Easy Ride Routes will form a network of low-stress cycling routes across the City of Whitehorse. Aimed at encouraging more residents to cycle, six routes have been prioritised that are easy and safe to navigate. Using way-finding signs to direct riders, the routes preference streets that have low traffic volumes and speeds to make riding safer and more pleasant for everyone.
The inception of Easy Ride Routes stems from a key action within the 2016 Whitehorse Cycling Strategy to make riding safer and more accessible. The six prioritised routes ( PDF 1.09MB)seek to address this concern by responding to the following issues:
- The proximity of routes to off-road paths and key destinations such as schools, shops, business precincts and recreation facilities
- The location of crossing facilities across arterial roads
- Topography (how flat or steep the route is) and
- Safety (e.g. speed and volume of motor vehicles in the street, car parking in the street, public transport routes)
When implementing the routes, Council will install signage and where required, improve the road and path conditions, so that the routes are safe and easy to navigate
Construction of the Easy Ride Routes is due to begin within the 2020/21 financial year, with route EW6 Burwood to Burwood East the first to be constructed.
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