Thursday, 24 April 2008

Toowoomba needs 'green bike lanes' for safety

Below are some links to the Noosa attempts to make cycling safe.

Do take the time to visit them all and consider how much safer cycling in Toowoomba could become if our council started to think seriously about 'cycling'.

A new approach that says "cycling is OK": http://www.travelsmartnoosa.com.au/index.shtml

And this is how to do it: http://www.travelsmartnoosa.com.au/travelsmartNoosa/index.shtml

Green bike lanes: http://www.travelsmartnoosa.com.au/cycleNoosa/greenBikeLanes.shtml

Bicycle Awareness Zone (BAZ): http://www.travelsmartnoosa.com.au/cycleNoosa/awarenessZones.shtml

Sweeping bike lanes: http://www.travelsmartnoosa.com.au/cycleNoosa/cycleLaneSweeping.shtml

Roundabouts: http://www.travelsmartnoosa.com.au/cycleNoosa/cyclingOnRoads.shtml

Fancy cycling?: http://www.travelsmartnoosa.com.au/cycleNoosa/newToCycling.shtml

As well as these innovative ideas from Noosa, have a look at this short video clip from the 'Portland Box' cycle safety approach:

http://media.ci.portland.or.us/onthemovesmooth/onthemovesmooth.html


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