Encouraging more people to ride actions from 2020-2022
Action area: Educating new riders
2.1 Support education projects through Community Road Safety Grants to teach children about road safety, bike riding skills and safety equipment, and how to safely navigate where they ride.
Read Action 2.1 summary - Workshops equip children with safe riding skills
Action area: Promoting cycling and its benefits
2.2 Develop a fun and engaging campaign to promote and highlight the benefits of riding a bike.
Read Action 2.2 summary - Encouraging more women to ride through communication
2.3 Support bicycle riding events, including:
- Brisbane to Gold Coast Cycle Challenge
- The Big Beach Ride
- Bike with:
- Brisbane
- Toowoomba
- Logan
- Ipswich
- Redlands
- Gold Coast
- Sunshine Coast
- Rail Trail Adventure
- cycling cultural events
- other events to grow cycling participation
Read Action 2.3 summary - Events help bring the joy of riding to more Queenslanders
2.4 Support delivery of the Brisbane Cycling Festival including professional and amateur mass participation and spectator cycling
events with an extensive program of activities for residents and visitors to engage with and promote bicycle riding.
Read Action 2.4 summary - Bike riding in the spotlight at Brisbane Cycling Festival
2.5 Support Queensland-based state level sport and active recreation organisations such as peak sport cycling bodies through Active Industry grants to deliver state-wide initiatives, services and events to maximise participation and quality of sport and active recreation in Queensland.
2.6 Support sport and recreation events, that include bicycle riding, through the Department of Housing and Public Works sponsorship opportunities.
Read Action 2.6 summary - Supporting events that promote physical activity
2.7 Support individuals and communities in need, through a range of initiatives, to participate in physical activity including bicycle riding.
2.8 Regularly share information and support collaboration across Queensland Government to get more people riding, walking and physically active.
Read Action 2.8 summary - Government-wide efforts to get more people riding bikes
2.9 Develop a set of built and natural environment indicators to inform bicycle riding infrastructure priorities and investments.
Read Action 2.9 summary -Integrating health outcome considerations into urban design and planning
2.10 Promote bicycle riding as part of health and wellbeing communications and campaigns such as Healthier. Happier.
Read Action 2.10 summary - Promoting bike riding for better health and wellbeing
2.11 Provide easy access to information on riding in Queensland on the Queensland Government website.
Read Action 2.11 summary - An easier way to find bike riding information online
2.12 Calculate and compare travel time to key centres by different methods of travel to inform bike riding encouragement initiatives.
Read Action 2.12 summary - Capturing travel time data along key cycling corridors
Action area: Supporting the choice to cycle
2.13 Support community driven projects to encourage more Queenslanders to ride a bike.
Read Action 2.13 summary - More than $140,000 in grants give bike riding a push
2.14 Deliver a targeted pilot of promotion and engagement activities to encourage increased use of major new or upgraded cycleways such as the Veloway 1.
Read Action 2.14 summary - Promotion of major Brisbane bikeways rolled out
Action area: Offering incentives to ride
2.15 Explore opportunities with the private sector to provide electric bicycles (e-bikes) to allow employees to experience using e-bikes for work travel and to understand how e-bikes influence travel behaviour.
Read Action 2.15 summary - Exploring e-bike trial options and opportunities
- Last updated 25 August 2023