The City Of Port Phillip (Melbourne) has today revealed plans to put in place separated bike lanes the length of St Kilda Rd, a total of 5.3km in both directions. St Kilda Road is the one of the busiest bike routes in Melbourne, yet it also has the highest incidence of car door collisions in Victoria. Running from Linlithgow Avenue, Southbank to Carlisle Street, St Kilda, the introduction of these lanes will move bike riders out of the highly dangerous ‘dooring’ zones and significantly reduce the frequency of accidents. In Port Phillip, cyclists make approximately 659,900 trips each year along St Kilda Road. This increases to 1,219,000 trips per year on the stretch of St Kilda Road that lies within the City of Melbourne. On an annual basis, the average number of minor injuries in City of Melbourne is 3.2 with 0.6 hospitalisations. In City of Port Phillip, the average number of minor injuries is 14.4 with 5.2 hospitalisations. The higher accident rate in the City of Port Phillip is partly due to more cars crossing into service lanes, particularly between Queens Road and dandenong Road. The expected benefits of the new bike lanes include an expected 28% reduction in collisions and a 25% increase in riders using St Kilda Rd. heraldsun.au/news/victoria/m-plan-for-st-kilda-rd-will-extend-bike-lanes-the-length-of-the-boulevard/story-fni0fit3-1227015895556
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:48:33 +0000
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