A bike superlane stretching 17 kilometres from Elsternwick Station to Bell Street, Coburg forms the centrepiece of the Greens' $250 million vision for a Melbourne bike network.
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The Victorian Greens are pitching this multi-lane, separated bike route , which would run along St Kilda Road, Royal Parade and Sydney Road, to inner-city cycling commuters in seats the party hopes to win in the state election - the Labor marginals of Albert Park and Brunswick and the Greens-held seat of Melbourne.
If they win balance of power in the lower house, the Greens will demand the next Victorian government spends $250 million on a series of new or upgraded bike paths built within four years.
It's part of a multi-pronged cycling announcement that would see Melbourne's bike share scheme expanded, bike safety laws passed and bike education rolled out in schools.
Read the story from The Age by Timna Jacks - “Greens peddle inner-city bike superlane to cycling commuters.”
(Human-powered transport is inevitable in a climate changed and energy scarce future and so the Greens’ bike “superlane” is to be applauded - Robert McLean)
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