For an excellent shorter, more persuasive piece, see WalkSydney’s blog post titled “All I want for Christmas is the SMH to do its job”. Also see the Better Streets blog post.
On Tuesday, a man in his 30s riding a Lime e-bike, motor-limited to 25km/h, was struck[1][2][a] by a 28-year-old man driving a garbage truck at Little Regent Street and Broadway, Ultimo – and died at the scene.[3][4][5][6] This is a legal e-bike – and the man was just a few hundred metres from Sydney’s Central Station – so why did the man die? Why aren’t the media calling for safety improvements to Broadway – an 8 to 9 lane dual-carriageway TfNSW-controlled state road without any bike lanes, just a few hundred metres from the Sydney CBD and Central Station, and on the doorstep of the Tech Central precinct hosting some of Australia’s most successful tech companies?[7]
Not a single one of the articles, from SMH (news[8] or editorial[9]), ABC News[10], The Guardian[11], AAP[2], 9 News[12], Pedestrian[13], Sunrise[14], 7 News live blog[5], News.com.au[4], The Daily Telegraph[1], Sky News[15], The Daily Mail[16], or The Nightly[17], mentions that there is no protected bike lane on George Street / Parramatta Road / Broadway, or that the man who died was on a legal, 25km/h limited Gen4 Lime e-bike.
In fact, most of these articles give the impression that the rider was on an illegal high-powered e-bike travelling at high speed. Safe cities which have achieved Vision Zero (yes, they exist[18][19]) do not ban e-bikes – they make streets safer so that people aren’t killed by motor vehicles. Of the 205 pedestrian deaths recorded across Australia in the year ending 31 July 2025[20], WalkSydney is aware of two that are confirmed to have been caused by people using e-mobility devices.[21]
Wednesday’s Sydney Morning Herald editorial[9] titled “We need to rethink the use of e-bikes, especially by children”[b] went so far as to say “even drivers” need to be protected from e-bikes, and that “delivery drivers who rely on these machines must follow road rules” – no mention of the mass of the vehicle involved or that Little Regent Street is one-way southbound at that intersection[22] (SMH even deleted the exact location of the crash from the first article version at 10:45am). While Everybody Limes, gig economy delivery riders are in one of the most vulnerable economic positions in our society. Too often it feels like media coverage depicts delivery riders as villains, singling them out for special treatment. In Australia we pride ourselves on a safe workplace environment as a given.
Where are the bike lanes? Why is funding for walking and bike infrastructure ~0.2% of total NSW transport funding? (has any journalist even written[c] what percentage it is?) Why isn’t it 20% as recommended by the UN[24], as per recommendation 16 of the Parliament of NSW inquiry into “Use of e-scooters, e-bikes and related mobility options”[25] which the NSW Government “Support in principle”?[26] Why was the federal $100m active transport fund at least 10x oversubscribed?[27] Where is the focus on Western Sydney access inequality?[28][29] Why is TfNSW so resistant[29] to road space reallocation on state roads (when supported by councils, their own strategy[30] and supported by that Grattan report[31][32])? Why does Paul Nicolaou publicly argue against safer 30km/h speed limits on high streets[33] when a previous Business Sydney report stated[34] it would be beneficial for businesses? (even 2GB agrees 30km/h is “going to be safer”[35]) Where is the TfNSW PRUAIP[36][37] post-Westconnex or PUTP C6[38][39]? In other words, where is the detailed journalism? I write this with the utmost respect for the craft, of reporters who are “in their late twenties or early thirties”[40], are “young enough to breathe that kind of air”[40] and go up against “unmovable forces”[40] (as surely the “Boulevard of broken dreams”[41][42] and traffic signal prioritisation are[43]) – but this isn’t it.
