Sydney Cycleways - Getting busier

The City of Sydney via a media release has once again confirmed that cycling in Sydney is increasing. This is inspit of the fact that no further segments of the planned network have opened in the last six months. It has to be said that this very encouraging and also not much of a surprise. It is quite common for peoples travel patterns to change slowly as they get use to a new service or facility. The same thing happens on any new road or Bus/rail service.
Some commentators point out that the counts have been paid for by the City of Sydney. There is no real difference between the City of Sydney paying for it or a State Government counting cars on a new road it has just built. Both have an interest in promoting what they have just built. It certainly has less self interest then a motoring body releasing figures on car usage.
The standout figure in my mind is these ones

Taylor Square, Oxford Street and Bourke Street intersection (1,923 trips up from 1,728 in March); and

Liverpool Street, College Street and Oxford Street (1,876 trips up from 1,795 in March).

Oxford street is one nasty street, for a lack of a better term, yet more people are crossing and riding down it. It is also where two of the cycleways hit, the Bourke St Cycleway & the Collage St Cycleway. Increasing numbers hitting this road show more people would like to be able to a ride a bike, there just needs to be the safe infrastructure.

Here is the channel 10 news report on it.