Using research and data actions from 2017-2019

Action area: Understanding cycling through research

5.1 Deliver a 5-year program of cycling research, in collaboration with the Queensland academic sector, which includes research into state-of-art technology, state-of-practice and other opportunities and challenges for cycling.

Read Action 5.1 summary - Researchers finding ways to improve and increase cycling 

5.2 Hold an innovation challenge to seek smart, innovative and low cost solutions to grow cycling across Queensland.

Read Action 5.2 summary - Australia’s first bicycle riding hackathon

Action area: Collecting and sharing data

5.3 Deliver a rolling program to measure cycling participation and behaviour in select local government areas across the state, including undertaking surveys and counts and installing new counters in priority areas. This will help us to monitor, evaluate and report on the impact of investments in the principal cycle network. 

Read Action 5.3 summary - New counters and more surveys to measure participation

5.4 Investigate options to integrate cost-benefit analysis methodologies and tools for active transport into transport project assessment and prioritisation to capture the economic benefits of cycling infrastructure as part of other projects.

Read Action 5.4 summary - Capturing the economic benefit of cycling infrastructure

5.5 Publish a summary of the program and project level cost-benefit analysis of active transport infrastructure to support and strengthen the use of this analysis in decision making.

Read Action 5.5 summary - Research demonstrates economic benefits of investment in cycling

5.6 Investigate the collection and publishing of mapping data of cycling infrastructure located on principal cycle network to help integrate cycling into journey planning.

Read Action 5.6 summary - Research on how to help cyclists plan their journey 

5.7 Investigate options to create an online cycle portal that will help to improve access to the latest research findings, technical guidance, cycling data and other resources to support transfer of knowledge on cycling related issues.

Read Action 5.7 summary - Easier access to cycling data, research online

5.8 Investigate the collection of injury and incident data relating to cyclists to understand how data sources can better work together to improve analysis of serious injury road crash data.

Read Action 5.8 summary - Cycling injury and accident data integrated for complete picture