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"It's not about carbon fibre bikes, or lycra or pelotons," said Bicycling Western Australia's CEO Jeremey Murray.

"It's about normal people on ordinary bikes, cycling more and getting healthier."

Jeremey recently presented the 2012 Ride2Work Corporate Cup to UWA for having the most participants in the Ride2Work Day late last year.

The University registered 70 riders - most of them ‘normal people on ordinary bikes' - for the event.  Many of them cycled to the city for the Ride2Work breakfast before continuing on to their campuses.

Ride2Work is a national initiative to encourage people to change their mode of transport to work. And UWA is doing its bit. After Jeremey (a former manager of University House) presented the trophy, Clint Walker, Director of Facilities Management, passed on the news to cyclists that Senate had supported and funded new end-of-trip facilities on UWA campuses.

"Cycling staff and students will have some opportunity to comment on the plans but we are definitely going ahead, to make cycling to work and study an easier option," he said.

A new sustainable transport plan for UWA, including changes to parking and public transport as well as bike facilities will soon be announced.