We should be doing all we can to encourage people to cycle - it reduces traffic and emissions, as well as being good for your health. When speaking with westsiders I’ve learnt that there are lots of people who’d love to cycle to work, school, or uni, but don’t feel safe to ride.
Without separated bike lanes, cyclists are braving dangerous road traffic or are being forced onto the footpath with pedestrians.
Safe, physically protected bike lanes on major roads make cycling a real option.
That’s why I’m pushing for Council and the State Government to work together to complete the Indooroopilly Bikeway. This would involve separated bike lanes linking the Indooroopilly Riverwalk with the St Lucia Esplanade Bikeway via Lambert Rd.
Our campaign is already working: after an influx of emails from residents, Council held a roundtable in 2023 and proposed some new bike infrastructure, but with some big missing links and no delivery until about 2026.
To get the bikeway completed, we need to show Council and the State government that the community support this project. You can let the Lord Mayor and Transport Minister Bailey know using the form on this site.
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Why we need the bikeway
This route is one of the biggest cycling “black holes” on the westside. Lambert Rd is a busy road that provides access to a lot of essential services. Completing the Indooroopilly bikeway would make it easy to ride to:
- UQ
- Schools around Lambert Rd including Indooroopilly ISHS, Brigidine College, Holy Family and St Peters Lutheran College
- Indooroopilly train station and Indooroopilly Shopping Centre
- Fig Tree Pocket and Ambrose Treacy College
Importantly, a bikeway would mean the 5,600 students and their families at the four schools around Lambert Rd would have the option to ride, helping to reduce the drop-off and pick-up peak hour traffic. I started campaigning for the bikeway as a result of my Lambert Rd School Transport Survey.
What would a cycling network for the West Side look like?
I've put together a map of the connections between the existing and proposed cycling projects on the west side, including our proposed completion of the Indooroopilly bikeway. This is in no way a complete outline of all cycling routes, but it shows how the Indooroopilly bikeway could connect to other bikeways across the West Side. This map also highlights how the completion of the Indooroopilly bikeway opens up the possibility of cycling to work, school, or uni for so many Westsiders.
