Australia still grapples with how to encourage more walking and cycling, but many cities overseas have already come up with some answers. Churchill Fellow Jo Cruickshank is a Senior Policy Officer with the NT Government and learnt much from researching European cities that have wholeheartedly embraced cyclists. 

Australia still grapples with how to encourage more walking and cycling, but many cities overseas have already come up with some answers. Churchill Fellow Jo Cruickshank is a Senior Policy Officer with the NT Government and learnt much from researching European cities that have wholeheartedly embraced cyclists.&nbsp;

There are so many, many reasons to step away from the car and into healthier, stronger, safer communities. Think bikes, fun, kids, public transport, walking, good planning, smart campaigns. These stories and research help show the way on Active Transport. They trace 7 years of some of the best thinking presented at Australian Walking and Cycling Conferences. The Radio Adelaide producers Nicky Page, Suzanne Reece and Sarah Martin acknowledge the support of the Suzanne Elliott Charitable Trust and their vision to create connected, equitable and generous communities.

There are so many, many reasons to step away from the car and into healthier, stronger, safer communities. Think bikes, fun, kids, public transport, walking, good planning, smart campaigns. These stories and research help show the way on Active Transport. They trace 7 years of some of the best thinking presented at Australian Walking and Cycling Conferences. The Radio Adelaide producers Nicky Page, Suzanne Reece and Sarah Martin acknowledge the support of the Suzanne Elliott Charitable Trust and their vision to create connected, equitable and generous communities.

Step Away from the Car

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Children want to ride bikes to get around independently. All the research confirms this, and it is the driving goal of a growing movement called Kidical Mass.  It’s being nurtured in Adelaide by a parents group called Middleground Motherhood. Their logic and their strategy are first class and Sarah Cleggett is the founder. 

Children want to ride bikes to get around independently. All the research confirms this, and it is the driving goal of a growing movement called Kidical Mass.  It’s being nurtured in Adelaide by a parents group called Middleground Motherhood. Their logic and their strategy are first class and Sarah Cleggett is the founder.

Kidical Mass

Commuter cyclists love long bikeways, but NOT when they are shared with pedestrians, strollers and dogs on leads. James Laing leads Australian cycle planning at Stantec and has some of the answers to this important urban planning dilemma. 

Commuter cyclists love long bikeways, but NOT when they are shared with pedestrians, strollers and dogs on leads. James Laing leads Australian cycle planning at Stantec and has some of the answers to this important urban planning dilemma.

Are Bikeways the way to go?

What is Equity in Transport? Turns out it’s a UN Sustainable Development Goal, and an Australian project aims to “transform planning practices towardsplanning for ALL people”. Project lead Dr Lisa Stafford from the University of Tasmania has the added expertise of getting around in a wheelchair.

What is Equity in Transport? Turns out it’s a UN Sustainable Development Goal, and an Australian project aims to “transform planning practices towards planning for ALL people”. Project lead Dr Lisa Stafford from the University of Tasmania has the added expertise of getting around in a wheelchair.

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