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City of Sydney Cycling Strategy and Action Plan 2007-2017

The City of Sydney Cycle Strategy and Action Plan 2007-2017 is Council’s commitment to making cycling an equal first choice transport mode with along with walking and using public transport.

The Strategy will provide the infrastructure to ensure a safer and more comfortable cycling environment and the social initiatives to encourage more people to cycle as a means of ordinary transport.

The Strategy is based on a comprehensive analysis of cycling issues by consultants for the City. Significant input was received from the cycling community during its preparation. Significant changes were made in response to the submissions received during the public exhibition period and the findings of the social research to ensure that the greatest numbers of potential cyclists are encouraged onto the network.

Specific aims of the Strategy are:
• Creating and maintaining a comfortable and bicycle friendly environment in Sydney to encourage more residents, visitors and workers onto bicycles;
• Improving cycling safety.
• Promoting the benefits of cycling; and
• Increasing the number of trips made by bicycle in Sydney;

Specific targets include:
• Increase the number of bicycle trips made in the City of Sydney, as a percentage of total trips, from less than 2% in 2006 to 5% by 2011, and to 10% by 2016;
• Increase the number of bicycle trips between 2 and 20 km made in the City of Sydney, as a percentage of total trips to 20% by 2016;
• Achieve a minimum 80% good level of confidence and comfort for cyclists that ride in the City of Sydney by 2016; and
• Measure and monitor the number of collisions and injuries involving bicycles and achieve a reduction in the number of incidents.

Key benefits provided through this Plan are:
• reduced road costs;
• reduced overcrowding on public transport;
• lower greenhouse gas emissions;
• lower air pollution;
• reduced accidents; and,
• Reduced health costs from increasing physical activity.

City of Sydney, 2007, City of Sydney

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