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Actions to date

VideResponse from governments to letter - link

VIC
  • Melbourne council (7 May 2020) - 12 kms of cycleways and footpaths
  • Melbourne - 7 News (8 May 2020) - Carparks set to make way for popup
  • Melbourne - The Age (14 June 2020) - Hundreds of car parking to go as a city embraces cycling
  • Melbourne - City of Melbourne - (15 June 2020) - Fast tracking 40 kilometres of new bike lanes
NSW
  • Department of Planning, Industry and Environment  - Temporary cycleways Order 2020 
  • City of Sydney (18 May 2020)  - 6 new cycle links,     6 new cycleways twitter post,  project detail website
  • Department of Planning, Industry and Environment - $15 million for NSW councils for immediate pilot projects, such as widening footpaths, and creating cycle lanes. (8 May 2020) 
  • Waverley Council - Local road closures to allow children to play (14 March 2020)
  • Transport for NSW -
    • (18 May 2020) - 6 new popup cycleways announcement. NSW government website link
    • Automated pedestrian lights signage (automation was already in place)
    •  (2 July 2020) - First popup cycleway opens - link
    • Popup infrastructure - link
    • Transport Plan - link
    • Video (29 July 2020) - link
  • Randwick Council - Closed car parks near beaches
  • Fairfield Council - Lights on at parks for exercise
  • City of Sydney - Cycling bucks the trend as a safer way to travel (data analysis, and 1-on-1 bicycle confidence course offers)
  • Centennial Parklands - Closed to vehicle traffic
  • City of Sydney (8 May 2020) - George Street, Sydney pedestrian zone
  • Liverpool city (8 May 2020 ) - Railway street, Liverpool Laneway transformed to pedestrian zone
  • City of Newcastle (5 August 2020) - Popup cycleway Honeysuckle drive
Queensland
  • Brisbane council - (27 May 2020) - Pop up bike lanes
  • Queensland government  (18 June 2020) - COVID stimulus​
ACT
  • Fast Track program includes walking and cycling projects link

Call for action

National
  • Public open letter from leading health and transport experts: Link to document
NSW
  • Committee for Sydney (23 April 2020) - Request to build cycle network in 3 years.
  • Committee for Sydney (1 May 2020) - COVID 19 recovery strategy
  • Sydney Business Chamber (9 May 2020) - Funding councils to improve Sydney's walkability is good for business
  • WalkSydney (26 April 2020) - Call to close streets for walking. Support #SpaceForHealth
  • BIKEast (23 April 2020) - Media release supporting Open letter
  • Bike North - Request for COVID19 temporary bike lanes on Sydney Harbour Bridge and Pacific Highway​
  • Sydney Morning Herald - (19 May 2020) - Cycling group wants Harbour Bridge lane for commute​​
QLD
  • Space 4 Cycling - Subway style map - link
  • Bicycle Queensland - National survey on cycling during COVID. It only takes 5 minutes, and you will be entered for a cash prize. Survey closes Friday 8th May, 2020. 
  • Space4Cycling has been producing some great videos highlighting issues of space.
    • One about the Healthy Streets campaign with a local example of how existing infrastructure is not up to standard
    • A quick illustration of importance of pedestrian crossings or refuges if you're travelling with children
  • Queensland Walks & Bicycle Queensland - sent a collaborative letter to Mayor and Councillors.
  • Bicycle Queensland - Pop up cycleway proposal

Media articles

Campaign has featured in:
  • ABC Newcastle - Interview with @HealthTepi (7 May 2020) - We need space for health
  • The Conversation (29 April 2020) - Physical distancing is here for a while – over 100 experts call for more safe walking and cycling space
  • Fifth Estate (28 April 2020) - Calls to take over road space for active transport
  • Newcastle Herald (27 April 2020) - Why the city needs to go on a road diet
  • The Age (01 May 2020) - Melbourne in a post pandemic world
  • ABC Newcastle (08 May 2020) - We need space for health
  • ABC (17 May 2020) - Australia is facing a 'once in a lifetime opportunity' as cycling booms, advocates say
  • Advancing Physical Activity Supporting Active Lives webinar with Dr Ben Beck (30 June 2020) - link

