Riders come together for National Ride2Work Day

Bicycle Queensland celebrated National Ride2Work Day today as we welcomed riders, members and community partners to the northern end of Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens for a morning of coffee, conversation and cycling advocacy.

The event provided an opportunity for people riding into the city to stop, enjoy a free coffee at Mulga Bills cafe, and connect with Bicycle Queensland (BQ) and organisations working to make riding safer and more accessible across Brisbane and Queensland.

With National Ride2Work Day highlighting the many benefits of riding for transport, the morning was also an opportunity for BQ to share updates on its current advocacy campaigns, upcoming events and projects, while hearing directly from the people who ride Brisbane’s streets and bikeways.

“It was a great event! We had over 120 riders visit, despite the threat of rain. Thanks to all the riders who came along and had a coffee on us. So many smiles. The bike community is awesome,” said BQ CEO Dr Matthew Burke.

BQ was joined by Brisbane City Council, with representatives seeking community feedback on the Shafston Avenue and Sylvan Road projects. Both projects provided valuable talking points about improving Brisbane’s cycling connections and the importance of involving riders in planning better transport infrastructure.

BQ partner CycleLaw was also on hand to answer cycling-related legal questions, while Joe from Project 529 introduced riders to the bike registration and security system designed to help protect bikes and assist with their recovery if stolen.

BQ also used the opportunity to discuss our recent e-mobility survey, as we arm ourselves for the next phase of our campaign to defend legal e-bikes.

“We’ve also had a great response to our survey on the e-mobility laws, which many riders completed at the event today. We have over 700 responses, but are hoping to push past 1,000. Then we’ll really be able to tell government what the Queensland bike community thinks, and what the real-world impacts have been – both good and bad. The government has committed to a twelve-month review. We’ll need that evidence-base to get any changes.”

The event also welcomed the Hon Mark Bailey, who joined riders and representatives for conversations about cycling and active transport.

Bicycle Queensland thanks Brisbane City Council, CycleLaw, Project 529, Mulga Bills cafe and everyone who stopped by to help celebrate National Ride2Work Day.

Whether you ride to work every day, occasionally or are considering making the switch, Bicycle Queensland is working to make every journey by bike safer, easier and more enjoyable.

Find out more about Bicycle Queensland’s advocacy, events and membership via our Membership page.