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Pedal Power ACT Cycling News Roundup
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CYCLING NEWS ROUNDUP

weekly cycling headlines from Canberra, Australia and the world

compiled by Roger Bacon, Pedal Power ACT Advocacy Team
Sunday 12 May 2019

Headline news

REPORT ON CYCLING CASUALTY RATES - AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH & WELFARE
Pedal cyclist injury, deaths and hospitalisations 1999–00 to 2015–16 - Aust Inst Health & Welfare
More can be done to reduce injury and death among cyclists - Pedal Power ACT
3 Charts on the rise in cycling injuries and deaths in Australia - The Conversation
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMITMENTS
Keeping Canberrans connected: Labor to invest in footpath and cycleway upgrades - Barr & Steel
[Map animation] Labor's [ACT] cycleway package - Facebook [Steel]
[UK] STATE OF CYCLING REPORT - BRITISH CYCLING
State of Cycling 2019: the results - British Cycling
The UK's feral roads deter cycling: we need enforcement, not calls for respect - The Guardian
Ending hostility more important than hi-vis or helmets, argues Boardman - Forbes
[UK] JUST ADD POLITICAL WILL, MONEY, AND ATTRACTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
[Video] BBC Newsnight: Boardman sets out the 'three ingredients' to make cycling work - Twitter
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High priority items below are in red type.

Local news

Canberra bike minimum passing rules report finds drivers keep their distance - CT
ACT drivers are keeping their distance - Bicycle Network
Dockless bike share to continue operating - Fitzharris
Age friendly upgrades continuing in Canberra’s suburbs - Steel & Ramsay
Government allocates over $1.6m to improve footpaths in six Canberra suburbs - The RiotACT
$3.5 million has been set aside to redesign the Woden interchange - CT

Andrew Barr rules out Kowen Forest development - CT

National news

Woman charged following fatal hit and run at Lidcombe - Bicycle NSW
[Research] Driver anger towards cyclists in Australia: cyclists as road users - Science Direct
"We can either design for people, or we can design for cars" - Brent Toderian [Twitter]
[VIC] Exhibition Street upgrade a big win for bike riders - Bicycle Network
[WA] McGowan Government takes cycling investment up a gear in State Budget - Minister
Action Area 4: Active travel - Encourage more walking, cycling & public transport use - Heart Fdn

International news

Europe
Cyclists break far fewer road rules than motorists, finds new video study - Forbes
[Video] Back to the tuture in urban design - re;publica 2019 [M Colville-Andersen]
Policy to spend 10% of transport budget on cycling infrastructure - Irish Labour Party
UK
Are ministers finally listening to our calls for funding for cycling? - Cycling UK
Speech to Mayoral Transport Conference, 9 May - Mayor of Sheffield City Region [Dan Jarvis]
Cardiff doctors to prescribe free bike hire to patients - BBC News
Wales catching up with Scotland: further funding boost for green transport - Sustrans
[Video] Do cyclists think they're above the law, and does it even matter? - YouTube
Canada
[Podcast] Car dependency & pro-pedestrian spaces - Omny.fm [Brent Toderian]
USA
Places for Bikes city ratings - People for Bikes
Changing the conversation: a bad idea? Our rhetoric around street safety - Bike Lab
Why America needs a Bike New Deal - League of American Bicyclists
[Podcast panel discussion] Street smarts for smart streets - Tomorrow People
Bike expert's advice to Seattle: 'Make it difficult for people to drive' - Crosscut [Peter Walker]
Latest bike data - San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority
Global
World Bicycle Day, 3 June - World Cycling Alliance
40 mobility leaders to follow on social media (who are also women) - Medium.com
Prince Harry riding to launch the 1-year countdown to the Invictus Games, The Hague, 9 May
Opinions expressed in the Cycling News Roundup are those of the respective authors and are not necessarily those of Pedal Power ACT.
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