When Kath Angus cycles to work, she opts to go twice as far as the shortest distance between East Brisbane and Herston because it’s the only way she feels safe.

The midwife and former Greens mayoral candidate enjoys cycling, but says her 10-kilometre commute is way longer than it needs to be.

“It is mostly the safest way — and it’s the way that’s all bikeway — but it’s not the quickest and it’s definitely not the shortest,” she said.

“The most direct route is 4.9 kilometres. I don’t feel comfortable going that way most of the time.

“I can’t imagine a time when anyone in a car would be expected to travel double the distance to take a safe route.”

Key points:

• RACQ found Adelaide Street and Dornoch Terrace were most dangerous for cyclists
• It found two thirds of the most popular CBD cycling routes had no safe cycling infrastructure
• Councillor Ryan Murphy says plans to make Dornoch Terrace safer met with opposition

RACQ research into popular cycling routes in Brisbane’s inner-city found that up to two-thirds of them had no safe cycling infrastructure.

Source
ABC News