Budget: $450,000
Project dates: January 2024 – April 2026
The Victorian State Government adopted a formal commitment of a 25% of walking or bike riding trips target by 2030. Fast-tracking the development of the bike riding network is a significant State priority over the next seven years. Turbo-charging bicycle infrastructure investments in regional areas is of high strategic importance. However, with the immense geographic scale of the state, it can be difficult to ascertain what investments should be prioritised.
There is a unique research opportunity to develop a framework for modelling benefits of bike/bicycle infrastructure investments and design a project prioritisation tool to generate evidence and compare benefits.
There is also a critical lack of bicycle infrastructure planning focus on regional spatial equity in Australia.
To achieve this, the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) and the City of Greater Bendigo are partnering with RMIT University to develop the Victoria Bicycle Simulation and Prioritisation Modelling tool with a case study in Bendigo, that combines spatial, infrastructure and safety data integration, demand forecasting and econometric scenario projections.