In my downtime, I have been maintaining a detailed list of every pedestrian and cyclist fatality in NSW in 2025 (with 302 references and counting), because even our beloved ABC “inaccurately suggested that e-scooters and e-bikes played a significant part in the rise in pedestrian deaths”, when “the fatalities were in fact the riders of e-scooters” (ABC Correction[44]). I am not a journalist, and this is not my job. It has been harrowing sitting down to read the TfNSW “NSW Road Toll – Daily” (sic) report – which TfNSW removes access to daily – and NSW Police reports every morning – which seemingly disappear after some months. These systems make it almost impossible to keep a contemporary record of crashes and road trauma using official statistics and police information. Quite frankly, I wish an actual journalist did this instead of me – I am exhausted.
This man and anyone else in his position deserved to get to his destination safely, and to his family for the holidays. The NSW Government wants walking and bike riding to be the preferred way to make short trips and a viable, safe and efficient option for longer trips.[45] So why isn’t it, and why aren’t we talking about that? Not only has our state government failed to make Parramatta Road / Broadway safe for anyone outside a car, and perhaps most inner city state roads (Oxford Street excluded), but the media has also failed to call this out. The least we owe this man is to address the root cause, and I assure you, ‘world cities’ like London, Paris, Helsinki, Oslo and Copenhagen are not banning kids on e-bikes – they even ride safely without helmets.
I’m not interested in laying blame on involved individuals; I want to support systemic change so people walking or riding safe bicycles aren’t killed on our local streets – so that I or someone I care about won’t die on this street one day.
I dare you to go for a bike ride down Broadway (or Parramatta Road, or King Street, or Victoria Road, or the Southern Arterial Route) and tell me e-bikes are the problem.
Journalists: please seek advice, background or quotes from Bicycle NSW, Better Streets, WalkSydney, or the Committee for Sydney on stories about road safety. They will be more than happy to assist you with best-practice, policy-informed, evidence-backed commentary.
Accuracy and language
If you have any concerns, feedback, corrections or additions regarding this post, please contact me at [email protected]. I have disabled comments. While I am not a journalist, I have made every effort to use accurate, factually correct and appropriate language, and followed followed Australian and international road safety communication guidelines.[46][47][48][49][50][51] Any corrections or suggestions on language are much appreciated.
Review of media coverage of the death
Note: See full list of every pedestrian, cyclist and personal mobility device road deaths in NSW in 2025 here: https://jakecoppinger.com/2025/11/list-of-pedestrian-cyclist-and-personal-mobility-device-road-deaths-in-nsw-in-2025/
News that this death was a person on an e-bike appeared to reach the NSW Premier Chris Minns while he was live, mid-interview[d], on 2GB radio (see transcript below). This was to announce a pre-planned and reasonable proposal to reduce the maximum power of legally purchased e-bikes in NSW to 250 watts, in line with European standard EN-15194[53] and other Australian states.[52] This import rule change was reported by ABC News on the 27th of November.[53]
The media then proceeded to link, without presenting evidence, this death of an e-bike rider (on a legal, 25km/h limited Lime bike) to the proposal to reduce the maximum power of legally purchased e-bikes in NSW.
While “It is unclear how fast the rider and garbage truck were travelling in Tuesday’s incident.” (an earlier, now deleted sentence from a Sydney Morning Herald article[8]) and “We don’t know the circumstances of that crash”[52], the title of several news articles made possibly misleading inferences about this death of a person riding a legal e-bike:
- Speed limits urged after e-bike rider dies in crash (AAP News)[2]
- NSW Premier Chris Minns considers reducing e-bike speed limits after fatal Sydney crash (9News)[12]
- E-bike laws: Chris Minns announces 250-watt limit after rider killed in Sydney’s CBD after collision with garbage truck (webpage title / previous article title), ‘Terrible’: Minns announces 250-watt e-bike limit after rider killed in Sydney CBD (early home page title[54]), E-bike power limits to be halved after rider dies in Sydney crash (article and home page title as of 2025-12-02 17:51) – Sydney Morning Herald[8]
- NSW considering plan to halve power and top speed of ebikes as rider dies in collision with garbage truck (The Guardian)[11]
- NSW Premier Chris Minns flags new e-bike regulations after man killed in ‘terrible’ collision with garbage truck in Sydney (Sky News)[15]
A Lime e-bike (appearing to be a Gen4) was at the scene with the front wheel separated from the front fork.[2] The bike was taken away from the scene on a truck.[11] Gen4 Lime e-bikes have a maximum continued power rating of 350W and have a power assist speed limiter at 25km/h.[55]
Sunrise (Liam Tapper) stated the person on the bike was “potentially a delivery driver” and “…a man believed to be in his 30s, a delivery driver, …”. The Police press release does not mention this, and with the exception of an image caption on The Nightly, no other news outlets reported this.[14]
NSW Police Press Release
The NSW Police press release is dated 07:13:46am.[3] It states the crash occurred at “about 6am”. While light on details, it is factual and uses accurate and appropriate language, as one would expect.
