City to Surf Veloway

Connecting Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach The City to Surf Veloway is a proposal to Suburbs. Bikeast’s vision is for a network of develop an iconic cycle route between the Sydney connected bicycle facilities designed to make CBD and Bondi Beach via Bondi Junction. cycling safer, more comfortable and convenient This veloway will provide essential for residents and visitors. connections between the densely populated This proposal is the result of a community Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick LGAs and sponsored project which incorporates technical the employment, retail and entertainment trip advice from road safety, active travel and urban generators stretching south from Circular Quay design industry experts. The document outlines and Barangaroo to the University of Sydney and the key projects required to complete the City the inner western suburbs. to Surf Veloway – a critical component in the This proposal has been prepared by BIKEast, a development of Sydney as a more sustainable and bicycle user group representing the community’s liveable 21st Century city. interest in cycling across Sydney’s Eastern

Bourke Street Cycleway, Surry Hills Veloway route shown as a purple line. Connecting bicycle routes shown as orange lines. Map Google Earth

Segment 1: Sydney CBD to The Driver’s Triangle bypass Segment 3: Paddington Segment 4: Centennial Park, Taylor Square via Oxford bridge is a proposed structure Cycleway. This two-way Oxford Street Cycleway. This Street. Widened bus lanes or to enable bicycle riders and separated cycleway will two-way separated bicycle two way separated cycleway pedestrians to travel between run along southern side path runs along the southern or one-way pair along Oxford Moore Park Road and Anzac of Moore Park Road from edge of Oxford Street in Street in conjunction with an Parade to Flinders Street Driver’s Triangle to Centennial Centennial Park between Oxford Street revitalisation and Taylor Square in far Park’s Paddington Gate at Lang Road and York Road. scheme (improved public greater safely. This exciting Lang Road. This facility, This project was completed transport, reduction in car use). proposal will provide a safe currently undergoing design and opened for use in 2015 Segment 2: Flinders Street and comfortable crossing of development, is a part of the with funding provided by the Cycleway and Driver’s Triangle one of the region’s busiest City of Sydney’s Regional NSW Government through bypass bridge. Taylor Square intersections. This intersection Bicycle Route Network. Centennial Parklands. to Moore Park via a two-way currently has very poor separated cycleway along crossing provision and is a western side of Flinders Street major barrier to access for from Taylor Square to Moore walkers and cyclists. BIKEast Park Road. The reduction in has submitted a detailed traffic volumes on Flinders concept design for this facility Street due to the Eastern to the Minister and other Distributor tunnel will enable stakeholders. a high quality separated cycleway to be included in this street with minimal traffic impact. This cycleway will connect with the Bourke Street Cycleway and the City of Sydney’s proposed Cycle Hub facility at Taylor Square. SEGMENT 4 COMPLETED Veloway route shown as a purple line. Connecting bicycle routes shown as orange lines. Map Google Earth

Segment 5: Bondi Junction 6. Old South Head Road 7. Birriga Road Cycleway: 8 Curlewis Cycleway: This Cycleway. This proposed Cycleway: This segment This segment will provide a two-way separated cycleway two-way separated cycleway links the Bondi Junction CBD comfortable and safe route will link the Birriga Road will link Centennial Park to Bellevue Hill village and for cyclists to climb/descend Cycleway to Campbell Parade, and Woollahra to the Bondi school with easy access north between Bondi Beach (with Bondi Beach along Curlewis Junction CBD. The cycleway to the harbour and Double links to Rose Bay and points Street. This cycleway has will run along Oxford Street Bay. From Bondi Junction the north) and Bondi Junction. been included as an option from York Road to Denison cycleway will comprise shared Safe comfortable routes for for further investigation in the Street and then via Denison paths along both sides of cyclists between Beach and current Waverley Bike Plan. and Spring Streets to Bronte Oxford Street and Old South Junction are currently a major This cycleway will also link Road. This facility is included Head Road to Victoria Road. barrier to cycling in this part to the shared path along Old in the Waverley Bikeplan. The Upgrading of existing facilities of Sydney. This cycleway link South Head Road and the eastern section will provide a and improving bicycle access will provide a much needed proposed separated cycleway much needed alternative to at the Syd Einfeld Drive, alternative to busy Old South along O’Sullivan Road linking the Oxford Street Mall with Edgecliff Road and Victoria Head and Bondi Roads. A to Rose Bay shops and Rose its high concentrations of Road signalised intersections one-way pair cycleway along Bay Wharf. pedestrians during shopping will need to be carried out. Victoria Road to Bellevue Hill hours. Intersections requiring School will link to a two-way Photos on this page (left to right): significant attention include separated cycleway along King Street cycleway, Sydney Oxford Street/Bronte Road/ Birriga Road to the junction CBD; BIKEast concept plan for a Spring Street and Oxford of Old South Head Road, Blair pedestrian cycle bridge at Driver’s Street/York Road. All cycleway Street and Curlewis Street. Triangle; Oxford Street Cycleway, works will complement the This route is included in the Centennial Park; Bourke Street Cycleway, Darlinghurst; Concept Waverley Council Bondi Woollahra Bikeplan and the for one-way pair separated Junction Complete Streets Inner Sydney Regional Bicycle cycleway on Old South Head project. Network. Road; Bourke Street Cycleway, East Redfern. Bourke Street Cycleway, Darlinghurst

