Cyclists are enjoying seamless and safer travel on completed St Kilda Road Bike Lanes
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The St Kilda Road Bike Lanes project also involved modifying traffic lights to provide additional priority for cyclists, removing kerb outstands to allow for continuous bike lanes and construction of DDA-compliant pedestrian crossings at some key intersections.
St Kilda Road is Victoria’s busiest tram corridor and one of Melbourne’s most active cycling routes. It’s also one of the most dangerous for cyclists. The Victorian Government committed $30.5 million to build new bike lanes that physically separate drivers and cyclists to make St Kilda Road safer, providing better visibility and priority movement for the thousands of cyclists that currently use St Kilda Road each day.
Building better, safer bike lanes on St Kilda Road has also helped encourage more people to take up cycling, thereby easing congestion , reducing vehicle emissions and freeing up capacity on public transport. It’s also assisted with creating stronger connections between major activity centres in Melbourne’s inner south and the CBD.
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The new bike lanes from Linlithgow Avenue to Dorcas Street, and Toorak Road to St Kilda Junction opened in mid 2023.
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Watch the video below to see how the new bike lanes have changed the way you travel on St Kilda Road.