Links & Supporting Papers
"Painted cycle lanes significantly reduce the distance motorists give cyclists". https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/04/16/painted-white-lines-are-not-cyclist-protecting-forcefields-agree-experts/?sh=3de6ecb3fbd0.
"The proportion of people who are ‘confident to ride’ increases from 22% when a standard bike lane is provided (compared with conditions where there are no bike facilities) to as much as 83% if physical separation is installed."
Bike lanes design guideline City Of Melbourne - https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/sitecollectiondocuments/bike-lane-design-guidelines.pdf
Victorian Cycling Strategy 2018-28: https://transport.vic.gov.au/-/media/tfv-documents/walking-and-cycling/victorian-cycling-strategy-2018-28.pdf
"We want to open up cycling to a greater range of Victorians, promoting the benefits of riding a bike to underrepresented groups."
"Roads and related infrastructure should separate pedestrians, bicycles and motor vehicles."
"About 60 percent of Victorians are curious about cycling and like to ride, but they don’t cycle, or cycle less, because they want a safer, lower-stress, better-connected network and a more inclusive cycling culture."
"Women, children and senior Victorians cycle far less than the typical cyclist, who is male and under 45. Making the network safer and lower-stress will increase the participation of underrepresented groups"
local streets have promise to be a useful intervention for saving lives and serious injuries to Vulnerable Road Users in residential areas - https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/2255924/COY-Trial-MUARC-Report-no-340-final.pdf
Women have different infrastructure preferences to men, with a high preference for bike paths or lanes physically separated from motor vehicle traffic: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743507003039
"surveyed over 4,000 Victorians and found more than three-quarters are interested in riding a bike, but only in infrastructure that separates people from cars (such as off-road paths or protected bike lanes)." "Despite low participation, interest in bike riding was high in the outer regions of the Greater Melbourne area." - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140521003200
