The City of Melbourne received more than 1000 submissions supporting the new bike lane rollout, but decided stop construction for one year.
About 19 kilometres of protected bike lanes have been built in and around the CBD over the past two years, with a further 71 kilometres planned by 2030.
The council received more than 1,100 written submissions about the bike lanes rollout with 99 per cent calling for no halt to construction of the bike lanes.The City of Melbourne will halt the construction of new bicycle lanes in the CBD for one year despite receiving more than 1000 submissions in favour of continuing with the separated bike lane rollout.
The council received more than 1100 written submissions about the bike lanes rollout, with 99 per cent of submissions calling for no delay in their construction. “I am a living example that you do not need to be a contender for the Tour de France to benefit from riding a bike to work and to the shops and everywhere else,” she said. “You don’t need special clothes. You don’t need a carbon fibre bike. You don’t need to be a particular age.”
“Fifty years ago Amsterdam was heading towards car dependence, but they made and continue to make the decisions every day to make their city a great place to ride a bike,” the researchers said. “City of Melbourne has started to, and can continue to, make these decisions by choosing to proceed with the rollout of CBD bike lanes.”
Councillor Rohan Leppert said he supported the pause because none of the bike lanes that were meant to be built in Spring Street, Bourke Street, Franklin Street, Elizabeth Street, Spencer Street and Flinders Street were “shovel ready”.
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