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It's disappointing when cyclists punch down at children and pedestrians. We know what it's like, so we should know better.

you’re a grown adult acting like a kid who spat the dummy by repeating the same phrases “cope”. Firstly cyclists are often nothing more then self absorbed narcissists. Except for the “means of getting around/used to loose weight” those who treat it as a lifestyle and flaunt it as such aren’t heros or something even worth remarking on. Bikes on the road are a major safety concern especially when clueless cyclists exceed the 1-1.5 meters leniency they are given when sharing a roadway. Yet most of your groups break that rule. Secondly it’s not motorised, their aren’t insurances, licences and registration to do it. But impeding motorists by being a pest on a road way doesn’t make you brave it makes you despised and an example of what’s wrong with cyclists. I like to ride myself but I’d never do anything that harms myself or others.

You descended the wrong direction, you have to stop at the stop sign this way if you went the other way with the tv stations there's no stop sign.

appreciate the video and effort though.

who pays for the roads? i dont understand what is wrong with the existing pathways - could be better, pehaps a rego or some other fee... would take away mynegative feelings toward bike riders (on the roads).

Common sense seems to have prevailed - the limit is now 20 crossing the shared bridge to George street.

Good to find a cycling video that is not completely self-centred. How dare parents park vehicles when transporting children.

Good video Chris. Look forward to a video on some of the Northside cycle ways.

I want bike lanes everywhere!

I totally agree with her about bikers

Mate your highlighting your lack of intelligence and ability to use your common fuckjng sense. These should 100% be laws.

He is flying, and it’s fair that he turned considering how far ahead and faster he was going. But it’s also not safe in his position… going WAY too fast

Bro the reason is that there isn’t enough funding…. There is already tons of bike ways to use, they just extending what they already have.

I don’t agree with a lot of stuff on here but to be fair this is the most annoying thing

i though the river thing was a footpath from the station to the private school. hence no connections beyond.

It’s funny how we apparently need more cops to stop the youth crimewave but their all still too busy fining QLD’s poorest and most environmentally friendly citizens. I frequently ride my BMX around Brisbane but especially along the bikeways such as the Jim Soorley bikeway. Shared paths can be confusing for pedestrians who should really only be walking on the far left quarter of the pathway. Instead they usually take up half the path which is fine, but the problems occur when someone just starts swaying or walking on the right side without looking. They will act as if they were nearly hit and that it is in no way their fault. Honestly though, the vast majority of walkers and riders are doing a great job of treating one another with respect.

Couldn't find an email address, so I'm commenting here to get in touch. I've been getting a lot of updates from BCC about improvements to active transport infrastructure, so I thought around now may be a good time to chat about collaborating on a video on the topic (as I was hoping to years ago before the floods wiped out so much of the existing infrastructure). I'd really like to draw on your insight for a more balanced assessment of where things are ATM, and about plans for the future. My contact details are on the about tab of my channel. I hope to hear from you, and maybe we can arrange a chat over a coffee sometime to get the wheels rolling.

I have ridden on the v1 veloway twice, once from brisbane all the way to gold coast, took several hours with stops in the middle, and a couple of bike pushing because I was exhausted pushing against headwind after yatala on gold coast highway, second time is from gold coast to brisbane also via v1 veloway, easier and faster since no headwind, finishing in a shorter time than the other way around. Gold coast bike infrastructure is much worse than brisbane though, with almost no dedicated bike lanes, and sharing road traffic is required

I love riding the shared paths here in Bristol UK. I'm super-cautious and respectful around pedestrians, and very tolerant of unleashed dogs, even when they stray into my path. I'm a 60 year old man on medication for my blood pressure, and find cycling much more pleasurable doing so with a smile on my face.

I ride this path from Darra through Edenbrook connection and Rocks Riverside at least once a month since a buddy of mine moved in at Jindalee. I love that they kept the cycle path open under the temporary buildings which I think should be standard but it a step in the right direction considering how car centric Bris is! Will the whole path be 5m and modal separated? It seems to get more narrow near the lights and I can’t imagine they make it wider after the fact.

This was actually so insightful, I lived in Germany for a year and honestly life was amazing just riding everywhere - you could go to the other side of town so easily and so many students would ride to school. Australias networks definitely shadow in comparison. I miss biking but living in north brisbane trying to get to the cbd for work makes it difficult as a commute option, even just riding to the local train station is so uncomfortable with 80km/h roads and you're forced to ride on the shoulders of the road. Thank you for this, if you ever do any north Brisbane routes I would definitely love to watch!!

2:48 - "Bike lanes will increase noise, congestion and undesirables in the community." Um, that's what motor vehicles do. My personal opinion is that if there are any objections to bike lanes on any particular road, then that road shouldn't be there either.

Keep up the great work you are doing with this channel. The spotlight on bike infrastructure issues, road-rules and car-centric-stupidity is very welcome in a world where people turn car-licence age and think they never need to do cardio-exercise ever again. We have created a few generations of weak, lazy, abusive and indifferent road users called motorists, that I like to call motorons.

