Better bike facilities an office requirement under new laws

End-of-trip facilities will be a requirement in new buildings encouraging more cyclists, like Gretchen Smith, to ride to work. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Gretchen Smith cycles the 17 kilometres from Bonner whenever she's working from her CBD office, an easy decision given the fresh towels, hair straightener, iron and bike lockers waiting at the other end.

The high bar set by 121 Marcus Clarke Street, also enjoyed by this Canberra Times journalist, will soon be matched around the capital after a deal was struck between the ACT government and industry.