ONE of the most glaring gaps in Perth’s bike lane network will soon be fixed, with the Barnett government kicking in $2.9 million and Perth city council $200,000 in to install a shared bike path along Roe Street.
It’ll head west from the train station and be a shared path, even though international walking expert Rodney Tolley recently came to Perth to warn off the things. “It is a uniquely Australian practice,” he says of the shared paths. “No-one else in the world does this.
“Generally speaking the idea of a shared path in an urban area is just unheard of. Seniors don’t like shared paths, they feel intimidated and scared.”
Mr Tolley had stopped short of calling for them to be pulled up, but warned there were a lot of baby boomers about to get into the old and shuffly stage and they’re not going to like them.
by DAVID BELL
Perth Voice Interactive 
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