Daily Telegraph
First article
The Daily Telegraph published an article titled “Man dies after being struck by garbage truck while riding an e-bike in Sydney’s inner city” at 7:10am, by authors William Tyson and Rory Williams.[1]
Second article
The Daily Telegraph published a second article at 6:35am on the day after the crash[56] (authors Eliza Barr, James O’Doherty, Josh Hanrahan, Amy Jackson, Jordan Miller). This article was published on the front page, and titled “Cycle of Madness”, “Fresh calls to curb out-of-control e-bikes”. [57]
The Daily Telegraph reported the death alongside comments from Harold Scruby, who called for banning under 17-year-olds from riding e-bikes, while the man who died was in his 30s. It included “Calls for tougher rules came as a Lime bike rider was killed after being hit by a garbage truck in the CBD.”[56](this was not an illegal or unsafe e-bike). It also included “In the wake of the death, Pedestrian Council of Australia CEO Harold Scruby called for under 17-year-olds to be banned from riding e-bikes.” (however, this death was of a man in his 30s). The Daily Telegraph states “It’s understood the garbage truck had been collecting bins on Little Regent St before pulling out onto George St, where it collided with an e-bike rider.”[56]. Little Regent Street is a one-way street southbound at the intersection of George Street (Broadway).[22] It includes “…calls for tougher rules to keep riders and motorists have been sounded, after a Lime bike rider was killed in a CBD crash.” The exclusion of the word “safe” in that byline appears to be a typo. Motor vehicles cause the overwhelming majority of road deaths and serious injuries in Australia and internationally.
Sydney Morning Herald
Breaking news article
Digital
The Sydney Morning Herald (Jessica McSweeney) published an article on the crash, titled “E-bike rider killed in Sydney’s CBD after collision with garbage truck” at 8:19am.[8] At 10:45am the article was updated , titled “E-bike power limits to be halved after rider dies in Sydney crash” (as of the `20251202062725` snapshot) to remove most details about the crash, appearing to link the death to the e-bike power limits announcement, and removing the sentence “It is unclear how fast the rider and garbage truck were travelling in Tuesday’s incident.” The only remaining mentions of the crash in the 14 paragraphs are “The announcement was made just hours after an e-bike rider in his 30s was killed in a collision with a garbage truck in Ultimo on Tuesday.” and “After Tuesday’s fatal crash between the e-bike rider and a 28-year-old garbage-truck driver, police said it was believed the rider was not wearing a helmet. A report will be prepared for the coroner.”
The current Sydney Morning Herald article as of 2025-12-02 17:51 shows an unrelated photo of teenagers safely riding in a bike lane on an unnamed (unrelated) street. It does not even mention the street the crash was on, let alone identifying systemic issues which may have contributed to the crash.
The 2025-12-03 Sydney Morning Herald print article was titled “Power cuts ahead for the state’s easy riders” and displayed at the top of the front page. The photo is captioned “”Fat tyre” e-bikes on the streets of Kurnell, Photo: Janie Barrett”. The subtitle is “Maximum e-bike speeds will be slashed from 60 to 30km/h under new laws to make the streets safer”, prompting the reader to turn to page 4 (no article text is displayed on the front page). Note that Chris Minns’ 2GB interview did not state a 30km/h limit, but implied bikes with 250W would likely not make it up to 60km/h.[52]
On page 4, the article is the first on the page (top left). It is titled “E-bike power to be halved after fatality”. It included the Harold Scruby quote.
