Cyclists are enjoying safer travel on Melbourne’s busiest boulevard thanks to construction of new bike lanes separated by a kerb on St Kilda Road. The bike lanes physically separate vehicles and bicycles to improve safety for the 3500 cyclists who use the road each day.
Sections of the new bike lanes from Linlithgow Avenue to Dorcas Street, and Toorak Road to St Kilda Junction are now open, creating safer travel on St Kilda Road.
With the separated lanes eliminating the risk of cyclists colliding with open car doors, more people are expected to take up cycling.
The new lanes 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 on the remaining sections will continue until the Metro Tunnel Project is complete in 2025.
When travelling on St Kilda Road, drivers must give way to cyclists when turning left through an intersection and look both ways before entering and exiting driveways. Signs at some key intersections on St Kilda Road will help drivers and cyclists understand the rules.
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
- giving way to vehicles already indicating and turning left.
Watch the video below to see how the new bike lanes will change the way you travel on St Kilda Road.
Find out more information about the St Kilda Road Bike Lanes project.