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City of Sydney Enabling Cycling Strategy (Australia)

In November 2010, the City of Sydney published its behaviour change strategy to both  maximise the uptake of the cycling network by inner Sydney residents; and enable cyclists, pedestrians and motorists to interact more considerately and safely. The strategy complements the City's infrastructure investment with a suite of interventions designed to address the social barriers which limit cycling participation for inner Sydney residents and visitors.

The Strategy consists of:

• Analysis of motivators and enabling factors for the desired behaviours, which include:
  -Cycling more regularly;
  - Considerate and legal cycling;
  - Considerate and safe pedestrianbehaviour on shared paths; and
  - Considerate and safe driving aroundcyclists.
• Design principles to guide implementation;and
• Initiative briefs for a range of programs, campaigns and initiatives to address the social barriers to cycling participation in the City of Sydney.

The Strategy aims to contribute to the following outcomes:

• An increase in the number of trips byresidents by bicycle from 2% in 2004 to 5% by 2011, and to 10% by 2016;
• An increase in the number of bicycle trips between 2 and 20 km made in the City ofSydney, as a percentage of total trips, to 20% by 2016;
• To create and maintain a cycling friendly environment in Sydney and to improve the safety of cycling;
• To develop a culture of cycling as a normal transport choice, equal with walking andpublic transport and a preferred mode to motorised travel;
•  To increase the proportion of Sydney cyclists who feel comfortable and confident whenthey are cycling in the City and to ensure that it is 80% or higher by 2016; and,
• To reduce the number of collisions and injuries involving bicycles and achieve a reduction in the number of reported incidents.

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