Editorial article
Wednesday’s Sydney Morning Herald editorial[9] was titled “We need to rethink the use of e-bikes, especially by children”. The title in the SMH source code, perhaps a prior print or A/B tested title, is “E-bikes in NSW: As Chris Minns cuts maximum power and speed, we still need to think about the children who ride them”.
In print, this editorial appeared on page 18, under Opinion, and was titled “Rethink e-bike use, especially for children”.
I include criticism of this article in the initial section.
Australian Associated Press
AAP News published an article at 10:25am (author Kat Wong)[2]. Changes AAP News made at 1:14pm include (view Internet Archive diff from above the loginwall):
- changing the title from “Speed limits urged after e-bike rider dies in crash” to “E-bike rider killed in crash as safety warning sounds”
- replacing the text “An e-bike rider has died after slamming into a garbage truck, fuelling calls to regulate the increasingly popular form of transport.” to “An e-bike rider is dead after being hit by a garbage truck as authorities sound the alarm on the increasingly popular form of transport.”
- Inserting as a third paragraph “A man in his 30s was not wearing a helmet when he attempted to cross the road on an e-bike.”
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail published an article titled “Sydney CBD traffic grinds to a halt after e-bike rider dies in crash with garbage truck” at 7:49am (author Kylie Stevens).[16]
International road collision reporting guidelines state “Be mindful if reporting on traffic delays not to overshadow the greater harm, of loss of life or serious injury, which could trivialise road death.”[58][59]
The Guardian
Live blog
There were two entries in The Guardian’s Live blog. The first, dated 7:54am, was titled “Ebike rider dies after collision with garbage truck in Sydney CBD”.[60] The second was “Chris Minns says NSW considering ‘serious’ change to maximum power of ebikes amid safety concerns” at 8:59am (updated at 09.22am).[61]
Article
The Guardian published an article titled “NSW considering plan to halve power and top speed of ebikes as rider dies in collision with garbage truck” at 10:27am (authors Nick Visser and Daisy Dumas).[11] It stated “New South Wales is considering a plan to halve the maximum power and top speed of ebikes, after a rider died in a collision with a garbage truck in central Sydney.”
Sunrise (Seven Network)
The Sunrise segment spent a significant amount of time focusing on traffic disruption.[14] At least one live broadcast was around 10:08am.[e]
ABC News
ABC News published an article currently titled “E-bike rider killed in collision with garbage truck in Sydney CBD as NSW premier announces new legislation” (author Miriah Davis) at 12:18pm, and updated it at 1:34pm.[10]
This article did, however, describe “He [Chris Minns] described today’s incident as a “tragedy” but reiterated the changes had already been commissioned…” (emphasis mine).
The Nightly
The Nightly published an article currently titled “Ultimo: Traffic chaos after e-bike rider killed in garbage truck collision near Sydney’s Central Station” (author Amy Lee) at 2025-12-01T20:39:55.000Z, and modified at 2025-12-01T22:34:23.608Z.[17]
As with the Daily Mail article, the Nightly headline focused on the traffic impact before even mentioning the rider’s death.
7 News
7 News published a video segment titled “NSW pushes e-bike crackdown after fatal crash” at 7:16am on 2025-12-03.[62] The segment started “Calls for a crackdown on dangerous e-bikes are growing louder and louder by the minute aren’t they after yet another crash claimed a life of a rider in Sydney.”
Crash site on 2025-12-03
By the day after, there was not a single indication someone had died the day before. No 30km/h Emergency Street (as studied by Meredith Glaser and Kevin J. Krizek)[63][64] and presented at the USyd Festival of Urbanism in September[65]), no temporary traffic-calming tools, no road closure, no flowers[f]. Apart from a few people stopping and gesturing to their partners when crossing at the intersection, there was no sign anything had ever happened.
