We should take a lead from Europe

DarrenHunt said:
why does it need to be raised like that?
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Simple... go visit the north side of the bridge, and picture what 2km of elevated pathway could do for cycling convenience.
Right now you come along the bridge, have to descend the stairs at Milsons Pt, weave your way through a busy narrow street to a roundabout, turn up a one way street travelling the wrong way - yes it's marked cycleway - then pick through a few busy and dodgy sections before reaching clear road again.
Not something for anyone but an avid cyclist, I'd say...

By the sounds of this, the pathway allow you to keep your elevation instead of walking down stairs only to climb back up as high as you were, and it misses some pretty unpleasant roads too.
Winner.
 
McBain said:
Ahh, Copenhagen. Yes please.
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I'm in love!

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DarrenHunt said:
from a perspective of working in an engineering environment... it woulda cost 100x as much as you think.
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OK I might have understated my napkin skills a little. I've got a geography degree and work for a large Sydney council (who were nice enough to let me take leave for 15 months) so I'm not completely ignorant of some the processes involved.

The exact merits of the project itself are obviously debatable as shown in this thread but I guess I'm just saying that I found it cool that people could discuss spending large amounts of money on cycling infrastructure.

Total coincidence, I'm sitting in front of the TV whilst typing this and there is an feature on the Canadian equivalent of the ABC about the bike rental programs that are growing in Paris.
 
dcrofty said:
Total coincidence, I'm sitting in front of the TV whilst typing this and there is an feature on the Canadian equivalent of the ABC about the bike rental programs that are growing in Paris.
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This is how my wife and I got around Lyon. Absolutely brilliant.

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Once again i'm going to say, dont get me wrong... great idea... in my eyes its been wrongly executed... along the timeline i think it needs to happen kind of thing, but i'm trying to see the justification in the money when there are so many cheaper things that can be done.

I think this is absolutely brilliant in overcoming the problem of getting into the city from the northside... but the biggest problem is... where the hell do the cyclists go once in the city? thats my issue
 
Ummmmmm...
Women ride bikes in Australia too.
I've been doing it for 15 years and I haven't been shunned from society yet...

axertes said:
So I'm not the only one that is turned on by chicks on bikes?

When I was in places like Nederlands and Denmark people couldn't believe that chicks don't ride bikes. It's pretty well almost socially unacceptable here. I do live in Toowoomba though (uckyuk).

I <3 KBH
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barneroo said:
Ummmmmm...
Women ride bikes in Australia too.
I've been doing it for 15 years and I haven't been shunned from society yet...
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Neither has my girlfriend, but her euro insistence on having a basket has made it a near things at times :)
 
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