“Bicycle Parking” in the redeveloped Town of Claremont Shared Space

I am re-blogging in part an very interesting and thought provoking post at Bicycle Perth on the Town of Claremont’s Shared Space project and how it has impacted on cyclists and in particular the provision of bicycle parking which has gone from eight u-bars to none, yep their great shared space project is now providing no bicycle parking.  I guess the Town of Claremont’s idea of shared space is a space shared by motor vehicles and pedestrians. Not fun at all. Continue Reading…

Cyclists on the South Perth Foreshore *

CausalCyclist has passed on an email from Main Roads WA advising that  they will commence essential repairs to the Swan River wall opposite Judd Street in South Perth. This remedial work will impact on the Principal Shared Path (PSP) that runs along this section and hence will impact on cyclists using the path. Continue Reading…

The Sustainable Transport Coalition of WA is holding a cycling forum on Monday November 19, 2012 at 5:30 PM at Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth.

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City of Fremantle Bicycle Parking Rack

The Fremantle-Cockburn Gazette’s Rachel Watts is reporting the City of Fremantle will put forward for consideration a scheme amendment, known as Scheme Amendment No. 55 to Local Planning Scheme No. 4 (LPS4) that will put in place standards for the number of high, medium and low security bicycle racks and end-of-trip facilities depending on development size. Continue Reading…

The opening of the Bassendean section of the Guildford Road PSP*

The Minister of Transport Mr Troy Buswell in a press release dated October 10, 2012 has announced that two railway bridges (Third Avenue railway bridge and the Seventh Avenue railway bridge) in Maylands will be upgraded with the upgrades commencing in 2013. The upgrade will include the development of new pedestrian/cycle paths which hopefully will connect to the Guildford Road Principal Shared Path.

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