. Need it say anymore.
A great video on how the Dutch turned a car town into a mecca for bike riding. More about this clip and a great comparison to Australia’s reluctance to support bike infrastructure here
Bicycle Users Geelong was delighted to welcome Greg Barber (Greens Member of Parliament) to Geelong today.
A recent post from the facebook page of local Geelong Councillor Eddy Kontelj about improving the CBD and lack of bike transport around Geelong. Here it is:
A ride through central Geelong on 11am Saturday 18 May It begins at eastern park and will wind through the city streets and then back to eastern park for a BYO picnic lunch.