We are proposing to install protected bike lanes along Arden Street and Macaulay Road in North Melbourne and Kensington. These works are part of our program to deliver a network of new, protected bike lanes across the municipality, providing a safer journey for all bike riders and road users.

To date, more than 19km of bike lanes have been rolled out, resulting in a 22 per cent increase in usage. Bike lanes not only provide a safer journey, but also support a cleaner, greener Melbourne.

Arden Street and Macaulay Road are two key routes identified in Council’s Transport Strategy 2030, which was developed with extensive community consultation and has in its vision that Melbourne will be Australia’s premier cycling city.

The new bike lanes align with the Macaulay Structure Plan and Arden Precinct Structure Plan and what was heard from the community through consultation on these plans.

The proposed bike lanes will run 1.5 km in each direction on Arden Street and 1.4 km in each direction on Macaulay Road. The bike lanes will be located next to the kerb and will be separated from traffic by separation kerbs and parking bays.

To provide space for the new protected bike lanes, traffic lanes and parking bays will need to be adjusted and reduced along some sections. The proposed works will remove 41 parking bays (198 retained) in Arden Street and 40 parking bays (132 retained) in Macaulay Road. The plans below show the proposed works including a summary of key changes for each section

The improvements will link the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and Capital City Trail with existing protected bike lanes on Abbotsford Street.

We asked for your feedback on the draft design plan for the proposed bike lanes. While the location for the bike lane improvements is final, some examples of things that could be changed as a result of your feedback included parking controls, drop off and loading zone locations, pram ramps and street amenity improvements.

View the draft design plan

Community consultation

Find out what the community said about bike lanes

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Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    Community consultation

    Wednesday 26 April to Wednesday 24 May 2023.

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    Review feedback

    We will carefully consider all feedback received during the community consultation period.

  • Timeline item 3 - complete

    Results of the community consultation will be published on the Participate Melbourne website.

    Results of the community consultation will be published on the Participate Melbourne website.

    October 2023

  • Timeline item 4 - complete

    The Department of Transport and Planning has approved the Arden Street design plans

    2024

  • Timeline item 5 - active

    Works commence on Arden Street riding lanes

    June 2024

    Read the Works Notice (PDF 4.83 MB)

  • Timeline item 6 - incomplete

    Arden Street riding lanes are complete

    Late 2024

  • Timeline item 7 - incomplete

    The Department of Transport and Planning has approved the Macaulay Road design plans

    TBC

  • Timeline item 8 - incomplete

    Works commence on the Macaulay Road riding lanes

    TBC

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