The Copenhagen of Queensland? Why this conservative city is making a bold cycling move

Andrew Reeson on Toowoomba’s Pierce Street, in which cars and bikes have equal priority. The ‘safe active street’ is the first of its kind on Australia’s eastern seaboard. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

Toowoomba councillor Carol Taylor admits the active and public transport committee on which she sits has its work cut out.

“Toowoomba’s one of the most obese cities in Australia,” the councillor says.