Encouraging more people to ride actions from 2017-2019

Action area: Educating new riders

2.1 Deliver a road safety education program, including age-appropriate content on cycling safety, to empower young Queenslanders to safely and confidently use city and regional roads.

Read Action 2.1 summary - Schools to include cycling safety education with new resources

2.2 Support bicycle education projects through Community Road Safety Grants to teach children practical riding skills, road rules and how to identify hazards within the environment where they cycle.

Read Action 2.2 summary - Funding delivery of cycling education

Action area: Promoting cycling and its benefits

2.3 Develop and implement a communications strategy to show the benefits of cycling, provide riding tips and show that riding a bike is easy and for everyone. 

Read Action 2.3 summary -Communicating the benefits of cycling 

2.4 Support Queensland-based state level sport and active recreation organisations such as peak sport cycling bodies through State Development Program grants to deliver state-wide initiatives, services and events to maximise participation and governance in sport and active recreation.

Read Action 2.4 summary - Supporting Queensland’s sport and active recreation organisations

2.5 Support sport and recreation cycling events through Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing sponsorship opportunities.

Read Action 2.5 summary - TRYathlon sponsorship helps over 5,000 people cycle

2.6 Support cycling-related projects, individuals or groups through programs such as:

• Get Playing Places and Spaces Program
• Get Playing Plus Program
• Recreation Planning Program
• Young Athletes Travel Subsidy
• Get Going Clubs Program
• Get Out, Get Active Program

Read Action 2.6 summary - Encouraging more people to ride for fun, sport, fitness and recreation

2.7 Support cycling events, including:

• Ride to Work events
• Ride to School events
• Queensland Bike Week
• Brisbane to Gold Coast Cycle Challenge
• Cycle Queensland
• cycling cultural events
• other events to grow cycling participation.

Read Action 2.7 summary - Supporting mass riding and cycling cultural events

2.8 Collaborate across Queensland Government to encourage walking and cycling, particularly for transport.

Read Action 2.8 summary - Queensland Government collaborates to encourage walking and cycling

2.9 Review available research to inform strategies, message selection and target audiences to increase physical activity levels of Queenslanders, including through walking and cycling.

Read Action 2.9 summary - Research informs health and wellbeing campaigns

Action area: Supporting the choice to cycle

2.10 Investigate opportunities such as support for events, bicycle education, behaviour change programs and a public liability insurance scheme to support and leverage cycling community efforts to grow cycling participation, with a focus on women and children.

Read Action 2.10 summary - Queensland bike riding habits identified

2.11 Publish resource on bicycle education, promotion of cycling and behaviour change programs, using the lessons learned from the Active Towns Pilot Program.

Read Action 2.11 summary - New guides support more riding more often

Action area: Offering incentives to ride

2.12 Publish a guide to inform workplaces in Queensland about how they can run a bicycle fleet for their staff and common pitfalls to avoid to support creation of more cycle-friendly workplaces.

Read Action 2.12 summary - New guide for workplace bicycle fleets

2.13 Investigate feasibility of running an electric bicycle trial to showcase the benefits of cycling and to understand the potential of electric bicycles to overcome some of the barriers to cycling.

Read Action 2.13 summary - The power of electric bikes to encourage riding