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Sydneyâs pop-up inner-city cycleways installed to help commuters return to work during the pandemic have become so popular that they occasionally overtake the cityâs busiest bike paths, furthering calls to make them a permanent fixture.
The Pitt Street cycleway has seen an average of 4430 weekly trips since its installation in July, making it the most used of the eight inner-city routes on which cyclists are now taking between 10,000 and 20,000 trips per week.
The pop-up paths were rolled out gradually between July 2020 and February this year to encourage social distancing and reduce congestion on public transport as part of the NSW governmentâs CovidSafe Travel Plan.