Bourke Street Bicycle Route
In April 2007 City of Sydney adopted the Cycle Strategy and Action Plan 2007-2017. The strategy’s aim is to increase cycling by 500 per cent in the city, by providing the infrastructure to make cycling a more attractive choice.
The Bourke Street bicycle route is an early part of the City’s Strategy to increase the cycling network to almost 200 kilometres. This includes 55 kilometres of separated cycle lanes and approximately 145 kilometres of cycleways, dedicated cycle lanes and shared zones.
The project runs from Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo to Elizabeth Street, Zetland and and will provide a key 4.3km north/south bicycle corridor through Sydney’s inner east.
- Frequently Asked Questions | PDF 30Kb
Staging
The overall length of the Bourke Street bicycle route and variety of different traffic conditions means the project has been divided onto 3 separate precincts to enable a coordinated approach to the design and construction process. Each precinct has been broken down as follows.
- Precinct 1: On road bicycle path - Cowper Wharf Roadway to Eastern Distributor, east Sydney
- Precinct 2: On road bicycle path - Eastern Distributor to Crescent Street/Philip Street Redfern
- Precinct 3: Shared off road path from Crescent / Phillip Street – Elizabeth Street, Zetland.
Detailed investigation of Precinct 1 (between, Cowper Wharf Roadway to Eastern Distributor) is currently underway with construction scheduled to commence in the second half of 2008.
Detailed design of Stage 2 is planned for mid 2008, with design of Precinct 3 planned for late 2008.
Submissions
Submissions closed Friday 6 June 2008.
The Bourke Street Proposal
Typical Details
Typical details for cycle way at intersections, driveways and bus stops.
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1. Standard intersection treatment
2. Bicycle road with bus stop
3. Bicycle road with traffic lights
4. Bicycle roads and driveways
5. Shared pedestrian and bicycle footpaths
Precinct Maps
Below are 7 maps with concept designs for the Bourke Street cycle way route from Cowper Warf Road Woolloomooloo to Elizabeth Street Zetland. These cycleway plans are still only in draft form and you are invited to comment so that we can get the final design right.
- Map 1 Cowper Warf Road - Corfu Street
(Eastern Distributor on-ramp) | PDF 1.5Mb - Map 2 - Eastern Distributer on-ramp - Oxford Street | PDF 1.2Mb
- Map 3 - Oxford Street - Bennett Place | PDF 1.3Mb
- Map 4 - Bennett Place - Cleveland Street | PDF 2.1Mb
- Map 5 - Cleveland Street - Phillip Street | PDF 1.2Mb
- Map 6 - Phillip Street - Sydney Gate | PDF 700Kb
- Map 7 - Sydney Gate - Elizabeth Street | PDF 1.3Mb
For More Information
City Liaison Officer
Precinct
David Robinson
Mobile:
0419 615 806
Project Manager
Fiona Lewis
Tel: 02 9265 9333
Download
- Bourke Street Flyer | PDF 1.1Mb
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Last Updated: Thursday 12 June, 2008
