The Cycling Resource Centre is maintained by the Australian Bicycle Council (ABC). The ABC is the national body that manages and coordinates implementation of the Australian National Cycling Strategy 2011 - 2016.
A copy of the Australian National Cycling Strategy 2011 - 2016 is available here. The vision for the Strategy is to 'double the number of people cycling in Australia by 2016'.
27th Jan 2012
In January 2012 the French Government launched a national cycling strategy to encourage the French to spend more time on their bicycles. Government figures suggest that while more than half of daily trips in France are less than three kilometres, only three percent of these are made on a bicycle. The new strategy aims to increase this to 12 percent by 2020.
25th Jan 2012
This info graphic, produced by the online blog Good and the design firm Part and Parcel, was published online in June 2010. It uses data from the US Federal Department of Transport to illustrate how rates of walking and cycling have grown as funding has increased.
24th Jan 2012
The Benchmarking Project is an on-going effort by the Alliance for Biking & Walking to collect and analyse data on bicycling and walking in all 50 US states and the 51 largest US cities. This third biennial report includes: bicycling and walking levels and demographics; bicycle and pedestrian safety; funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects; written policies on bicycling and walking; bicycle infrastructure; bike-transit integration; bicycling and walking education and encouragement activities; public health indicators; and the economic impact of bicycling and walking.
23rd Jan 2012
The South Australian Government has produced 14 cycling maps covering the Adelaide metropolitan area from Gawler in the north to Willunga in the south and from the coast to the hills. Bikedirect is a network of bicycle routes across the Adelaide metropolitan area that was developed to encourage cycling. The Bikedirect maps provide options for people with different needs and abilities and show main roads, bicycle lanes, local streets and off-road paths.
23rd Jan 2012
This research paper by Roger L Mackett and Belinda Brown, Centre for Transport Studies, University College London was released in December 2011. It contains a review of the literature in the field of transport and physical activity. It was funded by the Department for Transport.
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