16 min read
LatestStory
E-bikes: The State of Play
One bike, eight rulebooks. A scroll story on what each state and territory allows, when its rules changed and why, and Queensland's fight over its new laws.
AusBUG Journal
Dev Diary
Product updates, routing notes, data work, and the thinking behind what ships in the AusBUG app and web route builder.
Routing notes
Timeline
Build notes as they happen
4 min read
New feature
Bike + Train: ride to the station, take your bike on the train, ride on
Plan a trip that mixes riding and trains in Victoria (including V/Line), Sydney, South East Queensland, Adelaide and Perth. Where the idea came from, how it works, and what it doesn't do yet.
5 min read
Routing notes
LTS 4.5: why every app sends you across South Rd, and what we did about it
Komoot, RideWithGPS and Strava all send riders across the South Rd slip lane. A look at why, how LTS 4.5 fixes it, and why bike apps need hyper-local data.
