Nipaluna\/Hobart will be at the centre of an exciting national trial to roll out more bicycle infrastructure under an $18m fully-costed plan launched by the Greens today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the last power sharing arrangement with the Gillard Labor Government the Greens negotiated an historic $80m national bike path fund. This included a \u201cBike Blackspot\u201d app and campaign where cyclists can log blackspot in existing bike paths, which generates an email and report to the Minister for Infrastructure, and contributes to a real time map of all Blackspots in Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today\u2019s announcement would build on this legacy and incorporate lessons learnt from that funding program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than one in six Tasmanians ride a bicycle at least once a week yet since the Liberals have been in government virtually no federal funding has been allocated to underwrite the growth in active transport networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$18 million in federal funding would also help better enable holistic planning processes and help expand the existing Network into much needed places. This includes building a shared path along the Tasman Highway from Mornington to the Tasman Bridge, a path linking Lutana to Glenorchy, extension of the Intercity Cycleway to Austins Ferry, and further extension of the Whitewater Creek Track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens senator for lutruwita\/Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Greens are proud to be working with bicycle communities and have pledged $18 million federal funding to match the ask from Greater Hobart council mayors for an Active Transport Network (ATN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a positive initiative we can all be proud of and we urge both Tasmanian Labor and Liberal Senate candidates to match this pledge to help make Hobart a national leader in the rollout of active transport networks\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need a reset of cycling policy in lutruwita\/Tasmania to promote this climate-safe and healthy form of transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn total, more than 50% of all Greater Hobart employment occurs in the Hobart CBD and traffic congestion has become dire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo matter how good drivers are to cyclists, there are always some roads that are dangerous to ride on, cyclists need their own network of shared paths to ensure a safe commute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe ATN will develop linked and accessible pathways throughout the Great Hobart area, supporting easy connections with active transport choices like bikes, scooters, mobility devices and wheelchairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greens spokesperson for transport, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need a cycling revolution across the country and the beautiful Apple Isle is a great place to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCycling is an important part of protecting our environment from pollution and the green recovery we need in the face of the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe major parties are backing transport infrastructure that locks in pollution, props up fossil fuel corporations and will make the climate crisis even worse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith this investment we can reap the rewards of a clean transport option while keeping people safe at the same time – it\u2019s a win-win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nipaluna\/Hobart will be at the centre of an exciting national trial to roll out more bicycle infrastructure under an $18m fully-costed plan launched by the Greens today. In the last power sharing arrangement with the Gillard Labor Government the Greens negotiated an historic $80m national bike path fund. This included a \u201cBike Blackspot\u201d app and … Continue reading “Greens pledge an Active Transport Network for nipaluna\/Hobart”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16673,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16672\/revisions\/16673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}