Broadway / Parramatta Road is unsafe
Note: This is far from a detailed or bullet-proof analysis. I hope a journalist might write one.
Parramatta Road has been dubbed the “boulevard of broken dreams”.[41][42] I am not aware of a detailed analysis of crashes along the corridor, however it lights up like a Christmas tree on road crash maps (https://crashmap.carto.au/nsw, https://crashdash.crowdlab.com.au/app) Along the roughly one-thousand metres of Broadway/George Street from City Road to Lee Street, CrowdLab’s CrashDash shows 33 crashes (10 minor, 22 serious, 1 fatal) in just 3 years (Jan 2022 – Dec 2024).
“Enhance active transport experience along and across Broadway” is a goal of the TfNSW Pyrmont-Ultimo Transport Plan May 2024[38]. “Action C6 is to “Investigate feasibility of cycleway connection along Broadway”.[38] The Committee for Sydney also recommends a bike lane along the street.[66], along with the stunning City of Sydney Access Strategy and Action Plan.[67] The authority for Parramatta Road is TfNSW (the NSW State Government).
While Broadway sits in the middle of the economic powerhouse of Australia, walking along it is also a harrowing experience for people walking. Huge numbers of people walking to multiple universities are squeezed onto narrow footpaths. Improving pedestrian connectivity and “prioritising pedestrian crossings” is action 4D of the Tech Central Economic Strategy.[68] I myself have felt unsafe on multiple occasions whilst walking as a pedestrian in the area and have noted and reported multiple near misses.
Sometime between 08:00 – 09:59 in Apr 2020[g] a “light truck” reversing in a southbound direction on Little Regent Street (at Broadway) seriously injured a pedestrian (crash id 1231369).[69] I have not found media reports on this, and as NSW Police press releases are deleted after some months I am unable to verify if there was a Police media release detailing the crash.
People walking along Broadway must wait multiple minutes to cross traffic signals at the Southern Arterial Route – another indicator of how our government prioritises cars over people walking.[h] Fences are installed[70] to stop people crossing mid-block, while in Hobart increasing the number of pedestrians crossing mid-block is considered a success metric indicating perceived safety.[71] Traffic cycle times are typically over 110 seconds (almost 2 minutes) along all of Broadway. Giving people more time or opportunities to cross at traffic lights can reduce unsafe crossing by 34% – we don’t need an expensive sensor to tell us this. “Any delays in excess of [30 seconds] are not just inconvenient; they are hazardous.”[72][73]
Just over 200 metres from the crash site, concerns were raised about pedestrian safety at the left-turn slip lane from Broadway into Wattle Street, Ultimo over at least 15 years or more. In the five years to June 2012, there were 32 reported crashes at the intersection of Wattle St and Parramatta Rd.[74]. The RTA added more pedestrian signals rather than remove the slip lane because “of the unacceptable congestion and delays” (for cars).[75]
Transcript of Chris Minns interview on 2GB, 2025-12-02
Segment titled “EXCLUSIVE – Speed limits coming for electric bikes”. This extract from the radio show does not state the start (wall clock) time of the segment.[52] It references a NSW Police press release, titled “Parents urged to only buy legal e-bikes this Christmas” and published 09:05:25am.[76] Transcribed using OpenAI Whisper Large v2 (offline), verified manually word-by-word. Punctuation is arbitrary.
Ben Fordham (Host)
Well there’s a warning for parents today. If you’re thinking of buying your kids an e-bike for Christmas, make sure it’s a legal one. Police are urging families to do their research and buy reputable e-bikes. The popularity of those ‘fat boy’ bikes has spiked over the past few years and that’s due to boost in numbers as well this Christmas.
