Wednesday October 12th is Ride to Work Day 2011. Join the 1000s of others who will ride their bike to work on Wednesday, many of who doing it for the first time.
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A number of improvements have recently been completed on the Bellarine Rail Trail by the City of Greater Geelong.
The new plan from the City of Greater Geelong for the Northern Section of the Swanston Street Bike Link is now available for community feedback. The plan, which covers the section of Swanston Street North from McKillop Street, features almost exclusively one-way bike paths adjacent to existing footpaths.
The Belmont Criterium Track was officially opened yesterday. Geelong Mayor John Mitchell, councillor Bruce Harwood, and South Barwon MP Michael Crutchfield were in attendance, along with many members of the Geelong Cycling Club, the Geelong Veterans Cycling Club and the wider cycling community.
Have you thought about starting to ride your bike for the commute to work? Or do you want to celebrate the fact that you are already riding to work? Either way, why don’t you register for Ride to Work Day and join with thousands of other commuters across Victoria riding their bikes to work on…
The City of Greater Geelong has proposed the use of on street bike lanes instead of Copenhagen style lanes on the Swanston Street development. The on street lanes will be between the parallel parked cars and the regular traffic lane, with a painted divider similar to that shown in the picture.
The construction of the stage 1 of Geelongs Home of Cycling, the criterium circuit, has been delayed. The criterium circuit is to be built on Belmont Common near the Barwon Valley Activity Centre, but construction has been delayed from starting due to a number of hold ups regarding environmental and planning impacts. Work is expected…
Bicycle Users Geelong are concerned that resident opposition may cause the council to decide to not implement the plan or to implement a new version that is less safe or of less benefit to cyclists. A petition of 300 signatures from residents and users of Swanston St and surrounds that are against the current plan…
The City of Greater Geelong is conducting a survey about shared trails in the Geelong region. You can access the survey on the COGG website. (Update: the survey is no longer available) Survey responses can be entered up until March 26th.
The City of Greater Geelong has now posted a page for the Swanston Street Bike Route on the Have Your Say section of the COGG website. The maps made available at the public consultation meetings in December can be downloaded from this page. You can also submit your feedback and suggestions or ask a question…