BikeSpot
The Amy Gillett Foundation is Australia’s leading cycling safety organisation. They’re dedicated to making bike riding safe for everyone in the community and making it easier for people to choose to ride a bike.
They have reached out to Heathmont College because in the past 40 years, the percentage of children who walk or ride to school has dropped from 75% to 25%. One of the top reasons why parents hold their kids back from riding to school is because of safety concerns.
They want to help turn this trend around by making it safe for kids and families around Australia to ride their bike for all sorts of trips.
One part of this program is BikeSpot 2023 – an interactive map which allows anyone to mark where they feel safe or unsafe while riding their bike. You can view the map and make your mark at:
As the largest ever crowdsourcing bike safety project in Australia, BikeSpot is an incredibly exciting project which gives you the power to have input into cycling safety upgrades in your neighbourhood.
They already had 20,000 contributions to the map since it launched last month.
The BikeSpot map will close at the end of January 2024, so please get involved as soon as you can. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage your school community in a project that will help keep people active and healthy and encourage sustainable transport.
Any questions, pelase contact the CEO at the Amy Gillett Foundation, Dan Kneipp, at bikespot@amygillett.org.au.