Open Data Portal dataACT – canberra.bike

Heatmaps of footpath network

TCCS catalogues the community path network as cycle paths (CYCLEPATH) or footpaths (FOOTPATH). The footpaths are quite numerous and this allows us to plot a heatmap showing the footpath density which varies greatly depending on the suburb. The older suburbs generally do poorly.

568 km strategic bike paths managed by TCCS

Safe cyclings with the"continuous verge treatment", Bike ONLY path crossing Ariotti Street, Strathnairn, West Belconnen

False is the claim that we have 1000 km of bike paths in Canberra. Even with the most optimistic estimate, only 568 km of paths meets the minimum requirements for cycling, and the asphalt paths are about half that. In the ACT we have 327 km of bitumen paths, 235 km of concrete paths, and 6 km with pavers – total 568 km. In comparison, we have 5900 lane kilometres of roads.

Maintenance costs on concrete paths $302-683 million by 2030

Using ACT Government data from their portal and 2017 ACT Auditor General report, canberra.bike has estimated that the maintenance cost on the ACT Government concrete paths will lie between $302-683 million by 2030. The ACT Auditor General recommends making provisions for this.