Cycling is seen today as a panacea for many problems facing cities in Australia and the rest of the developed world, including issues of increasing traffic congestion, increasing rates of obesity and volatile oil prices. As a result, governments are increasingly looking to encourage the growth of cycling as a mode of transport used as...

This paper explores trends in journey to work activity across metropolitan Melbourne area by active transport (walking and cycling).

This paper describes the current levels of children’s active transport and independent mobility to and from school; examines associations between distance and transport methods and explorings the socio-demographic factors, including sex and urban classification, influencing transport options.

The paper examines actor behaviour and institutional cultures in the processes of Active Transport to School (ATS) policy implementation in local government through an investigation of the Cities of Glen Eira and Boroondara, two middle-ring Melbourne council areas with quite different ATS outcomes.

The City of Greater Geelong has been exploring walkability in an attempt to better cater for the walking dependant population, improve rates of walking in the overall population, and achieve better population health.