{"id":668050,"date":"2026-05-14T03:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668050\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T03:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T03:07:10","slug":"2026-27-budget-pledges-500m-for-walking-and-cycling-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668050\/","title":{"rendered":"2026\/27 Budget pledges $500m for walking and cycling networks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian Government has announced it will invest $500 million over 10 years to expand walking and cycling infrastructure nationwide, funding new paths and bikeways aimed at improving safety, reducing congestion and supporting active travel.<\/p>\n

The budget announcement builds on the Active Transport Fund investment program rolled out during the Albanese Government\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n

Advocacy body WeRide Australia<\/a> welcomed the announcement, saying it reflects strong community demand for better transport options. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis announcement reflects the strong demand we are seeing from communities across Australia who want to provide more options to move around our increasingly congested cities and towns, while also helping to build a healthier population,\u201d said WeRide Executive Officer Peter Bourke.<\/p>\n

The organisation said it hopes the investment will help deliver safer routes for children, families and commuters, and credited years of advocacy and research highlighting the economic and health benefits of cycling.<\/p>\n

Beyond improving urban mobility and public health\u2014particularly in congested cities\u2014the investment also reflects a broader policy shift encouraging short trips away from car use, something that\u2019s already occurring due to higher fuel prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the impact of the investment will depend heavily on how it\u2019s delivered across the country, something that we\u2019ll be watching closely over the next few years.<\/p>\n

You can see all of the projects by state\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mike O\u2019Connor \u2013 A keen cyclist, runner and photographer, Mike O\u2019Connor is the Editor of Bicycling Australia. He manages the BA website and social media, and loves promoting the achievements of Australian cyclists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian Government has announced it will invest $500 million over 10 years to expand walking and cycling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-668050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}