Ride & Park and Ride Away

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Bike access to and from railway stations and other public transport nodes.

We are working to develop

Connections to and from the existing network to public transport nodes.

Some stations like Bayswater, Eltham or Brighton Beach are right on the bike network. Some stations need a connection. At Hoppers Crossing for example the path runs out 100m away from the station and there is no pedestrian bicycle crossing from the shops. See photo.

For many people their destination is not at the end of the public transport trip but a further journey away. For this reason Bicycle Victoria supported the path link between Huntingdale and Monash that is currently under construction along North Road.We encouraged the Minister to actively develop other connections to destinations. For example there is a pipe reservation (without a path) between the Tally Ho business village on Burwood highway and the Syndal railway station. The distance is less than 3km. The offices are currently poorly served by public transport. Public transport could be provided by connecting the station and offices with a high quality path along the reservation.

Access to the station.

Some stations and public transport nodes need reworking to improve access through car parks including providing ramps.

Bike hire at the other end. Velib – the French hire bike system – or other bike rental solutions. Someone might for example arrive at Southern Cross and use a short term hire bike to get to Docklands.

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What we are asking for

We are asking State Government, Councils and public transport operators to improve the access to the rail station or other nodes.

We need better:

1 Connections to and from the existing bike network to the node. Hoppers Crossing: There is no crossing to help pedestrians and riders get across Old Geelong Road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Access over the last 100m to the node. Bayswater Station a textbook example on how not to combine pedestrians, bike riders and a railway station.