More money for cycleways, Parramatta to CBD link to start

[g-boaf]

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/rob ... 59u5h.html

This is very positive.

[Retrobyte]

Absolutely is. Adding a cycleway from Meadowbank/Rhodes to the CBD would fill a big missing link in the now excellent Parra river cycling infrastucture.

[g-boaf]

Absolutely is. Adding a cycleway from Meadowbank/Rhodes to the CBD would fill a big missing link in the now excellent Parra river cycling infrastucture.

Absolutely, and the other missing link is between Cumberland Highway and Wallgrove Road along the Great Western Highway. Putting a path along that section of GWH would get a 24/7 link between the current M4 shared path and the M7 cycleway going to North West and South West Sydney.

Prospect Dam is fairly useless now - it will be closed in about 6 weeks for probably months or maybe even longer, and they close it early morning and at night, that's hopeless, often I commutes home I would have to take a detour because it closed at 4:30pm, before I even left work.

[baabaa]

Absolutely is. Adding a cycleway from Meadowbank/Rhodes to the CBD would fill a big missing link in the now excellent Parra river cycling infrastucture.

Fingers crossed this comes good - decades late, but never too late

[trailgumby]

BNSW had a session with Rob Stokes prior to the portfolio reshuffle. There is cause to be optimistic that the intent is genuinely a result of the Minister internalising the need for greater mode switch to active travel.

Also noted reporting in this morning's SMH of quotes from him indicating an intent to do something about removing legal roadblocks to greater adoption of e-scooters, which are presently illegal to use in NSW outside private property.

[g-boaf]

Absolutely is. Adding a cycleway from Meadowbank/Rhodes to the CBD would fill a big missing link in the now excellent Parra river cycling infrastucture.

Fingers crossed this comes good - decades late, but never too late

God I would have used that when I worked in the CBD. Far better than my run through Granville, across the railway bridge then all the way in on Parramatta Road. The area around Five Dock and coming down to the Audi dealer on the left was the bit I least liked, that part was very, very fast. An off road solution would have been a lot more relaxing.

I've never had anything to do with this Minister but I've also got reason to believe he will try to do something positive based on a few things.

[duncanm]

God I would have used that when I worked in the CBD. Far better than my run through Granville, across the railway bridge then all the way in on Parramatta Road. The area around Five Dock and coming down to the Audi dealer on the left was the bit I least liked, that part was very, very fast. An off road solution would have been a lot more relaxing.

man - that's a pretty sucky route.

I used to do Sth Parramatta to Balmain by using the under-M4 bike path to Duck Creek, Adderly St into SOC, then Concord West, Canada Bay, Lyons Rd then variations through Five Dock.

That was after a couple of years of using Queens Rd.

No way I'd go anywhere near Parramatta Rd.

[g-boaf]

Harold Charles Woolfe Scruby's thoughts on this:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/upg ... l#comments

This is the same Scruby of Mosman who hit a runner with his Mercedes as was reported in newspapers of the time.

[trailgumby]

Harold Charles Woolfe Scruby's thoughts on this:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/upg ... l#comments

This is the same Scruby of Mosman who hit a runner with his Mercedes as was reported in newspapers of the time.

At least he's on board with the promoting the 30km/hr rule.

Pedestrian Council of Australia is a one-man band and has very few members - if any - apart from Harold the Headline, and represents mostly nobody. A look at previous financial statements for PCA appears to show nearly all income comes from organising walking events around the city for (from memory) local councils and charities. Income from members is under $100. Most expenditure is on advertising ($600k), but a significant chunk ($300k) is on "consulting" - I suspect Harold's services.

It's one way, I suppose, of creating a retirement income.

[find_bruce]

Hadn't heard from arold screwloose in ages - I assumed either his fax machine had died or he had retired along with his mate drunken, but it seems not.

Fairly typical scrambled thinking - complains that pedestrian buttons have been deactivated & then says they should be removed.

Despite the claim to represent Australia, his area of interest is limited by Mosman, Cleveland St, Eastern Distributor & Anzac Bridge

[g-boaf]

God I would have used that when I worked in the CBD. Far better than my run through Granville, across the railway bridge then all the way in on Parramatta Road. The area around Five Dock and coming down to the Audi dealer on the left was the bit I least liked, that part was very, very fast. An off road solution would have been a lot more relaxing.

man - that's a pretty sucky route.

I used to do Sth Parramatta to Balmain by using the under-M4 bike path to Duck Creek, Adderly St into SOC, then Concord West, Canada Bay, Lyons Rd then variations through Five Dock.

That was after a couple of years of using Queens Rd.

No way I'd go anywhere near Parramatta Rd.

It’s what you do when you have to get to work quickly. Some saturdays I used to do it 34km/h average speed with very little traffic. It wasn’t the most enjoyable route. Afternoon I’d just jump on the train instead because it was far too busy.

[g-boaf]

I got a letter from the Department responsible around this. Basically a response from a template with bits and pieces added and information on budgets and spending.

