Data has revealed that crashes involving people who ride bikes along Sydney’s College Street have almost tripled since the cycleway was scrapped by the New South Wales State Government in 2015.
The data sourced from the City of Sydney reveals that since the removal of the lane, not only have the numbers of __bike riders decreased, a __bike rider is involved in a crash on College Street once every 92 days. When the lane was in place, a bike rider was involved in a crash once every 258 days.
However, even after the lane’s removal, College Street remains one of the busiest cycling routes into Sydney’s CBD with more than 2,000 riders using it each day.
Beyond the dangerous risk it poses to bike riders, College Street is an ongoing source of frustration for all road users, with motorists and bike riders fighting for space in a mess of merging traffic.
We can't stand by and let bike riders unnecessarily put their lives at risk. We're must increase the pressure on our leaders to do something before it's too late.
We're ramping up our campaign to see a bi-directional lane reinstated along with a number of other improvements that will prioritise the safe and efficient movement of people, rather than solely cars along College Street.
It’s time to bring this critical piece of bike infrastructure back.
#Togetherwecan bring back College Street.
Learn more about our campaign to bring back Sydney's College Street cycleway
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