Being your best on our shared paths

With the pandemic keeping people closer to home, there is more demand than ever for our open spaces, especially our 50km of shared paths, dedicated walking paths, bush tracks and cycle paths.

Local bike stores have reported a surge in bike sales since the lockdown in March, with one store in Narrabeen selling out of bikes – an unprecedented situation.

With more paths and more people out enjoying them, trying to stay safely distanced from each other can be a challenge. Now is the perfect time sharpen up on your shared path etiquette.

Keep your wits about you – be aware of others and your surrounds.Stay left and if you need to use your phone – move off the path and prevent obstruction to others.Look where you’re going and keep an easy pace on your bike.Keep your pooch on a short lead.

As part of our commitment to better transport on the Beaches, we are building more shared paths, improve walking paths and planning more connections for bike riding to help people make the decision to get out of their cars and make their trip via foot or bike.  In 2019/20 we delivered shared paths in:

Allambie Heights - linking the local shops, oval and public school with the existing shared path to the north along Allambie Road.Newport - linking Newport West shops to Newport village via Kalinya, Gladstone and Bishop Streets.Around the Glen Street Open Space precinct in Belrose.

New sections of shared paths at Allambie Road, from Aquatic Drive to Warringah Road, and Patanga Road from Dareen Street to Iris Street in Frenchs Forest are coming soon.  We’re also planning projects in Brookvale and Queenscliff, with a focus on sections of the future safe cycling network.

Check out this video to learn what to do and not to do on our shared paths.