The death of a young cyclist has reignited calls for the instalment of protected bike lanes in Melbourne’s traffic-heavy inner west, which the victim’s family and road safety advocates say could have saved the teenager.

Plans for a protected bike lane along Macaulay Road – where 19-year-old Will Richter was killed after being struck by a truck on September 22, his birthday – has been in the pipeline since 2021.

Will Richter with father Tim, mother Andrea Carr and sister Sophie at a university colleage football match in mid-September.

Will was riding along Macaulay Road when a truck turning left onto Rankins Road struck him, leaving him trapped underneath.

The kerbside-protected bike lanes would see a concrete barrier built between cyclists and traffic along much of Macaulay Road, inclu

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