Bicycle Network Victoria: Take Action
State Governments
Adelaide City gets rolling
Adelaide City is responding to the bike boom, listening to riders, and committing the cash
Budget allocations
State budget allocations are slipping behind what is needed to match the growth in bike riding
Coalition initiatives
A new government, a first budget, some good news, and a little anxiety
Contact your State Member of Parliament
Members and Friends of Bicycle Network Victoria can quickly find their local member in Blink
LAAP funding
The Department of Infrastructure has a new funding pool, the Local Area Access Program (LAAP) to stimulate councils to focus on infrastructure barriers that are often 'lost inside the bigger grid'. For a rider the Principle Bicycle Network and the Metropolitan Trail Network may not always service their need to get to key activity centres.
Parks Victoria - The Metropolitan Trail Network
Parks Victoria are a State Government agency that reports to the Department of Sustainability and Environment. Their main role in building bike facilities comes through funding the Metropolitan Trail Network
Regional Growth Fund
The Victorian Government has released its plans for funding regional infrastructure - the $1 billion Regional Growth Fund. The Coalition's fund is meant to support regional development over the next eight years.
Tasmania
The latest from the island state
VicRoads - The Principal Bicycle Network
VicRoads is responsible for providing bicycle facilities on the Principal Bicycle Network in Melbourne and on Priority Bicycle Routes in cities and towns in Regional Victoria.
Victorian Government offers $5M in grants for cycling and walking projects
17 June 2008. A total of $5M is up for grabs for new sustainable transport projects in Victoria during 2008-09.