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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.
We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future.
The new lanes are key routes identified in City of Melbourne's Transport Strategy 2030 which was developed with extensive community consultation over 2018 and 2019. This project will help people to become confident riders with a connected network of safe and protected bicycle lanes and high-quality bicycle parking facilities.
Your feedback will help us to evaluate the impact of these projects and identify where improvements are needed. Some examples of things we may be able to change as a result of your feedback include neighbourhood parking controls, small scale infrastructure improvements, signage, providing support resources and behaviour change programs.
On Tuesday 7 June 2022, Council resolved to pause the further
installation of new protected bike lanes in the CBD for 12 months and instead
prioritise the delivery of key strategic cycling corridors into and out of the
city, including Arden Street, Macaulay Road and Royal Parade.
You can learn more on the project overview page or read about the feedback we’ve heard.
Complete the survey below to have your say on a specific route or add a comment to the map for one or more routes.
Tell us about your experience using the bike lanes in a particular location. Add a marker to the map and leave your comment, with the option to add an image too.
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Installation of the protected bike lanes commenced in July 2020 on Drummond Street and Faraday Street in Carlton.
On Tuesday 7 June 2022, the Council resolved to pause the further installation of new protected bike lanes in the CBD for 12 months and instead prioritise the delivery key strategic cycling corridors into and out of the city, including Arden Street, Macaulay Road and Albert Street.
You can find a list of completed and upcoming routes on the City of Melbourne website.
Before the restrictions, nearly one million people travelled into the city each day, with most people travelling on public transport.
Because of social distancing requirements we’ve seen public transport patronage reduced by 85 per cent.
If everyone switches from public transport to driving as they return, the city will be at a standstill.
These bike lanes will help to reduce congestion by providing a safe alternative to move more people, in less space, while maintaining social distance.
With many of our footpaths less than two metres wide, we need to provide more space for pedestrians to pass safely.
We are looking at supporting the safe movement of people on our ‘Little Streets’ in the CBD including pedestrian and bike friendly treatments.
Upgrades to ‘Little Streets' will provide safe bicycle access throughout the city and will also improve safety for people walking.
This will include 20 kilometre per hour shared zones – where pedestrians are prioritised and cars and bike give way to people walking. This will make it safe for pedestrians to use the entire street and support social distancing.
As part of our Transport Strategy 2030, we identified that 89 per cent of trips within the Hoddle Grid are made on foot, but only 26 per cent of street space is allocated to footpaths.
Our community told us that the most common experience when walking in the city was ‘feeling overcrowded’. To get the city up and running again and support local business we need to provide more space for people to walk comfortably.
All of the works being undertaken are compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act.
Information about the works is being shared with Disability groups via City of Melbourne’s email networks.
Wayfinding signage and directional help for pedestrians will be provided where there are significant impacts.
We will relocate any existing disability parking as close by as possible.
As part of our Transport Strategy, City of Melbourne is delivering a program of protected bike lanes and pedestrian improvements across the municipality by 2030.
A list of upcoming/proposed routes can be found on the City of Melbourne website.
These are bike lanes made with barriers that are relatively quick to produce and install.
They are made off-site at a local manufacturer in Geelong and are then lifted into place.
It takes about 10 minutes to manufacture each metre-long block and seven minutes for each to be installed on-site.
They will be functional for years to come and can be progressively replaced with fixed lanes over time as required.
The barriers are made using recycled glass diverted from landfill and locally sourced resin. Each block contains about 30 kilograms of recycled glass sourced locally from Victoria, including City of Melbourne. This equates to about 30 to 50 percent recycled material.
Recycled glass bottles and other glass are sourced from multiple sources which have been collected from Victoria, including the City of Melbourne. They are collected, washed with water only, dried and crushed to become a sand-like consistency.
The crushed glass is then mixed with resin to create a Polymer concrete, which is very strong. The product is fully recyclable at end of its life cycle – disused barriers can be recycled into road base.
This is first time in Australia that protected bike lanes are being created using polymer concrete barriers made with recycled materials.
As part of City of Melbourne’s to program to deliver protected bike lanes and pedestrian improvements across the municipality, some on street car parks will need to be removed, but overall the project will have a minimal impact on parking.
The bike lanes identified for fast-tracking are part of our Transport Strategy 2030, which sets out a 10-year roadmap for Melbourne to become a premier cycling city.
Extensive consultation was undertaken on the Transport Strategy 2030 over a period of 18 months. We received the most responses we’ve ever had on a single topic. There were 26,000 visits to the Participate Melbourne page, 1300 formal submissions and a further 1500 social media comments captured.
EY Sweeney’s analysis of the community engagement reported that the transport experience of Melburnians included people feeling overcrowded on footpaths (54%), overcrowded on public transport (38%) and experiencing unsafe conditions for cyclists (39%).
Cycling received the most submissions (366) with 90 per cent supporting the suggestions in the cycling discussion paper including the need for physically separated cycle ways. The most common response about the experience of cycling in Melbourne was ‘unsafe and intimidating’.
Throughout the Transport Strategy 2030 consultation, we also held numerous briefings and workshops with State Government transport agencies and industry peak bodies.
We have continued this engagement since the adoption of the Transport Strategy 2030 in October last year, including pre-engagement with State Government and industry bodies on the fast-tracking of these bike lanes due to COVID-19.
Timeline item 1 - complete
Implementation of first round of priority routes
Installation of bike lanes across the first priority routes begins.
July 2020
Timeline item 2 - complete
Community consultation
Community feedback collected throughout this time will help us to continually monitor and identify where improvements are needed in implementing this project.
From 31 August 2020
Timeline item 3 - complete
Next stage of implementation
Installation of high-priority routes complete
December 2020
Timeline item 4 - active
Installation of remaining routes
Ongoing until 2030
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Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners
The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.
We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future.
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