NSW struggles to get into gear as bicycle usage lags behind
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NSW struggles to get into gear as bicycle usage lags behind
Postby diggler » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:28 am
Motorists hate cyclists and cyclists hate the motorists and the pedestrians hate the bikers and everybody hates the trucks.
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Re: NSW struggles to get into gear as bicycle usage lags beh
Postby diggler » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:26 pm
I'm guessing life is different in the Territory. Sydney has bike hostile traffic. Maybe for kids to get around, bikes are the best option i.e. no public transport, long distances, no pedophiles.
Just speculating.
Just speculating.
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Re: NSW struggles to get into gear as bicycle usage lags beh
Postby ruscook » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:43 pm
Helmets are just as mandatory according to this:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=ca ... ke_6N_qhFw
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=ca ... ke_6N_qhFw
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Re: NSW struggles to get into gear as bicycle usage lags beh
Postby damhooligan » Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:13 pm
There could also be a small difference between 'it's the rules' and 'it's tolerated'Oxford wrote:thanks for the link. the way I read page two top left corner is that helmets for adults are only required when riding on the road or bicycle lane part of a road, so not required when riding on a foot path. maybe this is a partial explanation for higher participation rates?ruscook wrote:Helmets are just as mandatory according to this:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=ca ... ke_6N_qhFw
I'm guessing the latter..
Also, after looking some statistics on this site ;
http://www.roadsafety.nt.gov.au/transpo ... ndex.shtml
You wil see that so far this year, there has been no bicycle fatality at al, none.
And last year, also none, from the 50 people that have died not one of them was a cyclist.
That might also help to contribute to the people willing to ride a bike... ...
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Re: NSW struggles to get into gear as bicycle usage lags beh
Postby ruscook » Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:32 pm
participation rate might be skewed by the population size <240,000 for the whole territory. That's less than some of our individual local council areas in Sydney, Blacktown 299,000 in 2009.
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