Cyclists praise council goals to improve bike paths but say encouragement needed to increase number of women ridersEvery fourth vehicle coming into Melbourne during peak hour in 2020 will be a bicycle under a map that has been branded “ambitious but achievable” by cycling groups.
The City of Melbourne bicycle map,released on Thursday, aims to increase the number of cyclists in the city each morning from 12000 to 20000 in four years by promoting the network of bike paths, and improving connections to bike paths along major cycling routes,and physically separating bike lanes from motor vehicle traffic.
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Source: theguardian.com