Preston electorate
Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (14:44): (575) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and my question is: what work is being undertaken nationally to develop consistent highly visible designs for bike path crossings such as those found on Cramer Street and Oakover Road in Preston? As many of us know, there is a slightly unusual situation at the moment where there is a very standard, highly visible design for pedestrian crossings, with the zebra lines and the yellow lights that we are all familiar with, but there is no equivalent for bike crossings. If you are building a bike path, you cannot use a zebra crossing because cyclists are required to dismount at a zebra crossing, but you have no well-known high-profile alternative. As is the case at Cramer Street, you just have to put a give-way sign and a raised section. We are very grateful to the minister for installing some speed bumps, which are slowing traffic down, but if we did want lights or high-visibility options, we do not have them. We appreciate any information the minister can provide on this national issue.