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<font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><font size="5">Media
Release</font><br/></span><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="5">29
March 2011</font><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">
</span></font><br/><br/><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:
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bold;"></span><br/><font size="5"><br/></font></font><font
style="font-family: Arial;" size="2"><font size="5"><span
style="font-weight: bold;"><font size="6">National Guide will support
safety for all bike riders</font>
<br/><br/><br/></span></font></font><div style="text-align: left;"><font
style="font-family: Arial;" size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2">The <a
target="_blank" href="http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au">Cycling
Promotion Fund</a> (CPF) today
applauded the release of the publication “Cycling Aspects for Austroad
Guides”
by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.austroads.com.au/">Austroads</a>.
</font></font></font><br/><br/><font style="font-family: Arial;"
size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2">The Guide supports the safety of
all
road users by providing an overview of planning and traffic management
considerations, and a summary of design guidance and criteria relating to
on-road and off-road bicycle facilities.
</font></font></font><br/><br/><font style="font-family: Arial;"
size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2">Peter Bourke, General Manager of
Bicycle Industries Australia and the industry’s Cycling Promotion Fund
said,
“This is a further step in the
commitment of Austroads to support the work of the Australian Bicycle
Council
as it works to achieve a doubling of people cycling by 2016, the key
objective
of the National Cycling Strategy.”
</font></font></font><br/><br/><font style="font-family: Arial;"
size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2">The publication provides guidance
for
all levels of government in the design, construction and management of
roads to
make them safer for all road users.
</font></font></font><br/><br/><font style="font-family: Arial;"
size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2">The guide, which comes after the
release of the Australian Transport Council’s draft National Road
Safety
Strategy, will support governments to implement best practice bicycle
infrastructure for on-road and off-road situations.
</font></font></font><br/><br/><font style="font-family: Arial;"
size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2">Acknowledging the value and
necessity
of this information, Austroads has moved to make this publication free for
all
users as a download.
</font></font></font><br/><br/><font style="font-family: Arial;"
size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2">“The inclusion of principles
embodied
in Cycling Aspects will ensure
greater safety as well as promote improved movement for all road users”
said
Bourke.
</font></font></font><br/><br/><font style="font-family: Arial;"
size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2">“We certainly applaud the
commitment of
Austroads in developing this resource and demonstrating their commitment
to the
objective of doubling the number of bicycle riders in Australia” he
added.</font></font></font><font size="2"><br/><br/></font><ul><font
size="2">- Download CPF Media Release: <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/images/stories/MediaReleaseDocs/110329_CPF_Austroads_Guide_MR.pdf">National
Guide will support safety for all bike riders</a> (PDF,
120kb)</font><br/></ul><font style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"
size="2"><font size="5"><font size="2"><br/>Fast Facts</font></font>
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<font style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;" size="2"><ul><font
size="5"><font style="font-weight: normal;" size="2">- <span
style="font-style: italic;">Cycling Aspects of Austroads Guides</span>
brings together cycling related
information found in various Austroads guides, primarily the <span
style="font-style: italic;">Guide to Road Design</span> and the <span
style="font-style: italic;">Guide to Traffic
Management</span>.</font><br/></font><font size="2"> <br/><span
style="font-weight: normal;">- Cycling
Aspects can be downloaded from the Austroads publications site here:
</span></font><font style="font-weight: normal;" size="2"><a
href="https://www.onlinepublications.austroads.com.au/items/AP-G88-11">https://www.onlinepublications.austroads.com.au/items/AP-G88-11</a></font></ul>
</font><font style="font-family: Arial;" size="2"><br/><span
style="font-weight: bold;"><br/>Media inquiries: Stephen Hodge 0411 149
910<br/><br/><br/></span></font></div><p></p>
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