{"id":6279,"date":"2020-04-30T03:45:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T03:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6279"},"modified":"2020-04-30T03:45:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T03:45:58","slug":"community-invited-to-update-cycling-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/community-invited-to-update-cycling-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Community invited to update cycling strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle is inviting Hunter residents to help shape the future of cycling in the city by taking part in an update of the 2012 Newcastle Cycling Strategy and Action Plan (NCSAP).<br \/>\nAnyone can have their say until 14 May by completing a cycling survey at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/YourSay\"><u>www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/YourSay<\/u><\/a>\u00a0before the updated NCSAP goes on public exhibition for further feedback later in 2020.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to hear from cyclists to find out what\u2019s great about riding around Newcastle, what could be improved and how more locals might be encouraged to get out and enjoy the city under pedal power,\u201d Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe also want to hear from people who don\u2019t ride, about what we could do to encourage them to start riding.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve delivered fantastic cycleway projects over recent years, such as the off-road path from Samdon Street, Hamilton, to Selma Street, Newcastle West; a shared path in Brickworks Park, Wallsend; and around Lambton Park to name just a few.\u00a0 We know that the perception of lack of safety is a key barrier to more cycling so have also been trying to address several difficult crossings on cycle routes around the city.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are currently planning new routes for Hunter Street, Newcastle West, and from Merewether to the Junction as part of a perpetual program of development.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re lucky to have a relatively flat city conducive to cycling, so we look forward to hearing from the community and updating our overarching strategy.\u201d<br \/>\nThe City is taking part in the phone-based Local Government Cycling Participation Survey in conjunction with the current engagement program to obtain additional data, particularly from non-cyclists.<br \/>\nIn addition to infrastructure projects, much has been done to encourage greater participation in cycling by updating maps, running bicycle skills workshops and promoting gracious behaviour by path and road users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle is inviting Hunter residents to help shape the future of cycling in the city by taking part in an update of the 2012 Newcastle Cycling Strategy and Action Plan (NCSAP). Anyone can have their say until 14 May by completing a cycling survey at\u00a0www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/YourSay\u00a0before the updated NCSAP goes on public exhibition for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/community-invited-to-update-cycling-strategy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Community invited to update cycling strategy&#8221;<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6279","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=6279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}