told<\/a> the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\n\u201cPeople are not in overcrowded public transport, they\u2019re not in cars. They\u2019re on a healthy form of transport and not contributing to emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Costly in more ways than one<\/p>\n
Supporters have also drawn attention to the safety record, noting that in the five years prior to the lanes being implemented, there was one fatal crash and four serious injuries. In contrast to the nearly six years of no crashes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you remove this, there is no alternative \u2013 you will see up to 1000 cycle trips a day pushed back onto main roads,\u201d warned transport safety expert Ben Woodner.<\/p>\n
On top of that, costs to remove the pop-up lane have been estimated to exceed $1 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the data hasn\u2019t quietened the backlash. For many residents, the pop\u2011ups represent a temporary measure that has quietly morphed into long\u2011term infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Still, the numbers have done little to ease the backlash. For many Sydney residents, the pop-ups that are potentially becoming permanent feel like a temporary measure that has quietly taken root. These changes are beginning to reshape daily life for them, a sentiment evident in the growing criticism from households along the corridor.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\u201cIt breaks every promise, and residents feel deceived, betrayed, and scapegoated,\u201d said resident Ann Cairns.<\/p>\n
Adding heat to the debate, some have also raised concerns that the cycleway effectively cuts homes off from direct road access, complicating deliveries and reducing parking. <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day we deal with basic access problems \u2014 Uber drivers refusing to stop, deliveries left in back lanes, or parcels thrown over our fences and gates,\u201d another resident, Kristen Greaves, argued.<\/p>\n
However, some may argue that removing the lanes ignores the broader shift in how people now move through the city. Bicycle NSW planner Sarah Bickford has noted that taking out the protected lanes could deter families and older riders who rely on separated infrastructure to feel safe.<\/p>\n
A final decision on whether the cycleways are expected to become permanent is expected later this year. Until then, the lanes remain a visible reminder of the pandemic and a focus point in the growing debate about the future of transport in Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney\u2019s COVID-era pop-up cycleways are entering a new phase, as the City of Sydney moves to extend the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3925,3926,3927,2561,3928,3929,3930,3931,3932,1093,553,968,247,1217],"class_list":{"0":"post-2814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sydney","8":"tag-bicycle-nsw","9":"tag-bikes","10":"tag-city-of-sydney","11":"tag-clover-moore","12":"tag-cycling","13":"tag-cyclists","14":"tag-fitzroy-street","15":"tag-moore-park","16":"tag-moore-park-cycleway","17":"tag-public-transport","18":"tag-road-safety","19":"tag-safety","20":"tag-sydney","21":"tag-transport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}