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Since February 2025, eight young Australians have died in e-bike crashes. That’s one reason Queensland is pushing for tighter e-mobility regulation.
E-bikes are surging in popularity worldwide. But in Australia, we don’t know how often they’re involved in injuries and deaths.
We found people from the UK and Australia usually misunderstand the impact cycle lanes have on speed limits – wrongly believing addition of a cycle lane means cars would inevitably need to go slower.
Changes to the Highway Code have created a hierarchy of road users, prioritising the most vulnerable.
Passing distance laws do change driver behaviour. But new research suggests not all the changes are positive.
Delivery riders are paying the ultimate price for the fact that our cities, their infrastructure and the rules governing them make cycling much more dangerous than it should be.
Drivers and cyclists develop distinct identities of themselves and others in ways that mirror the formation of ethnic identities. And on-road segregation runs the risk of reinforcing this process.
Bike helmet laws are meant to be about safety. But the hefty penalties and huge number of fines are causing resentment – made worse by some police abusing the law to stop, question and search riders.
Australia has had an 80% increase in cyclist deaths in 2017-18. With drivers at fault in most collisions, their attitude and behaviour should be the main targets for change.
If we’re going to intervene to stop the dumping of share bikes, we need to understand the bad behaviour in the first place, then design effective measures to change how bike users behave.
Many short-term bike-hiring programs have been launched amid much fanfare, only for their popularity to decline soon after. Several key factors need to be in place for a program to work.
If the strategies we put in place to make cycling safer were taken up in earnest the result would often be chaos.
How a curious case of wanton and furious driving is leading to a much-needed overhaul.
The primacy given to the car has shaped our cities, the roads that serve them and our very thinking about the place of driving in our lives. And it’s a mindset that leaves cyclists highly vulnerable.
Two weeks ago today, Arzu Baglar died while cycling in Melbourne’s inner west. She was hit by a truck turning the corner of Somerville road and Whitehall street in Yarraville. Arzu was just 36, and a married…
Because Australian roads were built and designed with motorists in mind, it is easy for Australian motorists to feel cyclists are using ‘their’ roads and disrespecting the natural order.
The NSW government agenda would deny the ‘right to the city’, that network of diverse communities, practices and places which give rise to the convivial and inclusive potential of cities.
New South Wales’ new tougher bike laws reveal an ongoing war of the roads.
Cyclists have voiced their opposition to some aspects of the Go Together package to ensure their safety on NSW roads.
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Chris Rissel is a Friend of The Conversation.Senior Research Fellow, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
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Professor Communications and Media, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW
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Professor in Law, UNSW
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Lecturer, La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Learning Skills Officer, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Human Geography, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Geography, University of Wollongong
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Professor and Chair of Anthropology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Law, The Open University