South Australia: Adelaide’s Cycling Death traps

Image: Port Wakefield Road

Adelaide might have some good recreational bike tracks, but when it comes to the commuter cyclist, the infrastructure is severely underfunded.

While there are a few disjointed bicycle lanes around the city, in order to travel safely cyclists need continuous safe options for the entire length of the major arterial routes.

While it is good to promote recreational cycling, it is the commuter cyclist who most benefits the community, as most likely they would otherwise be using some polluting greenhouse gas emitting form of transport, and at the same time by cycling they are helping remove congestion from our roads.

There is limited benefit in spray painting bicycles onto the road when it relatively safe to ride anyway only to have the bike lane come to an abrupt end where it becomes most dangerous.

• Click here to go to David Bowler’s site that details dangerous and inappropriate bicycle infrastructure in South Australia