ACT Greens cycling commitments

ACT Greens cycling commitments

CYCLING COMMITMENTS MADE AHEAD OF THE
2020 ACT ELECTION

THE ACT GREENS UNDERTOOK TO:

Allocate a minimum 20% of the roads and parking capital upgrade budget to walking and cycling infrastructure (with a minimum $20 million per year), to build a world class walking and cycling network:

  • Build seven large-scale cycling corridors:
    • Woden to City
    • Molonglo Valley to Civic
    • Northern Molonglo Valley, Belconnen and Civic
    • Improving connections to the Belconnen Town Centre
    • Upgrading the existing shared path on Gungahlin Drive
    • Improving the cycling connection between the Tuggeranong Town Centre and Chisholm
    • Improving cycling access to the City from Ainslie, Hackett, and Watson, and make Ainslie safer
  • Over 100 small upgrades to connect the gaps in our existing walking and cycling network, based on extensive community feedback
  • Develop a 10 year walking and cycling infrastructure priority plan. The plan will include actions to:
    • Fix missing links in local path network
    • Install lighting to improve safety, particularly near public transport
    • Better connect bus stops to people’s houses
    • Add footpaths as necessary in busy areas of Canberra
    • Identify roads that should have separated cycled paths
    • Manage local traffic to improve safety for walkers and cyclists, for example lowering
      speed limits or installing traffic calming measures
    • Continue to roll-out infrastructure upgrades to create age-friendly suburbs
    • Install new seating to assist walkers to have breaks, especially at bus stops
  • Establish an access committee for people with disabilities to guide government on active travel, urban planning and transport design proposal issues. 
  • Ensure more ‘age-friendly suburbs’ are rolled out across Canberra
  • Ensure the ACT Government adopts world’s best practice cycling and walking infrastructure standards.
  • Improve end-of-trip facilities
  • Investment plan and initial funding to progress the Stromlo Forest Park Masterplan ($1M)
  • Make the ACT a premier mountain biking destination ($700,000)