And there’s a warning from police, there’s a growing number of dodgy e-bikes doing the rounds. The Police Assistant Commissioner Dave Driver says high-powered and illegal e-bikes are a big problem. He says what we want as Christmas approaches is that parents only purchase bikes that comply with New South Wales law. He’s told the Daily Telegraph we don’t want someone to make a mistake on an e-bike that they’ve never ridden before, we don’t want that mistake to cost them their life. So it’s a timely reminder as we make our way into Christmas because the cheaper alternatives can be unreliable when it comes to safety and they’re more likely to lead to fires when batteries are being charged.
And we understand the New South Wales Government is in fresh talks to introduce some new e-bike regulations, that’s what we’re being told. And the New South Wales Premier, Chris Minns, is live in the studio right now. Premier, good morning to you.
Chris Minns – Premier of NSW
Good morning, Ben.
Ben Fordham (Host)
Have you bought your kids an e-bike for Christmas?
Chris Minns – Premier of NSW
No, I haven’t. No, I haven’t. And I worry about them. I’ve driven, we spend a lot of time on the road in my job and I’ve seen some particularly young kids on bikes that are more like motorbikes. There’s very little pedalling going on. They seem to be keeping up with the traffic which means that they’re traveling at 50 or 60 kilometers an hour and I suspect that there’s the limiters have been removed but in some cases they’re legally sold e-bikes it’s just that we’ve got a far higher limit in New South Wales compared to every other jurisdiction in the country.
Ben Fordham (Host)
We went out to Maccas recently for Mac Happy Day and we were dining in and we were there with the kids and I noticed and I said to my wife Jodie at the time I went look at the bikes turning up at Maccas every three or four minutes another e-bike turning up, parking, going inside, getting their food, really young kids on them and they do move quick and don’t get me wrong – I’ve had a go on one riding around a park not far from my place there a lot of fun but I would be really worried if it was one of my kids on one of those unregulated bikes.
Chris Minns – Premier of NSW
Yeah that’s right and as a result we are contemplating a pretty serious change. New South Wales is the only state where you can legally purchase an e-bike with 500 watts of power and we want to make a change to reduce that to 250 watts. It’s a significant change but it means that the highest limit that you can travel at is between currently between 50 and 60 kilometres an hour. That’ll be reduced to 25 and 30 kilometres an hour using pedal power. Every other state, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia has removed, limited to that model, the 250 watt model. We think we need to do it in New South Wales too.
Ben Fordham (Host)
So our bikes are traveling faster, legally they’re allowed to than in other states at the moment.
Chris Minns – Premier of NSW
Yeah that’s right, I mean there’s two variations, there’s the hotted up ones where the limit has been removed and they can travel incredibly quickly, far faster than moving traffic. They’re currently illegal but even legally purchased, in some cases ‘fat bikes’ have a 500 watt limiter which means that they can go as fast as a car, and as a result people are going to get hurt.
Ben Fordham (Host)
This has just come through right now and it’s timely considering the conversation we’re having. This is New South Wales Police communicating to us that an e-bike rider has just died in a collision involving a garbage truck in Sydney CBD this morning. So that’s the one that I mentioned just after 6 a.m. We’re now being told that an e-bike is involved. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Little Regent Street and George Street, Ultimo. Following reports of a crash, officers from Surrey Hills have attended. They found an e-bike and a garbage truck has collided. The e-bike rider, a man in his 30s, was treated by paramedics but died at the scene. The driver of the truck, a 28-year-old man, taken to hospital. Police have established a crime scene. A report will be prepared for the coroner.
It just underlines the point. We don’t know the circumstances of that crash, but it underlines the dangers out there right Premier?
Chris Minns – Premier of NSW
Yeah I think that’s right I mean this is obviously terrible and your..your heart goes out to that man’s family on the eve of Christmas for this to happen. Um. I mean it underlines the point, these are…these can be very dangerous there’s young kids that are using them. We want to make sure that people are safe particularly during the holiday period.
I mean don’t get me wrong Ben, obviously we want children out of the house, we want them off electronic devices, we want them playing with their friends but if they’ve got hotted up bikes that are as quick as a motorbike it can be incredibly dangerous.
