Cyclists are enjoying seamless and safer travel on Melbourne’s busiest boulevard thanks to the completion of bike lanes separated by a kerb on St Kilda Road.
St Kilda Road now boasts 4km of dedicated bike lanes between Linlithgow Avenue and St Kilda Junction to improve safety for cyclists who use the road every day.
The major milestone comes one year since the first two sections of the bike lanes opened to cyclists, with an increase of 220% cyclists using the thoroughfare compared to the same period in 2021-2022.
The separated lanes eliminate the risk of cyclists colliding with open car doors, and also improve cycling connections between some of Melbourne’s major activity centres, including the CBD, Chapel Street and Domain precincts.
Other safety features of the project include cyclist hook turns, coloured bike lane surfacing, and priority movement for cyclists at traffic light intersections.
Works between Linlithgow Avenue and Dorcas Street, and Toorak Road and Charnwood Road were completed in 2023, with works between Dorcas Street and Toorak Road recently wrapping up ahead of the completion of major construction on Anzac Station as part of the Metro Tunnel Project.
When Anzac Station opens with the Metro Tunnel next year it will have more than 120 bike parking spaces, and people will be able to connect to train services on the new Cranbourne/Pakenham to Sunbury Line via the Metro Tunnel.
When travelling on St Kilda Road, drivers must indicate and give way to cyclists when turning left through an intersection and look both ways and give way to cyclists before entering and exiting driveways.
Cyclists can also ensure their safety by using hand signals to indicate when they are going to turn or change direction, stopping at red lights and stop signs, and slowing down, and giving way to vehicles already indicating and turning left.
More information about the project can be found on our St Kilda Road Bike Lanes project page.