Why a Veloway? engineering treatments off-road cycleways, quieter everyone in the community can London, Copenhagen, and suitable to the situation and low-speed streets/shared use it. People aged between Brisbane have recently the available street/road zones that have uniform, eight and eighty will be able to opened bicycle veloways. environments. distinctive signage and cycle the veloway in comfort The veloway concept is This may involve the treatments that prioritise safe, and safety. Cyclists using these based on connecting key construction of off-road shared continuous transit for cyclists. facilities will add an element of metropolitan regional centres paths, two-way separated A key aim of this proposal colour and movement to the using a number of high quality cycleways, one-way pairs of is to develop a route so that urban environment.

City to Surf Veloway Route Summary No Segment Description Facilities Comments 1 Sydney CBD to Taylor Oxford Street Widened bus lanes or two way separated Existing bus lanes are narrow and Square cycleway or one-way pair along Oxford St in need of upgrade for better cycle safety. Separated bicycle paths are recommended. 2 Taylor Square to Flinders Street and Bridge bypass for Drivers Triangle, two-way Existing traffic lanes are underutilised. Moore Park Road Drivers Triangle separated cycleway along western side of Ample road width to include separated Flinders Street bicycle paths. 3 Moore Park Road to Moore Park Road Two-way separated cycleway along southern Detail design underway by the City of CP Paddington Gate side of Moore Park Road Sydney to construct separated bicycle paths with funding support from the NSW Government 4 CP Paddington Gate Oxford Street Two-way separated path along southern side Project built and in use. Future to York Rd of Oxford Street connections required at each end to proposed separated cycle facilities 5 York Rd to Grosvenor Oxford Street, Denison Two way separated cycleway along Spring Spring/Denison Sts cycleway currently Street Bondi Junction Street, Spring Street and and Denison Streets and along Oxford Street being designed by Waverley Council with Bronte Road between Bronte Road and York Road funding from the NSW Government 6 Grosvenor Street to Oxford Street and Separated one-way pair along Old South Upgrade of existing shared paths being Victoria Rd Old South Head Road Head Road. Separated bicycle paths in designed by Waverley Council with Oxford between Hollywood and Grosvenor funding from the NSW Government Street 7 Victoria Rd to Victoria Rd and Birriga Road Two-way separated cycleway along Birriga Route in Woollahra Bikeplan. Facilities Curlewis St via Birriga Road upgrade required. Street 8 Curlewis St to Curlewis Street between Two-way separated cycleway on one side of Part of a current Waverley Bikeplan Campbell Pde Old South Head Rd and the street proposal Campbell Parade

About BIKEast This proposal has been vision is for a network of concerned residents. See our prepared by BIKEast, a connected bicycle facilities website for meeting times and local bicycle user group to make cycling safer, more contact details. which actively represents comfortable and convenient In preparing this proposal BIKEast Incorporated the community’s interest for all residents and visitors. BIKEast has sought expert PO Box 1601 in cycling across Sydney’s BIKEast meets monthly to advice and technical input BONDI JUNCTION NSW 1355 Eastern Suburbs. BIKEast is review ongoing cycle network from road safety, active travel Web: www.bikeast.org.au affiliated with the NSW peak improvements and to inform and urban design industry Facebook: www.facebook. body, Bicycle NSW. BIKEast’s and educate members and professionals. com/BIKEastNSW/