President of Pedal Power ACT David Whitney today announced the appointment of Ms Cecily Michaels as Executive Director from Monday 12 August 2024.

With the ACT elections just around the corner, Pedal Power has today released its Election Policy Platform outlining its plan for the next four years of Government.

Pedal Power is one of 56 groups agreeing that the government’s plan to decarbonise the transport sector must set strong targets to cut pollution in a fair, fast and inclusive way, shift to public, shared and active transport and accelerate electrification.

The City Renewal Authority has begun work on Ngamawari the 30,000sqm public park coming to the Acton Waterfront.

David Whitney President of Pedal Power today advised the resignation of Simon Copland as Executive Director of Pedal Power.

Pedal Power ACT has serious concerns about the Government’s plan to get rid of the on-road cycle lane on Hindmarsh Drive.

The ACT Government has just announced the 2024/25 Budget which includes a wide range of projects for Active Travel, however it is difficult to identify “shovel ready” projects for the coming year.

Our Advocates recently met with ACT Government representatives to discuss some repairs needed in the Woden area.

Happy New Horizons course participants share their experiences. If you are ready to improve your cycling confidence, the next course starts in August.

This month, every national, state and territory bicycle organisation in Australia came together to provide a critical submission to the Australian Government on the importance of cycling in our transport decarbonisation efforts.

The latest Cycle Well wrapped up recently. It was a great success and participants are now off to new cycling adventures.

A diverse group joined together to call for separated bike-only paths along Northbourne Avenue and highlight the need for safe, convenient cycling infrastructure all over Canberra.

Fitability will be holding a Come and Try morning where people can trial piloting a tandem bike!

Over 50 Pedal Power members gathered on Tuesday 16 April at the As You Like It café in Civic around a breakfast of croissants and coffee, to discuss active travel infrastructure with Senator David Pocock.

At a special Pedal Power ride on Easter Monday, 15 cyclists stopped at the traffic lights where Alicia Celaya Jauregui was recently killed while riding her bike. Read the full tribute written by their ride leader.

A large Fire and Ambulance station is being built at the south end of Clunies Ross Street. Pedal Power was consulted before construction started and our advice on how to allow for safe cycle traffic was accepted.

Like it has done every year for the past 15, this year Pedal Power will be providing free bike parking for the national Folk Festival. We hope that by next year however, we won’t be required to provide this service.

“Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the woman who died in this incident yesterday. It is an absolutely tragic event”

The radical independence, hard earned by early women cyclists

When the idea of a school bike bus came along, Kate Bradney, founder of Walk Cycle Lyneham, saw it as an opportunity to celebrate and maintain the active travel culture that already exists in Lyneham.