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Active Travel and Cycling

Active travel means getting about in a way that makes you physically active, like walking or riding a bike.

Encouraging more active travel brings lots of benefits including improving public health and air quality, increased road safety, better community connectivity, and reduced carbon emissions.

Active travel has significant environmental and health benefits for communities which is why we must consider walking and cycling in all projects, ranging from the development of major road and rail projects and new suburbs to relatively small infrastructure improvements.

The Department is putting into action strategies that encourage and support green spaces, walking and bike riding when planning and designing new projects, including access to public transport stops, stations and interchanges. By prioritising active travel modes during the design stage of projects we can make urban environments more pleasant and liveable for everyone.

Contractors seeking technical design recommendations should refer to the Active Travel Design Guide.

Cycling

View a map of the existing and future statewide cycling network.

Cycle Instead journey planner

Cycle Instead is an interactive journey planner. It shows you the Bikedirect network across metropolitan Adelaide and other urban areas in South Australia so you can quickly choose the most direct and comfortable route for your trip, using secondary roads, bike lanes, shared paths, greenways and bicycle boulevards.

Click on the link below to have a look for yourself!

Cycle instead on the Bike direct network - journey planner

Resources

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