Innovative cycling infrastructure: an Australian benchmark

Overview

Action 1.8: Implement Technical Note 128, Selection and Design of Cycle Tracks, in the planning, detailed design and delivery of priority development areas, including:

• Northshore Hamilton
• Bowen Hills
• Caloundra South
• Greater Flagstone
• Ripley Valley.

Lead agency: Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning (Economic Development Queensland)

Status: Complete

Achievements

Investing in cycling infrastructure in priority development areas is helping to keep families and bicycle riders safe when travelling around, and in and out of, their neighbourhoods.

Since 2017, Economic Development Queensland has delivered separated bicycle paths and tracks, and protected intersections, in several priority development areas, in both greenfield and brownfield developments.

Some of this infrastructure are the first of their kind in Australia and have set a benchmark for large‑scale master planned communities.

For example, the large greenfield development at Caloundra South will house about 50,000 people, and now has constructed approximately 8.7km of 2-way separated bicycle tracks with protected intersections. These tracks connect schools, centres, and major sport and recreational facilities.

All this work has been generally delivered in line with Technical Note 128—which provides guidance on where and how to separate bicycle traffic. It recognises cycling infrastructure as a fundamental part of the transport system, not an optional extra.

Next steps

We will continue to implement technical note 128 in the planning, design and delivery of works in priority development areas.