The  Australian cycling sector has a comprehensive network of local, state and national cycling organisations. According to a research project conducted by the CPF in May there are an estimated 1,115 cycling organisations around Australia covering urban, regional and rural areas in all states and territories.

Previously little information has been available about the range and scope of their activities, a critical step for us to be able to argue for funded programs to be made available to the cycling sector. To fill this information gap, we contacted 800 cycling organisations to encourage them to complete an online survey. Thank you for those who have responded.

We received 185 responses from a diverse range of organisations around Australia. The survey has provided us with some excellent information to demonstrate to Government that the cycling sector plays an instrumental role in encouraging, maintaining and increasing physical activity levels in the community and has the capacity to expand those activities.

• Read the full report on the survey findings (PDF file, 194kb)
  

The CPF’s  Government Relations Representative, Stephen Hodge has been actively working to expand and strengthen our input at the federal level to make a stronger case for Government investment and support for cycling and these survey outcomes have already been presented to senior Government officials as part of our regular meeting.