[bikeqld] Jindalee bicycle bridge under construction

[Michael Yeates]

Thanks Mitch ...

Yep ...!

But ...!

More to the point, the current use of apparently rubber figures for 
providing for cyclists allows the use of the kind of mis-information 
that I referred to previously, to flourish ... and since so many of 
our community are either employed by or work in government agencies 
or organisations that work for them, it is rare for any real informed 
critical scrutiny to be applied ... hence the sooner the cycling 
provision is part of road or other transport projects (eg Busway 
stations without bike lockers and without bike racks), and NEVER 
costed separately, the better.

But while we have sycophants trumpeting enthusiastic support for 
dollars spent on a project by project basis (and usually without 
caveats re standards, quality, quantity, etc), we won't get "integration" .

BTW The Sunday-Mail articles yesterday are of interest ...if not concern ....!

Firstly re cycling (page 24) and then a bit later $1m cars (page 28) 
... but then on a recent BCC web page I note that ...

The central 5kms is a thriving commercial and retail Mecca surrounded 
by living areas, specialist employment hubs, pioneering research and 
education institutions, and entertainment precincts.The city centre 
that the Blueprint covers is six per cent of the area of Brisbane, 
yet it accommodates 25% of residents and 50% of jobs.The River City 
Blueprint addresses the need for coordinated and integrated urban 
planning to accommodate growth within this 5km radius of the Brisbane CBD.

Under the State Government's South East Queensland Regional Plan, 
Brisbane needs to provide 156,000 new dwellings by 2031, with a large 
proportion of these falling within a 5km radius of the CBD.

That could mean that if the "planning" was at all cycle-friendly, 
there would be no more need for any more roads ... or cars ... in 
that 5km radius, just convert the surface roads for cycling and 
walking ... and what would that mean for $4m bridges connecting bits 
of isolated and disconnected bike path in the suburbs where it would 
seem, 50km/h is considered too slow for most residents, so would they 
like 30km/h? Car-free Cities? Brisbane?

It might mean that the utility of cars is reduced so much in the 
"River City Blueprint" area that ... well .. you guess feel free to guess ...

MY.................

At 08:19 PM 31/01/2010, mich rolling wrote:

>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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