How new lord mayor plans to fix bike lane ‘black spots’ in CBD

Newly re-elected Melbourne lord mayor Nick Reece has outlined his plan to fix bike ‘black spots’ in the Melbourne CBD.

Tom Elliott believes some bike lanes in the city have been a “waste of money” and Mr Reece – who this week was returned as lord mayor for another term – says the future of how Melburnians uses the lanes was a key issue during the election campaign.

“This was a hotly debated issue during the campaign,” he told Tom Elliott.

Click PLAY to hear Tom Elliott and Nick Reece’s discussion on bike lanes in Melbourne 

“My policy is (fixing) bottlenecks and black spots…there are parts of the cycling network which are not working.”

Click PLAY to hear Nick Reece’s FULL in-studio interview with Tom Elliott