for the most part, cyclists ride on the road with motor vehicles (current regulations only permit cyclists under 16 years old to ride on the footpath. historically, bicycle infrastructure was largely constructed in areas for recreational riding or along shared paths such as in parks. prior to the involvement of jan gehl, the city of sydney created a bicycle action plan in 2007, part of which involved building physically separated cycleways. in may 2009, the first of these, a 200m stretch along king street in the cbd opened.