As Australia prepares for a horror summer fuelled by the climate crisis, Randwick council in Sydney voted to remove a cycleway planned for Maroubra Road through Maroubra Junction, Eastgardens and towards the beach.

A motion to rescind the change failed.

See the BicycleNSW submission: https://bicyclensw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/230829-Maroubra-Road-Cycleway-Letter-to-Councillors.pdf

Thanks @kymtje (Greens) for your support of the cycleway.

#sydney #cycling #randwick #auspol #sydney #urbanism #bicycles #climatecrisis #australia

Why do pedestrians in Sydney wait so long at traffic lights? I tried to find out the answer and wrote a blog post: https://jakecoppinger.com/2023/07/shining-a-light-on-the-traffic-signals-of-sydney/

I cover previously unpublished maps of signal timings, ODbL crowdsourced data from a open source website I built, how it costs $200 to buy data on a single intersection from the government, details on signal programming in a proprietary format, comparisons with best practice and more.

#urbanism #planning #walking #maps #openstreetmap #sydney #australia

There appears to be a fledgling pro-YIMBY movement starting in Sydney: https://www.sydney.yimby.au/

They are hosting a launch night if you are interested: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sydney-yimby-launch-tickets-652714856707

There is also https://www.yimbysydney.com/ run by @JessScully

#sydney #housing #auspol #density #missingmiddle #yimby #nimby

A side project I started over the weekend - a map of how long pedestrians have to wait at traffic lights in Sydney to identify problematic intersections!

https://betterintersections.jakecoppinger.com/

It's powered by a Google Sheet, which you can contribute to with a simple Google Form: https://forms.gle/3FFGD5Jk14wUS22n6

Please have a look and if you're interested, contribute some measurements! I'll add more detailed instructions in the coming days.

#sydney #australia #nsw #betterstreets #walking #maps #mapbox #openstreetmap #opendata #map #walking #cycling