A34Educate the community about sustainable transport

Council continues to provide the community with education about sustainable transport including:

• Electric Vehicles Education: the basics, models, costs, and charging
• Biketober: a month long cycling challenge encouraging schools and local businesses to compete by logging as many rides as possible.
• Providing education about health, economic, and sustainability benefits of cycling
• Ride 2 Work day activation on the Bay Trail drawing over 200+ participants
• Hosted Mayors on Bikes event with attedence from Bayside, Monash, Darebin, the community and a Bicycle Network
• Promoting walking and cycling through our Walk or Wheels program which is run through over 35 primary schools and 5 secondary schools
• Promoting active transport at our events throughout the year

Biketober successful pilot launch which included:

• 172 Registrants
• 105 People Riding
• 923 kg C02 saved
• 5 workplaces
• 21,677km ridden
• 1046 bike trips.

Kingston, despite entering late in August 2023, placed 4th among 25 government agencies.

A successful Mayors on Bikes event raised the profile of three cycling advocacy projects.