The humble footpath could be the answer to being more active, with new research showing regional Australians living in “walkable towns” travelled 75 minutes more on foot each week.
The humble footpath could be the answer to being more active, with new research showing regional Australians living in “walkable towns” travelled 75 minutes more on foot each week.
In the City Of Melbourne LGA, there was a group running last council elections called “Rip up the Bike lanes” - lead by a guy who was angry at bike infrastructure being around Lygon St because he thought they hurt the business of the cafes and restaurants there. Apparently bike riders never buy coffee or gelato.
There was a similar thing on Chapel Street with a business association leading protests against bike lanes because they said that changing parking to bike lanes would hurt their businesses (apparently bike riders never go shopping for overpriced clothing either).
There’s been fun studies that show shop owners tend to think more parking = more patrons, when the opposite is true