Ben Fordham (Host)
So will you be seeking support from your opposite number Kelly Sloan in the opposition and other crossbench MPs to say if we want to change this we need your help or are you just able to do it yourself as Premier?
Chris Minns – Premier of NSW
I’m told when it comes to this one we can do it via regulation, so it doesn’t require legislation.
Ben Fordham (Host)
When do you expect that you’d be able to do it?
Chris Minns – Premier of NSW
In the coming months. I mean there’s obviously…there’s obviously a situation where people have legally bought bikes in good faith thinking that they’re completely compliant and they were so we’ll have to grandfather the scheme in, but I don’t want perfection to be the enemy of the good here. We do need to make a change and we want to do it.
Ben Fordham (Host)
Premier Chris Mins is with us live in the studio. If you’d like to ask him a question, you can dial the number 131873.
I’ve got Jim who wants to ask you something. If you want to throw your headphones on Premier.
And Jim, you can go right ahead because Chris Mins is listening.
You want to ask a question about e-bikes, do you? Go right ahead.
Jim (caller)
Yeah, good morning, Premier. I’d like to know when is the government going to get fair dinkum and introduce registration and insurance for these things?
Chris Minns – Premier of NSW
Well, Jim, I think we got fair dinkum about five minutes ago. I mean, that’s a big change for New South Wales. It puts us in line with the other states and we think it’s a necessary change.
Registration and insurance is incredibly expensive and timely. I’d rather do this in a stepped way. At the moment, the last thing New South Wales needs is more regulation. If you speak to most people in the state, they’ll say to you, We have to fill in a form to basically do everything in New South Wales. To add another registration for riding a bike, it seems like a step too far for me, but that doesn’t mean we’re not doing anything. This is a big change that I’m announcing today.
(discussion on coal fired power station)
Footnotes
- ↑ AAP News changed their wording from the rider “…slamming into a garbage truck…” to “An e-bike rider is dead after being hit by a garbage truck…” at 2025-12-02 13:14[2]
- ↑ Note: The title in the SMH source code, perhaps a prior print or A/B tested title, is “E-bikes in NSW: As Chris Minns cuts maximum power and speed, we still need to think about the children who ride them”
- ↑ …His first look was not particularly searching or perceptive. He uncovered few facts not already in print somewhere else…[23]
- ↑ Ben Fordham, 4m10s into snippet:[52] …This has just come through right now and it’s timely considering the conversation we’re having. This is New South Wales Police communicating to us that an e-bike rider has just died in a collision involving a garbage truck in Sydney CBD this morning. So that’s the one that I mentioned just after 6 a.m. We’re now being told that an e-bike is involved…
- ↑ I watched a live cross in person and my photo is timestamped 10:08am.
- ↑ I laid a bouquet of flowers at the site of the death, against a wall out of the way, twice. They were removed both times, the second within 90 minutes.