Government in the public
  • VIC - Sally Capp, Lord Mayor of Melbourne (6 May 2020) - Car parks out, footpaths and cycling lanes in as city prepares for post-COVID commuters
  • NSW - Rodd Staples, Secretary TfNSW (27 April 2020) - Committee for Sydney interview
  • NSW - Rodd Staples (27 April 2020) - NSW transport boss flags potential shake up of Sydney infrastructure plans
  • NSW - Rodd Staples (30 April 2020) - Public transport collapse may have post COVID upside
  • NSW - Howard Collins OBE, Chief Operations Officer, TfNSW (22 April 2020) - Intelligent transport during COVID
  • NSW - Rob Stokes, Planning and Public Spaces Minister (2 May 2020) - Rush to parks and cycleways during shutdown reveals Sydney's great divide
  • NSW - Joanna Haylen - Shadow Minister for Active Transport - Committee for Sydney interview
  • NSW - Rob Stokes, Planning and Public Spaces Minister (8 May 2020) - How the Coronavirus is already shaping the design of parks and streets in NSW.
  • NSW - Transport for NSW - Deputy Secretary Greater Sydney - Elizabeth Mildwater () - UITP ANZ webinar - Maintaining confidence in transport during COVID 19 pandemic - TfNSW response Link to the webinar recording
  • NSW - Andrew Constance MP, NSW Minister for Transport (13 May 2020) - Australian British Chamber of Commerce webinar - link - the Minister encouraged as many to work from home as possible and if commuting, to consider walking or cycling.
  • VIC - Transport Minister - Channel 9 News - (17 May 2020) - Educate kids to get to and from school by active transport - link
  • NSW - Andrew Constance MP, NSW Minister for Transport (30 June 2020) - Committee for Sydney webinar - Transport priorities - link
More people walking and riding
  • Sydney Morning Herald (17 April 2020) - A ton of demand bike shops in recruitment mode
  • Australian Financial Review (13 April 2020) - Inside the coronavirus bicycle boom
  • Canberra Time (16 April 2020) - Canberrans get on their bike as cycle sales surge
  • The Guardian (22 Aril 2020)  - Bicycles the new toilet paper
  • Forbes (22 March 2020) - Generously fund cycleways as covid 19 spread boosts bicycle use 
  • Sunrise (28 April 2020) - Many Aussies riding out Coronavirus on bicycles
  • Fifth Estate (23 April 2020) - Pedestrians and cyclists are taking back the streets
  • Newcastle Herald (30 April 2020) - Newcastle bicycle sales surge
  • Newcastle Herald (16 May 2020) - Public transport use nosedives but cycling activity on Newcastle's Fernleigh track doubles
  • ABC News (09 May 2020) - Omafiets featured in news story about increase in business at bicycle stores - video
  • ABC News (19 Mary 2020) - Cycling gains traction during coronavirus lockdown
  • Broadsheet (26 May 2020) - Sydney is getting six temporary cycleways
  • Hawkesbury Gazette (10 July 2020) - Bike Boom during COVID-19
  • The Guardian (9 January 2021) - Sydney Cycling - Has the city that "hates bikes" finally turned the corner?  
  • Sydney Morning Herald (26 August 2021) - Regular cycling booms in Sydney amid pandemic

Safety concerns​
  • ABC (19 April 2020) - Cycling resurgent as coronavirus prompts families to take back the streets
  • Sydney Morning Herald (16 April 2020) - Delivery riders putting Sydney's pedestrians at risk
  • ABC (19 April 2020) - Avoid pre-coronavirus traffic
  • Illawarra (20 April 2020) - Shared path traffic
  • Brown,  M (8 June 2021) - We all have to walk across roads — why aren’t pedestrians a focus of road safety? The Conversation
Traffic 
  • Sydney Morning Herald (1 April 2020) - Huge falls in toll roads amid Coronavirus
  • Flattening the traffic volume curve - Rachel Kohan
  • ABC (19 April 2020) - Avoid pre-coronavirus traffic
  • Sydney Morning Herald (24 April 2020) - Fears of traffic increase

Global
  • UK Government (8 May 2020)  - 2 billion pound package for walking and cycling
  • Forbes (1 May 2020) - Bicycling booms during lockdown
  • ABC News (13 May 2020) -  New York City breaks record, 58 straight days without a pedestrian fatality
  • CNN (18 May 2020) - For small businesses  survival may hinge on closing streets
  • BBC (25 May 2020) - Drivers plan to walk more to keep cleaner air of lockdown

Managing Transport in COVID - researchers and others
  • ABC Drive (6 May 2020) - Brisbane, Rachel Smith discusses the 4Rs "ReRoute, ReTime, ReMode & Reduce"
  • Sydney Morning Herald (15 May 2020) - Limit on train commuters, more CBD parking, and bike lanes as Sydney returns to work.
  • Sydney Morning Herald (16 May 2020) - 'Carmageddon': Thousands of Sydneysiders to be forced off public transport

Economics
Lee & March (Jun 2010) - Recognising the economic role of bikes: sharing parking in Lygon street, Carlton

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