“One of the greatest things about cycling is you can do it with 10,000 people or you can do it alone. And you don’t need to engage in the `secret handshake’ of name-dropping, proper equipment usage, and wardrobe in order to do it. Choose a group, choose a fashion, or don’t, it doesn’t matter.” — Bike Snob NYC
Boroondara BUG sees the M1 Widening Project as an opportunity to close the gap in the Gardiners Creek Trail. Zed, from BBUG, explains their innovative solution.
Zed, from Boroondara BUG, says that there will be some fairly major detours on the Gardiners Creek Trail due to the widening of the tollway coming up in the next few months. Also a few changes…
I always thought that, in context, the purpose of a ringing bike bell was obvious. Apparently I was wrong.
Do dog-leg gates and other obstacles really make road crossings safer?
‘Treadly and Me’ spluttered inauspiciously into life on 1 January 2006. So as the year draws to a close, this provides me with the excuse to ruminate on what was and what may be…in this little corner of the web, at least.
It’s odd the things that come to mind while you’re commuting by bike. Lately I’ve been thinking about path surfaces. I don’t know why…
After a three month gap, I take a fresh look at Gardiners Creek Trail–and find a few small improvements have occurred.
This time it was going to be different. After the last debacle there’d be no rushing to get back on the bike…
For regular shared path users, congestion on bike paths has been something for worrying about later–off in the future. But not any more: it’s already arrived on some Melbourne trails.
Neither masterful nor much of a plan, the Gardiners Creek Master Plan is online.
The Solway St Bridge is heading into its second year of official closure.
Stonnington Council has made an interesting improvement to the Gardiners Creek Trail recently, and not far away Boroondara is also doing some really great stuff.