BikeWest

30/08/2026

Do you want to see bike lanes on Barkly Street?

Today is your last chance to fill out the survey:

www.yourcityyourvoice.com.au/barklyst

28/08/2026

heads up!

24/08/2026

It only took a week of chasing up with DTP, but the dangerous Dynon Rd crossing has been fixed (again).

Big thanks to the person who tipped us off about this and built a temporary baracade 👏👏👏

12/08/2026

The dangerous Dynon Road crossing that was closed and bypassed in the wake of Brett Wallace's horrific crash has been reopened!

We'll reach out to the relevant authorities to ask what the hell is going on!

09/08/2026

"but, but, but... what about the disabled?!"

says a person who only thinks of disability access when a bike lane is proposed.

Excuses.

from our Urban Truth Collective.

07/08/2026

Great to see the Public Transport Users Association get behind Councils plans to improve Barkly St for people, walking, riding, and catching the bus!

05/08/2026

BikeWest has been active in this campaign. If you haven't already used the site, now is a great time to send an email to your MP asking they build the strategic cycling corridors.

1) click the link in the shared post
2) enter your street address
3) click "Write to MP"
4) enter your details and a short message
5) click the email button to launch your email client and send it.

Should take less than a minute and every email is hugely helpful for getting safer streets

Last week Bicycle Network and the Gimme 5 Campaign joined other community groups to welcome Ben Carroll MP as Victorian Premier! Now's a great time to send him an email via https://scc-campaign.vercel.app/ asking for the state government to commit to spending 5% of the transport budget on active transport – we'd love to make it easier for people to walk and ride across the state 🚲

Moonee Valley Sustainability Environment Victoria

04/08/2026

***What the new Barkly Street lanes will link to***

We've seen comments suggesting the bike lanes in Council's proposed Barkly St upgrade don't connect anywhere, and aren't part of a real network. Let's set the record straight.

From day one, these lanes will directly connect two childcare centres, a primary school, and all the facilities at Whitten Oval.

They'll also link up with the new bike infrastructure on the Geelong Road service lane, connecting to Footscray Hospital and Victoria University. Both these important centres are short on parking, so safe cycling access for inner-west residents helps take pressure off carspaces for those who still need to drive.

In the next few years, Council's WeFo village streetscape project will create a pedestrian-priority zone through the village with safe riding conditions for visitors. Past the village, a new signal at Elphinstone St & Kleimaker Lane will connect residents west of the village to the Barkly corridor.

And there's more: Maribyrnong's Integrated Transport Strategy names Barkly/Hopkins Street as the preferred cycling corridor from the river to Ashley Street. Council's latest budget has already funded design work for Hopkins St from the river to Whitehall St — what we at BikeWest call the .

The whole corridor won't be built overnight, but every piece gets us closer to the safe bike network the inner-west needs to move its growing population efficiently and safely.

PS: In the 60s, Melbourne built an entire freeway network one disconnected chunk at a time — remember the Mulgrave Freeway stopping in the middle of nowhere for years?
Not having a complete network isn't an excuse to start building one.

28/07/2026

Big Bike Film Night is coming to Sunshine this Sunday arvo.

Grab your tickets to a curated collection of films about riding on 2 wheels. BikeWest will be there.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2NCVpbqByk

Village Sunshine, Sunday the 2nd 4pm. (Other days/locations around Melbourne and the rest of the country too)

Tickets: https://bigbikefilmnight.nz/buy-tickets/big-bike-film-night-australia/

Prepare to be inspired! The Big Bike Film Night is on a mission bri...