- ↑ Date is not supplied in the stats[69]
- ↑ Committee for Sydney recommended “Test the rephasing of traffic lights along Parramatta Road to deliver greater prioritisation for north-south vehicle and pedestrian movement.”[66]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 William Tyson; Rory Williams (2025-12-02). “Man dies after being struck by garbage truck while riding an e-bike in Sydney’s inner city”. Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kat Wong (2025-12-02). “Speed limits urged after e-bike rider dies in crash”. AAP News. Retrieved 2025-12-02.; Kat Wong (AAP) (2025-12-02). “Speed limits urged after e-bike rider dies in crash”. The Leader. Archived from the original on 2025-12-03. Retrieved 2025-12-02.; Kat Wong (AAP) (2025-12-02). “E-bike rider killed in crash as safety warning sounds”. Yahoo News. Retrieved 2025-12-02.; Kat Wong (AAP) (2025-12-02). “Speed limits urged after e-bike rider dies in crash”. The New Daily. Archived from the original on 2025-12-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “E-bike rider dies after crash with garbage truck – Ultimo”. NSW Police. 2025-12-02. Archived from the original on 2025-12-01.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hannah Moore (2025-12-02). “E-bike rider killed in garbage truck crash in Sydney’s CBD”. News.com.au. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Molly Magennis (2025-12-02). “7NEWS live updates: Sydney CBD accident as e-bike rider dies after collision with garbage truck”. 7 News. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ↑ “Chris Minns says NSW considering ‘serious’ change to maximum power of ebikes amid safety concerns”. The Guardian. 2025-12-02. Archived from the original on 2025-12-01. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
- ↑ “Tech Central”. NSW Government. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Jessica McSweeney (2025-12-02). “E-bike rider killed in Sydney’s CBD after collision with garbage truck”. The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2025-12-01. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Note: Title in source code is “E-bikes in NSW: As Chris Minns cuts maximum power and speed, we still need to think about the children who ride them”
The Herald’s View (2025-12-03). “We need to rethink the use of e-bikes, especially by children”. Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2025-12-03. Retrieved 2025-12-03. - ↑ 10.0 10.1 Miriah Davis (2025-12-02). “E-bike rider killed in collision with garbage truck in Sydney CBD as NSW premier announces new legislation”. ABC News. Archived from the original on 2025-12-03. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
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UNEP calls on countries to invest at least 20 per cent of their transport budgets in walking and cycling infrastructure to save lives, reverse pollution and reduce carbon emissions, which are rising at more than 10 per cent a year.
“Put ‘people, not cars’ first in transport systems, says UN environment chief”. United Nations. 2016-10-20. - ↑ “Use of e-scooters, e-bikes and related mobility options” (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. February 2025.
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Recommendation 16
That the NSW Government, in allocating funds to active transport in the NSW Budget, ensure better alignment with the proportion of active transport trips taken and the United Nations recommendation for active transport to be allocated 20 per cent of transport budgets.
Response: Support in principle
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- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Give up. Light Rail and Bus Rapid Transit today is too hard and the car brain has the absolute majority. The rapid network is now a 50+ stop local bus route running in shared traffic between Liverpool and Leppington to WSI on a 30 min frequency with a 40+ min journey time.
That BRT comes second (planned for the 2030s), always second.
The focus will be back on the roads and motorways when the transport designers deal with the heavy vehicle traffic to and from WSI in 2028 and ask Transurban for more unsolicited proposals to duplicate the rest of the M2.
Ask for a 24 hour bus lane down any state road and get sent to the wolves.
@kypros1992 (2025-11-09). “Western Sydney doesn’t deserve it”. - ↑
We will rebalance road investment, from providing additional capacity for general traffic (such as through road widening), to reallocating of existing road space for public transport and active transport alternatives. More space for buses can lead to fewer vehicles moving more people.
The reallocation of road space will be required for high quality, frequent, turn-up-and-go bus services which can support the delivery of more diverse, ‘missing middle’ housing in areas closer to existing infrastructure, services and jobs.
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Quotes spoken by Clinton Maynard from the talkback radio segment at 15:23pm on 2GB Sydney:
- …Well we genuinely have a problem with the road toll going up year after year after years of going down. It doesn’t make a lot of sense because cars are safer than they’ve ever been. It can’t be the speed. Speed is 30% related to fatalities. But somebody’s still putting the foot down and contributing to that 30%…
- …The road toll is going up. We know that. Stats show speed amounts for 30%, contributes to 30% of fatal accidents but fatigue is a big issue. Distraction is a factor. Are we going to ban fatigue? How’s that going to work? It’s not….
- …Road safety experts will tell you that there’s a lot less chance of being seriously injured or killed when cars are traveling at 30 than 50 or 60. Sure, but there’s also less chance you’re going to be seriously injured if a car is traveling at 20 kilometers an hour or 10 kilometers an hour. You’ve got to draw the line somewhere. 30 is too low…
- …It’s an absolutely bonkers idea cutting the speed limit to 30 and I cannot find any justification for it. Because sure it is going to be safer but it’s also going to be safer at 20 kilometers an hour so you’ve got to draw the line somewhere…
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