Resources
Active Travel
Being active in your daily travel is important — not only for your own personal health and fitness, but also for social connection and for the environment. Here’s some resources to help!
Design active travel into your lifestyle
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Active travel means using your body as part of getting where you need to go – walking, running, cycling, skateboarding or catching public transport. Replacing just one car trip a week with more active transport can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while improving our health, fitness and wellbeing.
Active travel is also way more more fun than being stuck in a car, with Canberra’s network of well-maintained footpaths and bicycle lanes making it one of the most enjoyable cities for active travel.
Make the Move – online resource helping Canberra commuters adopt more active and public transport alternatives to just jumping in the car each day. Developed by Conservation Council ACT Region and Canberra Environment Centre.
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Canberra has one of the highest rates of cycling in Australia and there are great resources on bike paths, tracks and maps to help seasoned cyclists or new riders keep their wheels turning.
Bike Paths & Tracks
10 best road biking trails in Canberra (AllTrails)
Cotter Pines – Mountain biking trails (Trailforks)
Rotary Rides Canberra – bike ride fundraiser
Mapping
Map my ride – Canberra cycling routes
Transport Canberra – Canberra cycling and walking map
Google maps also provides bike directions with established bike paths, safe roads for bikes and alerts for dirt tracks and main roads.
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Be part of Canberra’s ever-growing cycling community through its many diverse groups.
Canberra Cycling Club – regular racing events, seasonal track racing, training trails.
Pedal Power ACT – Canberra’s peak cycling body, with resources, social rides, events, trails.
Vikings Cycling Club – competitive cycling and racing opportunities for all levels and paces.
ANU Mountaineering Club – for all adults into outdoors adventures, including mountain biking.
Capital Region Masters Cycling Club – catering for cyclists over 30 years of age.
Canberra by Bike – social, leisurely rides on quiet streets and separated paths.
Canberra Off Road Cyclists – family-friendly with races, skills courses and social activities.
Canberra Mountain Bikers – riding bikes and promoting Canberra as a mountain biking capital.
Stromlo Night Riders – social trail riders for night and early evening rides in Canberra.
Dirt Maidens – mountain bike skills clinics for women.
Bike Hire
Canberra is a great place to explore on bike! Here are some place to hire a ride.
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Getting the most out of your bicycle requires some basic troubleshooting and tuning skills but never fear, there are some generous bike enthusiasts in Canberra who get together every Saturday morning in the city to teach and learn.
The Recyclery is a non-profit enterprise creating employment for people with disabilities. Pre-loved bikes are sourced from around Canberra, restored and then sold at affordable prices.
The Recyclery aims to provide affordable second-hand bikes to students, staff and the wider community. Visit them here next to the Environment Centre to test-ride, purchase or donate a bike. The Recyclery is open from Monday to Thursday.
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There a number of options to manage your active travel in Canberra.
Bike & Ride and Park & Ride are ACTION initiatives that encourage Canberrans to take public transport for some of the journey. Bike cages, rails and lockers are provided at various locations near bus stops across Canberra. Maps of bike parking facilities and instructions to access them can be found at the Bike & Ridewebsite. Park & Ride permits are also issued online.
Prefer to take your bike with you? Bike racks are fitted on most Blue Rapid and Red Rapid buses and other ACTION bus services. Folded down bikes are permitted on the bus.
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