North Brisbane Bikeway

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The North Brisbane Bikeway

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is ideal for everyone.

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It consists of seven and a half kilometres

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of continuous off-road cycling facility,

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including four and a half kilometres

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separated between pedestrians and cyclists.

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It's been specifically designed to

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suit people of all ages and abilities.

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Gives you a direct link into the city,

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so if you're a commuter and

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want to ride your bike-->

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your e-bike or a scooter

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all the way to the city--> you can do that.

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It's also great for people on weekends.

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Just going for a family roll together on

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the bike or on the scooter and so forth.

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Can take you into the Roma Street Parklands.

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Great for the kids and family

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to get out there.

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Yeah--> that's one of the things

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that's really struck me.

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People that haven't been on it

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probably don't realise just what

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a pleasant ride it is and there's

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parks you can stop at on the way.

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It's actually--> for the fact that it runs

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through a fairly built-up urban area,

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there's actually lovely green parts of it

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along the way. It's such a family-friendly

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environment. My husband also commutes on it.

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So we've got the kids,

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we've got

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commuting. It joins a number of other

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projects we've got around the state,

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including the Veloway 1 and the

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Bicentennial Bikeway that are all

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designed to get more people riding

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and more people walking more often

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throughout Queensland. Raised priority

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crossings were installed at several

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intersections to make the bikeway

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a safe and accessible for as

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many people as possible,

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including our most vulnerable road

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users like people walking with

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prams or using mobility devices.

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They're great.

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The cars stop for you, they're quite

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comfortable riding across,

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they've made a difference the

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whole way along.

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Super safe with the division

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between you know the walking and

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the cycling. It segregates

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obviously the speed groups,

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which is really important when

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you're walking with little kids.

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People feel safer,

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they feel more confident in riding.

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Whereas in the past they might not have

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considered riding along Dickson Street or

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Bridge Street because it was too dangerous,

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they now feel completely safe and

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the fact they can get all the

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way into the city without,

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essentially,

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without riding on any roads is

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really encouraging for people

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to take up cycling. Over time,

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the network will progressively

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get built as roads are upgraded.

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We'll see more and more of this kind of

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facility roll out across the network.