The government needs to start treating car drivers how they actually should be treated.... as people heading for early cardiopulmonary issues brought on by a sedentary lifestyle. When car drivers start using the "bicycles... registration" argument I like to calmly suggest that their rego fees are being paid for the damage their heavier vehicles do to the roads and also to help pay medical expenses brought about by their years of sitting on their arses, allowing their waistlines to balloon, whilst they were hurling abuse at the people who did get off their arse to do something positive for personal fitness and the environment. These people have lost their decency, empathy, courtesy and fundamentally lost sight of reality. We need a re-education that addresses the "ok so now I have a car licence I never have to do exercise again and anyone/thing smaller than my vehicle automatically loses its right-of-way and general rights on the road". This is where we seem to have found ourselves.

And a motorbike cop waits on the bicentennial bike way to ticket cyclists. Priorities please

They are the same all over. They aren't a place to ride fast or worry about Strava times. It does get frustrating when a group of pedestrians is spread out across the whole trail, but you know it is kind of hard for pedestrians to walk single-file and talk, so I see why they do it. It's much nicer walking side by side. You have to relax, go fast when there is a clear section, and be prepared to slow down when others are near.

totally agree

Random musing reading some other comments, it's interesting there is focus on restricting the maximum speed of ebikes & scooters but not cars. I was reading overseas looking at technology even that automatically drops the speed of ebikes/scooters in school zones (obviously lower speed limits than we have). But that makes me think couldn't that technology be applied to cars then? (rather than focussing on driverless vehicles). Police wouldn't have to do high speed chases & we wouldn't have to worry about our car getting stolen if you could use your mobile to hit a button that starts slowing it down until it stops (that wouldn't be a joyride). Noting Campbell Newmans recent comments that most motorists follow the speed limit so shouldn't have to focus on speed cameras now - very sure not every car is doing 50 kph in my street. p.s. I do agree with the restriction on ebikes but I think 30 kph is fair like the UK are looking at. It's a good pace to commute with.

Nice video, & so true about the most vulnerable in society. Saw a comment recently that you can tell how good a city is for cycling if you see the youngest and oldest out riding. My dad's 80 now and can't walk but he rides an electric recumbent bike on the centenary bikeway - keeps him healthy. Without the path he wouldn't do it.

Hey, great video, as usual. For people who don't know the areas as intimately as you obviously do is there any chance of throwing thumbnail map on the video in a top corner? Openmaps one would be great. Thanks. Please keep up the stong cycle centric advocacy. The city unknowingly apprecicates it.

This video is 2 years old can you make an updated video on the situation, has stage 5 progressed at all since this video?

How long is this entire loop?

18:20 I’ll take that challenge.

Thanks good video. Brizzy has come so far with the bike ways. Wasn’t so long ago we had none. Commuting from hill end to fortitude Valley in the 90s, I got hit five times in the space of two years, including leaving a body shaped dent in the side of a delivery van 😂

Same story here in Singapore. Our shared paths are 15kph or 20kph. While parks with bike lane are limited to 25kph. Once in awhile we have enforcement doing speed traps & educating cyclists. Cycling on the roads in Singapore is limited to 5 per grp (single file on single lane road). 10 per grp for 2 abreast riding on roads in same direction with more than single lane. Getting really strict here, may be due to the space limitations.

any chance of a gpx? might have to do this loop

how well are they all lighted at night?

Love this video! As a commuter from Chapel Hill, I would love to see cycle infrastructure improvement on Sylvan Road, Russell Terrace, and Jenkinson St.

North Brisbane bikeways are missing

Moderately interesting topic, but 45 minutes? 🥱

that's some fire work man! love it. _JC

At least you have bikeways. Up here in Toowoomba we have none, just a bit of paint splashed on the road. And also being the capital of the American truck it dangerous cos those f'ers hate anything that isn't them on the roads. Suffice to say, Toowoomba is a shit hole.

If you live on the north side of Brisbane you’re screwed, we have very little and very disjointed bikeways

Quality content Chris. Once you leave the V1 the quality goes down hill quickly. At least metaphorically.

any improvement yet?

i ride an euc on many of the bikeways seen in this video, i would probably have a hard time staying upright at some of the low speeds suggested for some bikeways (10kmph), my average riding speed is almost spot on 20kph but i can get upto faster bike speeds of 35-40kph but thats on the rare occasion, I commute on the euc so it has always been in my best intrest to follow all the rules but even though i can ride at 10kmph or less it starts to feel easier to walk at that point and its much easier to just fall off/wobble more and sway much more than at a comfortable 15-25kph

Because law enforcement never do anything and they never are held accountable and they know they will drive away and never be confronted and they are just dumbasses like most people we are surrounded by

I'd like to hear the gopro traffic noise rather than background music. A night time ride to assess lighting and safety for women/kids would be great too. Thanks!

I read the title. I thought yes. If places are not safe for children the solution is not to get rid of the children but to get rid of the unsafe things.

Good video. I’m 6 months late but had this scenario happen to me today. I was ahead of the car and they honked me as they turned left behind me and I went straight ahead. I think I will be crossing at the pedestrian crossing from now on, just not worth the risk of being run over by someone’s ignorance/indifference