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NYC-style bike path push

Toyah ShakespeareEastern Reporter

Cr Coates will tonight call on the council to consider setting up a temporary bicycle boulevard on King William Street from Bert Wright Park to Riverside Gardens for the one-day Autumn River Festival.

Bike boulevards aim to encourage more people to cycle by creating slower speeds and sites that connect to a cycling network. The signage and sectioning-off of cycle lanes would cost $10,000-$12,000, with a low-key option $2000-$3000.

Cr Coates said New York City transformed its car-dominant streets between 2007 and 2013, something that could be achieved in Bayswater.

“They did lots of things in a temporary trial manner and when people trialled it, they loved it,” she said.

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“I think we could be doing temporary things here and take people along with us on the journey to becoming a more walkable, bike-friendly city.” However according to a City officer report, bike boulevards were usually installed on low-traffic and slow roads, while King William had a 60km/h speed limit and about 12,000 vehicles a day.

Cr Coates said the proposed bicycle boulevard along Leake Street and May Street, which is currently in consultation with the Department of Transport, should also be trialled.