Actions to date
VideResponse from governments to letter - link
VIC
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
- 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
- Brisbane council - (27 May 2020) - Pop up bike lanes
- Queensland government (18 June 2020) - COVID stimulus
- 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
- 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.
- Queensland Walks & Bicycle Queensland - sent a collaborative letter to Mayor and Councillors.
- Bicycle Queensland - Pop up cycleway proposal
Media articles
Campaign has featured in:
Government in the public
- 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
Safety concerns
Global
Managing Transport in COVID - researchers and others
Economics
Lee & March (Jun 2010) - Recognising the economic role of bikes: sharing parking in Lygon street, Carlton
- 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
- 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
