Ride to Shops

Some of the shortest car trips are to local shops. Cycling is most competitive as an alterative to the car for these short distance journeys. There are a range of options for carrying your shopping home and the following links are provided to assist in finding the right solution to your needs:

  • Cycling Promotion Fund, website, Shopping by bike.
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    Outlines the benefits of travelling to the shops by bicycle and provides tips to make it easy and convenient.
  • Shopping by bike
    Department for Planning and Infrastructure (WA)Visit Site
  • Streets Ahead: supporting children to get active in their neighbourhood
    VicHealth developed the Streets Ahead program in 2008 to build on the successes of the Walking School Bus (WSB) Visit Site  program to allow for the development of more comprehensive and flexible children's independent mobility demonstration projects in five communities in Victoria.  Six Council's have been funded to implement the Streets Ahead program Visit Site  in July 2008.
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International:

  • On the Street - Happy Trails
    Produced by Simone S. Oliver, The New York Times - video library (3:10 mins)
    It seems like everyone, with or without a safety helmet, is on wheels, from scooters and skateboards to inline skates and pedal carts.
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  • Japanese Bike Mamas Revolt - Government Relents (a Little)
    April Streeter,   22 July 2009, Sweden: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation includes video (3.39 mins)
    In Japan, sidewalk riding was one of the practices banned when the country reviewed its traffic laws. Along with that, however, the venerable urban biking tradition of moms (and some dads and grandparents) carrying two children on their low-slung safety bikes called 'mamachari' (Japanese slang term composed of 'mama' and 'charinko' or bike) for daily errands and school pickups also nearly became banned due to safety concerns. Outraged Japanese parents protested, and the government relented...at least a little. Click forward to see a fully pimped out mamachari bicycle and read more about Japanese cycling.
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  • Oxfordshire County, United Kingdon - Travel Plans
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    • Planning your journeys
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      Plan your own active, safe and low carbon journey.
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