Hobart Neighbourhood Greenways Webinar with Oliver Oglesby

Streets People Love Hobart invites you to discover the future of cycling in our city

Join us for a special webinar as Oliver Oglesby presents the 2025 Hobart Neighbourhood Greenways Study – a comprehensive blueprint for transforming our suburbs into safe, accessible cycling networks.

About the Study

Completed through a ten-week Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative fellowship with the City of Hobart, this research tackles a critical question: where should we invest in cycling infrastructure to get the most people on bikes?

Through detailed data analysis and international best practice, Oliver has mapped out how strategic, low-cost interventions can unlock cycling potential across Hobart's neighbourhoods. The focus is on short trips and addressing transport inequity – ensuring everyone, especially young people, can safely cycle to schools, shops, and local destinations.

These recommendations are now feeding directly into the City of Hobart's Bike Plan, providing an evidence-based foundation for the network of Neighbourhood Greenways that will connect our communities.

What You'll Discover

• Where to prioritise: Bikeability mapping across all Hobart neighbourhoods, balancing high-potential areas with equity considerations
• 10 practical plans: Detailed greenway designs for Battery Point to West Hobart, showing exactly how quiet streets can become cycling corridors
• Quick wins: Tactical approaches using paint, plants, and smart design to create safer crossings, calm traffic, and guide cyclists
• Proven strategies: How Melbourne, Portland, and other cities have successfully built neighbourhood cycling networks
• Schools first: Why focusing on safe routes to school delivers benefits for the whole community

The Opportunity

Currently, 53% of Hobart's trips under 5km are made by car. That's hundreds of short journeys each day that could easily be cycled if the infrastructure felt safe and inviting. With transport contributing 50% of Hobart's emissions, this shift is essential for reaching our zero emissions target by 2040.

Who Should Join

Whether you're a regular cyclist, a parent wanting safer school routes, a resident of any Hobart neighbourhood, a transport planner or planning professional, or simply someone who believes our streets can be better – this webinar is for you.

Followed by Q&A with Oliver

Presenter: Oliver Oglesby, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Summer Fellow

Hosted by: Streets People Love Hobart