Initiatives, research and events where bicycles create positive social change
In a couple of days, on Sunday 13th November, Australia’s Bicycle Network is undertaking its annual bike path user audits. These counts are done each year to collect bicycle use data that help local councils accurately monitor and plan for current and future bicycle path use and infrastructure. This week will be the Super Sunday Recreational Bike Count. Each …
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Next Sunday (27th August), Space for Cycling Brisbane is hosting The Big Push for Road Safety ride. This is a well-timed event as it coincides with Queensland’s Road Safety Week. From the information provided online, this event is a proactive, peaceful and family-friendly reminder from all manner of Brisbane cyclists to policy-makers for cycling to be …
Ride2School 2017 Today is Australia’s National day for Ride2School 2017. This is a national active school transportation initiative (celebrated elsewhere overseas as well), whereby schools register that their parents, student and teachers will use active school transportation on the day. Active transportation can be by bike, walk, scooter, skateboard or other unmotorised means. The …
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March is Women’s Month. March 8th was International Women’s Day and throughout the month there are many other events highlighting a range of social and gender justice issues. There were major March4Justice protests organised in all major cities (and elsewhere) around Australia on March 15th. It was epic! So I headed to the Brisbane protest …
While looking at some pacific community bike projects, I came across the Pedal4PNG Bike Ride. It sparked my interest as it was relatively small and specific and offered a unique riding opportunity through Papua New Guinea. It also provides some ideas for other organisations (like Village Bicycle Project in Lunsar, Sierra Leone who I have …
In July, I attended ResBaz Brisbane and went to a session by Griffith Uni’s amazing Amanda Miotto. Amanda is a Senior eResearch Analyst and is central to the hugely popular Hacky Hour. I was super impressed with her knowledge and excellent advice for researchers on how to use technology more effectively. In a recent consultation …
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Happy Chinese New Year! The Chinese New Year is also called the Spring Festival or Luna New Year. The 2019 year of the Pig is predicted to be a particularly auspicious and lucky year. And with the zodiac sign of the pig representing diligence, kindness and generosity, people working on projects (like PhDs and other …
Chicks in the Sticks 2018 Last weekend was the 2018 Chicks in the Sticks 3 hr Enduro event. Chicks in the Sticks (CITS) is Queensland’s premier all-women’s MTB event. It has been running now for 4 years and registrations have been gaining steadily. This year there were 233 entrants. I won’t rehash here the finer …
This week, I am in Sydney attending the annual, national English Australia Conference (EAC) 2018. Earlier this year at the EA (QLD) PD Fest, our Bicycles Create Change session won the QLD Bright Ideas Award. So, thanks to Pearson and the EA Queensland Branch, I’m in Sydney representing our BCC internship team session at the …
Great news! In March, I presented two workshops at the English Australia (QLD) PD Fest. This event is the state precursor to the national conference held later this year. The Bicycles Create Change Internship workshop was one of 5 sessions nominated for the EA (QLD) Bright Ideas Award. This blog formed the basis for work …
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