Two-way cycling on some one-way streets
These changes across the City of Sydney local area will allow people riding to travel in the opposite direction to motor vehicle traffic, which will still be one-way.
Project Status: In progress
These works are ongoing. Check the works locations list below for more information.
What we’re doing
We looked at all one-way streets in our local area to see where two-way cycling would be beneficial and could be safely introduced.
We looked for quiet streets that aligned with our bike network and allowed good visibility for people driving and riding.
We’ve identified 157 suitable streets across 24 suburbs.
A small amount of new road marking and some signs will be used to make these changes. There will be very little disruption to street traffic.
Why we’re doing this
Our planned changes will make it easier for people riding to avoid busy roads and make trips on quiet, low-traffic streets.
We’ve already made these changes to around 40 one-way streets across our local area and they’ve proven to be safe and effective.
The Local Pedestrian, Cycling and Traffic Calming Committee approved this project at its February 2023 meeting.
Road rules on affected streets
When two-way bike traffic is introduced, people riding and driving must keep to the left-hand side of the road. If the road is narrow, one party will need to pull over to allow the other to pass safely.
Works locations
- Beaconsfield Lane (Collins to Johnston) – completed
- Victoria Lane (Reserve to Collins) – completed
- Briggs Street (Missenden to Church) – in progress
- Brodrick Street (Missenden to Church) – in progress
- Dunblane Street (Church to Missenden) – in progress
- Isabella Street (Layton to Mallett) – in progress
- Lambert Street (Layton to Lyons) – in progress
- Lucas Street (Missenden to Church) – in progress
- Marsden Street (Church to Missenden) – in progress
- Goold Street (Outram to Regent) – planned
- Knox Street (City Road to Shepherd Street) – planned
- Barcom Avenue (Ice to Liverpool) – in progress
- Barnett Lane (Palmer to Crown) – in progress
- Clapton Place (Farrell to Forbes) – planned
- College Lane (Stanley to Francis) – in progress
- Farrell Avenue (Clapton to Rosebank) – planned
- Flemings Lane (Flinders to Hannam) – in progress
- Foley Street (Taylor Square to Burton) – planned
- Francis Street (Yurong to College Lane) – in progress
- Hannam Street (Flinders to South Dowling) – in progress
- Hardie Street (Darlinghurst to Liverpool & Liverpool to Burton) – planned
- Kirketon Road (William to Farrell) – completed
- Little Burton Street (Kings Lane to Burton Street) – in progress
- Little Oxford Street (Campbell to Crown) – planned
- Liverpool Street (Oxford to Yurong) – planned
- Nimrod Street (Craigend to Surrey) – planned
- O'Briens Lane (Palmer Street to Palmer Lane) – planned
- Palmer Lane (Berwick to O'Brien's) – planned
- Palmer Street (Stanley to Barnett) – planned
- Rosebank Street (William to Farrell) – planned
- St Peters Street (Bourke to Forbes) – in progress
- Surrey Street (Craigend to Caldwell to Victoria) – planned
- Taylor Street (South Dowling to Flinders) – in progress
- Yurong Lane (Riley to Crown) – in progress
- Darlington Road (Golden Grove to Codrington) – in progress
- Ivy Lane (Lawson to Little Eveleigh) – planned
- Ivy Street (Wilson to Abercrombie) – planned
- Ivy Street (Lander to Abercrombie) – planned
- Baroda Street (Elizabeth Bay Road to Ward Avenue) – in progress
- Onslow Avenue (Greenknowe to Billyard) – in progress
- Clara Street (Swanson Street to Ada Street) – in progress
- Lambert Street (Morrissey Road to George Street) – in progress
- Munni Street (Union Street to Rochford Street) – in progress
- Rochford Street (McDonald to Victoria to Erskineville Road) – in progress
- Septimus Street (Albert Street to Erskineville Road) – in progress
- Smiths Lane – in progress
- Union Street (Iredale Street to Munni Street & Erskineville Road to Munni Street) – in progress
- Marian Street (Cornwallis to Rosehill Street) – planned
- Marian Street (Gibbons Street to Regent Street) – planned
- Charles Street (Cross Street to Ross Street) – completed
- Ross Street (Minogue Crescent to Wigram Lane) – planned
- Sparkes Street (Larkin Street to Arundel Street) – in progress
- Avon Street (Forsyth Street to Ferry Road) – in progress
- Bellevue Street (Bridge Lane to Cardigan Street) – planned
- Crown Street (Bay Street to Cowper Street) – in progress
- Derwent Lane (St Johns Road to Glebe Point Road) – in progress
- Hereford Street (Woolley Street to Glebe Point Road) – in progress
- Jarocin Avenue (St Johns Road to Bridge Road) – in progress
- Leichhardt Street (Leichhardt Street to Mary Street) – completed
- Marlborough Street (Gottenham to Glebe Point Road) – in progress
- Oxley Street (Stewart to Leichhardt) – in progress
- Palmerston Avenue (Glebe Point Road to Lombard Street) – in progress
- Stewart Street (Mary Street to Oxley Street) – planned
- Wentworth Street (Bay Street to Cowper Street) – in progress
- Kimber Lane (Hay Street to Factory Street) – planned
- Little Hay Street – planned
- Thomas Lane (Thomas Street to Quay Street) – planned
- Thomas Street (Quay Street to Ultimo Road) – planned
