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No to "Greenwash" bike paths

DANIEL ENDICOTT, NEWCASTLE BIKE ECOLOGY CENTRE 

22 June 2009
[In the Newcastle area] Hunter Development Corporation has ignored the advice of local bicycle advocates and used its proposed cycleway in the rail corridor as leverage for getting the green tick of approval. No local bicycle advocate groups wanted the removal of the rail to the city to provide yet another unsafe cyclepath.

There already is a cyclepath along Honeysuckle, and it would be prudent to fix the problems with that one before starting a new one.

All of the new street links crossing this cyclepath will make it more dangerous to cycle than Hunter St.

Did HDC research about cycle crash statistics at cross intersections? They would find out most crashes occur at cross intersections or with car door openings.

Rather than adopt advocates suggested world’s best practice found in cycling cities of Holland, France, Germany, and now even Sydney, HDC stoops to another cyclepath so they can call it a “Green Corridor”.

Remove the dangerous bike pictures in deathly car door lanes, and build fully separated bike lanes.


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