Bicycle education, like driver education, is an important component of any comprehensive strategy to encourage cycling. Bicycle education can increase safety levels by helping riders become aware of their responsibilities as road users. Education sessions can also teach valuable lessons on riding skills, bike maintenance as well as being a venue to meet fellow riders. The following documents provide an overview of bicycle education for adults:
16th Sep 2011
These guidelines, released by the NZ Transport Agency in July 2011, address cyclist training skills to prepare trainees to cycle confidently on the road. The guidelines have been developed to cater for a range of trainees and suit both school and adult training environments. The guidelines are based on a number of core skills to ensure that demonstrated ability is achieved.
16th Sep 2010
The Collection of Cycle Concepts is a 2000 comprehensive publication of the Danish Road Directorate on cycling. It offers a wide ranging, yet detailed, analysis and discussion on education, promotion, and urban planning for cycling. Although some of it is specific to Denmark, much of the content is internationally relevant.
16th Sep 2010
Bicycle Network Victoria provides this page of links to articles offering tips for improving riding techniques and skills.
16th Sep 2010
Cycling South, the bicycle advocacy group in Tasmania, offers several cycling training courses throughout the year, here listed, and provides information and links to other cycle training programs for adults and children in Tasmania.
16th Sep 2010
This academic paper, authored by B Telfer, C Rissel, J Bindon and T Bosch, was published in 2006 in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.
16th Sep 2010
The Good Practices Guide, released in 2002 by the US Department of Transportation, was designed as an informational resource for educators and other interested professionals in planning and developing bicycle safety education programs. The Guide examines 15 existing bicycle safety education programs in the United States and one from Canada.
16th Sep 2010
This 2006 publication of the Bicycle Federation of Australia was funded by the the Department of the Environment and Heritage. The intent of the project was to determine best-practice in adult cycling proficiency training (CPT) programs and make recommendations for the development of a community-based CPT program for adults (and an associated train-the-trainer program) to enable and encourage adults to ride bicycles for transport, recreation and tourism.
16th Sep 2010
AustCycle has been developed to provide all Australians access to consistently high quality, accredited cycle training.
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