I’m still suspicious - change needs to come faster IMO.

I guess the recent rain event probably sets things back.

[g-boaf]

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/why ... 5abb7.html

Preventing road block protests, but the irony is that if there were more alternatives to driving this might not be such a problem.

[am50em]

Castlereagh Street will be transformed into a tree-lined boulevard with outdoor dining and a segregated cycleway.
The 800-metre, two-way cycleway stretching from King to Liverpool streets would provide a “missing link” in the city’s bicycle network.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/cyc ... 5ac32.html

[g-boaf]

Cycle way corridors defined - finally:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/pla ... 5agiy.html

But it hasn’t been signed off by Alan Jones, Ray Hadley yet.

This is very important and sets us up for cycle commuting to be a major transport element. Maps and plans are great, however they have to be built.

As for scruby and his warnings, e-scooters don’t worry me, they have been around long enough in my area and don’t cause too many bothers. If it wasn’t that, Scruby would complain that bikes should have 10km/h speed limits or require rego.

[am50em]

At least some high level planning for across Sydney.
https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/operat ... -corridors

Which has link to (March 2023 PDF)
https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system ... mmary.pdf

[am50em]

Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 receives federal approval

The Federal approval covers the full project, which will connect Stage 1 and the Parramatta CBD to Sydney Olympic Park via Camellia, Rydalmere, Ermington, Melrose Park and Wentworth Point.

The first phase of delivery is the construction of a new 320-metre public and active transport bridge over Parramatta River between Wentworth Point and Melrose Park.

State planning approval was granted in February 2024 and came after the NSW Government allocated an additional $200 million in the 2023-24 NSW Budget to expedite the project’s planning processes.

The bridge will provide a much-needed active and public transport link to connect the growing communities north and south of the river, unlocking the Greater Parramatta and Olympic Park peninsula.

https://www.railexpress.com.au/parramat ... -approval/

[zebee]

So here's hoping it's more than a narrow shared path like the bridge from Wentworth Point to Rhodes.

[g-boaf]

Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 receives federal approval

The Federal approval covers the full project, which will connect Stage 1 and the Parramatta CBD to Sydney Olympic Park via Camellia, Rydalmere, Ermington, Melrose Park and Wentworth Point.

The first phase of delivery is the construction of a new 320-metre public and active transport bridge over Parramatta River between Wentworth Point and Melrose Park.

State planning approval was granted in February 2024 and came after the NSW Government allocated an additional $200 million in the 2023-24 NSW Budget to expedite the project’s planning processes.

The bridge will provide a much-needed active and public transport link to connect the growing communities north and south of the river, unlocking the Greater Parramatta and Olympic Park peninsula.

https://www.railexpress.com.au/parramat ... -approval/

I feel I should request deletion of my original post / whole topic because obviously in 2024 nothing has happened and that was posted back in 2022.

As with everything cycling related, I’ll be dead before 2km of cycling paths are done.

Even the resurfacing of a relatively tiny bridge out my way (Guildford) took over a month.

With the pandemic encouraging more people to venture outdoors, Mr Stokes will also outline to a summit his ambition for work to start on a major walking and cycling link between Sydney’s central business district and Parramatta.

“An active path from Sydney to Parramatta will shape not just how we get around, but our land use decisions,” he will tell the Committee for Sydney summit on Monday.

Not in my lifetime.

[Retrobyte]

So here's hoping it's more than a narrow shared path like the bridge from Wentworth Point to Rhodes.

This is what is in the plans, in terms of artist impression of the bridge ...

[am50em]

That would be nice!

[g-boaf]

So here's hoping it's more than a narrow shared path like the bridge from Wentworth Point to Rhodes.

This is what is in the plans, in terms of artist impression of the bridge ...

Needs a fence between pedestrian section and bicycle part, otherwise pedestrians will walk 6-8 across the whole entire width.

[am50em]

Transport for NSW has created three temporary cycling routes to help inner-west residents get to other stations during the shutdown of the Bankstown line.

Cycling advocates have urged the department to make further improvements including lowering speed limits to 30kph on local streets.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-27/ ... /104401808

[zebee]

Those routes are a bit thing. The obviously thing one is anything getting from Cooks River path to Sydenham because the "take your chances" crossing Marrickville Rd is still there. If you are willing to ride on the footpath you can cross Sydenham Rd at the new ped lights which is something. (not that the official route suggests that, and the Please Walk Your Bike to get off Marrickville Rd, what's that?)

https://transportnsw.info/southwest-lin ... -transport

also, since when is there bicycle infra on Livingstone Rd?

[Retrobyte]

Transport for NSW has created three temporary cycling routes to help inner-west residents get to other stations during the shutdown of the Bankstown line.

Cycling advocates have urged the department to make further improvements including lowering speed limits to 30kph on local streets.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-27/ ... /104401808

All the photos in the article show people walking their bikes. Not a single rider.