- Valentine Street (George Street to Quay Street) – planned
- Copeland Avenue (Watkin Street to Burren Street) – completed
- Forbes Street (Princes Highway to Wilson Street) – in progress
- Gowrie Street (Erskineville Road to Harold Street) – in progress
- Linthorpe Street (Erskineville Road to Brown Street) – planned
- Little Queen Street (Carillon to Campbell & King to Campbell) – in progress
- Norfolk Street (Angel Street to Whitehorse Street) – in progress
- Queen Street (Forbes Place to Wilson Street) – in progress
- St John Street (Angel Street to unnamed lane) – in progress
- Watkin Street (Wilson to Copeland Street) – in progress
- Whateley Lane (King Street to Whateley Street) – in progress
- Whitehorse Street (Norfolk Street to Newman Street) – in progress
- Albion Ave (Greens to Selwyn) – planned
- Iris Street (Albion to Josephson) – planned
- Josephson Street (Selwyn to Greens) – planned
- Leinster Street (Oatley to Gordon) – planned
- Renny Lane (Regent to Renny) – planned
- Selwyn Street (Napier to Josephson) – planned
- Seymour Place (Selwyn to Flinders) – planned
- Barncleuth Lane – in progress
- Barncleuth Square – in progress
- Earl Place (Springfield Avenue to Earl Street) – in progress
- Earl Street – in progress
- Goderich Lane (Ward Avenue to Pennys Lane) – in progress
- Hughes Lane (Orwell and Hughes Street) – planned
- Hughes Street (Tusculum Lane to Macleay Street) – in progress
- Kellett Street (Ward Avenue to Bayswater Road) – planned
- Orwell Lane (Orwell and Hughes Street) – in progress
- Orwell Street (Orwell Lane to Victoria Street) – in progress
- Pennys Lane (Kings Cross Road to Bayswater Road) – in progress
- Roslyn Street (Bayswater Road to Darlinghurst Road) – in progress
- Springfield Avenue (Springfield Lane to Earl Place) – planned
- Springfield Lane (Earl Street to Springfield Avenue) – planned
- Ada Place (Allen to Pyrmont Bridge Road) – completed
- Bulwara Road (as it bends into Ada Place, to Allen Street) – completed
- Little Mount Street (Miller to Pyrmont Bridge Road) – completed
- Paternoster Row (Union Square to Pyrmont Bridge Road) – completed
- Boronia Street (Bourke and Young to Marriott) – planned
- Castlereagh Lane (James Street to Redfern Lane) – planned
- Cornwallis Street (Boundary Street to Marian Street) – planned
- Douglas Street (Phillip to Turner) – planned
- East Street (Douglas Street to Pitt Street) – planned
- Eveleigh Street (Cleveland to Hudson) – planned
- James Street (Young Lane to Elizabeth) – planned
- James Street (Pitt to George) – planned
- Little Young Street (Cooper to James) – planned
- Marriott Street (Cleveland to Cooper) – planned
- Redfern Street (Regent Street to Gibbons Street) – planned
- Young Lane (Cooper to James) – planned
- Emanuel Lane (Hansard Street to Epsom Road) – completed
- Emanuel Lane (Epsom to Cressy) – completed
- Waratah Street (Roslyn Gardens to Bayswater) – in progress
- Adelaide Place (Adelaide Street to Devonshire Street) – planned
- Adelaide Street (Waterloo to Adelaide Place) – planned
- Albion Way (Bellview to Waterloo and Little Riley to Waterloo) – in progress
- Bennett Street (South Dowling to Marshall) – planned
- Blackburn Street – in progress
- Brisbane Street (Goulburn to Oxford) – in progress
- Goodlet Street (High Holborn to Elizabeth Street) – planned
- Goulburn Lane (Brisbane to Commonwealth) – in progress
- Little Albion Street (Little Riley to Commonwealth Street) – in progress
- Little Buckingham Street (Cleveland to Rutland) – planned
- Little Riley Street (Albion to Devonshire) – planned
- Marlborough Street (Lansdowne to Goodlet Lane) – planned
- Parkham Street (Parkham Place to Bourke Street) – planned
- Prospect Street (South Dowling to Marshall) – planned
- Ridge Street (South Dowling to Bourke) – planned
- Riley Street (Devonshire to Goodlet Street) – planned
- Waterloo Street (Foveaux to Albion) – in progress
- Wilton Street (Belvoir to Cleveland) – planned
- Alberta Street (Clarke Street and Goulburn Street) – in progress
- Custom House Lane (Young to Loftus) – completed
- Dalley Street (Underwood to George Street) – planned
- Foy Lane (Elizabeth to Goulburn) – in progress
- Phillip Lane (Macquarie Street to Phillip Lane west-leg) – completed
- Reiby Place (Pitt to Loftus Street) – planned
- York Lane (Erskine to Clarence & Erskine to Barrack) – completed
- Blackwattle Lane (Macarthur Street to Wattle Street) – in progress
- Fig Street (Bulwara Road to Ada Place) – in progress
- Hackett Street (William Henry to Mary Ann) – in progress
- Henson Lane (Bulwara Road to Jones Street) – in progress
- McKee Street (Mary Ann Street to Macarthur Street) – in progress
- Wattle Lane (Macarthur Street to Mary Ann Street) – in progress
- Wattle Place (Blackwattle Lane to Wattle Street) – in progress
- Cooper Street (John Street to Wellington Street) – completed
- Danks Street (Crystal Street to Broome Street) – completed
- Gibson Street (Kellick Street to Wellington) – completed
- Kellick Street (Pitt to Gibson) – completed
- Kensington Street (Kellick Street to McEvoy Street) – completed
- West Street (Wellington to Kellick) – completed
- Brougham St (William Street to Harnett Street) – in progress
