[bikeqld] Jindalee bicycle bridge under construction

[mich rolling]

Glen expresses the frustration that most of us feel when bicycles are
 accomodated as an add-on at the end of the planning and design process. Maybe it is getting better - the Gateway cycle path (didn't earlier
 discussions hear say it was about $30M for the whole enlarged route which
 was less than the project contingency budget?) suggests that it is. The
 Lutwyche Road / Bowen Hills schmoozle suggests not. Maybe it is the
 quality of the planners involved?

Anyway. The Jindalee bridge is part of a suburban bicycle path system
 serving local active transport needs - mainly it seems kids to school and
 suburban exercise walkers. Both valuable things and both which have
 immediate benefits and help to develop habits which might increase the
 demand for main routes in coming years. 

The Jindalee bridge is also part of the programme of spreading the state
 cycling dollar around. There are also cycle routes and highway
 underpasses in Logan, bridges in Beenleigh and Taigum and Cleveland and
 Ipswich and ... and....and....

Maybe the money could be better spent developing the main commuter routes.
 But didn't I read somewhere that 80% of suburbanites work in the suburbs,
 not the CBDs? Maybe core routes radiating out from suburban cores which
 have been designed to co-locate schools near shops near train stations
 are an effective way of getting the masses onto two wheels and also an
 equitable way of spreading the money around?

Bicycle Queensland is not going to tell us how they think infrastructure
 should be developed so we have to try and fill in the gaps in available
 policy ourselves.


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