PROPOSED CIVIC SCHEME
Dromana - Victoria - Australia
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
Dalai Lama
Encouraging kids & adults to be active has long known to have positive benefits both physically and emotionally. Providing a safe and stimulating cycling environment will help inspire users' personal and social development.
Together with RTSG Neuroscientists, Specialized launched a groundbreaking study that analyzed the effects riding had on school children dealing with ADHD symptoms. The results were, in short, awesome. Kids in the study showed improved attention, more “normal” neuroelectric brain activity post-ride, better overall mood, and reduced BMI and waist size. Many of these positive aspects were noticeable even after just one ride and the program demonstrated an 87% retention rate with kids.
“The findings also indicated there may be factors more unique to cycling that make it especially effective when it comes to the brain benefits of exercise. Factors like maintaining balance, being outdoors, riding in groups and the rhythmic motion of pedaling we theorize may have contributed to our findings being so profound”
-Dr. Lindsay Thornton, Lead researcher and Sports Psychologist
UPLIFT SERVICE
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF ARTHUR'S SEAT
The proposed Sky Lift service has the potential to offer recreational rides a World Class uplift service. This would offer visitors access to gravity trails and provide a year round customer base for the chair lift operator.
SURVEY RESULTS
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POTENTIAL INTEREST IN A MOUNTAIN BIKE UPLIFT SERVICE
The Red Hill Riders Mountain Bike Club carried out an online survey to gauge the potential interest in a mountain bike uplift service.
(1600 people replied to this initial survey in late 2014)
MAIN BENEFICAL OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY UPLIFT SERVICE
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Year round amenity value
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Give families and mixed fitness level cyclists the chance to enjoy gravity trail riding. Park at the bottom - Ride the course back down again.
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Provide an opportunity for a National Downhill competition
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Attract substantial funding to develop a dedicated downhill track
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Extend the 'attractiveness' of the Peninsula as a cycling destination
Mountain bikes are normally carried on external simple racks
