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Bike paths in Melbourne
Bicycle paths around Melbourne are off-road routes for use by people riding bicycles and walking. These have been developed over many decades and primarily follow current or former watercourses and major roads to traverse long distances and provide facilities for transport and recreation.
Paths within the metropolitan area are typically sealed surfaces but gravel or dirt sections are also present. Paths often connect together to provide continuous routes and can also sometimes accessed from railway stations.
Ongoing community campaigns, such as those of Bicycle Network, have resulted in some expansion and improvement of the network.
Off-road bicycle paths have existed in Melbourne for many decades. The first designations as 'shared user paths' (SUPs) - or 'shared footways' - began in the 1970s following extensive lobbying by Bicycle Victoria and its founder Keith Dunstan.
What is today known as the Main Yarra Trail was built in the late 1970s as part of this work, although not to the full original plans. Its route ended at the MacRobertson Bridge rather than continue along the Yarra River to Hawthorn. Other suburban paths, such as the Blind Creek Trail and Maribyrnong River Trail, were built and subsequently expanded through to the 1980s by the Ministry of Transport under the State Bicycle Committee - a dedicated group to advocate for and plan for cycling in Victoria.
In 1976, the Ministry of Transport under Minister Brian Dixon developed Victoria's first statewide bicycle strategy. This later included the 'Melbourne Bikeway Plan' published in 1981 that planned for a network of bicycle paths and routes that mostly focused on off-road paths and trails. This Plan delivered sections of the:
The system set up in these plans continued a programme whereby the State Government would provide funding to local governments to design and construct new bicycle paths. Many new and upgraded trails were built in this period using this method.
In 1988, the State Bicycle Committee was abolished and subsequently absorbed into the newly created Victorian Roads Corporation.
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Bike paths in Melbourne
Bicycle paths around Melbourne are off-road routes for use by people riding bicycles and walking. These have been developed over many decades and primarily follow current or former watercourses and major roads to traverse long distances and provide facilities for transport and recreation.
Paths within the metropolitan area are typically sealed surfaces but gravel or dirt sections are also present. Paths often connect together to provide continuous routes and can also sometimes accessed from railway stations.
Ongoing community campaigns, such as those of Bicycle Network, have resulted in some expansion and improvement of the network.
Off-road bicycle paths have existed in Melbourne for many decades. The first designations as 'shared user paths' (SUPs) - or 'shared footways' - began in the 1970s following extensive lobbying by Bicycle Victoria and its founder Keith Dunstan.
What is today known as the Main Yarra Trail was built in the late 1970s as part of this work, although not to the full original plans. Its route ended at the MacRobertson Bridge rather than continue along the Yarra River to Hawthorn. Other suburban paths, such as the Blind Creek Trail and Maribyrnong River Trail, were built and subsequently expanded through to the 1980s by the Ministry of Transport under the State Bicycle Committee - a dedicated group to advocate for and plan for cycling in Victoria.
In 1976, the Ministry of Transport under Minister Brian Dixon developed Victoria's first statewide bicycle strategy. This later included the 'Melbourne Bikeway Plan' published in 1981 that planned for a network of bicycle paths and routes that mostly focused on off-road paths and trails. This Plan delivered sections of the:
The system set up in these plans continued a programme whereby the State Government would provide funding to local governments to design and construct new bicycle paths. Many new and upgraded trails were built in this period using this method.
In 1988, the State Bicycle Committee was abolished and subsequently absorbed into the newly created Victorian Roads Corporation.