Most of us reach for the car keys every day, but could you ditch the car to make way for your bike for 365 days and still get to work, get the kids to sport and pick up the groceries?

Grade One school teacher Renee Dikeni plans to survive a year without using a motor vehicle.

"I'm going completely car-free and pledging to not set foot inside a car for an entire year," she told ABC Radio Brisbane's Craig Zonca and Loretta Ryan.

"Being a teacher, I'm just waiting for the report cards to be done and busyness to subside and then I have a six-week holiday to figure out how it's all going to work and I'll hit the ground riding.

"The rule is no car. Public transport and bikes only — no Ubers and no taxis."

The mother of two does not plan to change her daily routine to accommodate the change in transport.

Renee hopes her project will show her family how to make change. ( Supplied: Kristie Morgan Photography )

Beginning in the height of summer, Ms Dikeni said the climate and her family were part of her motivation with the motto: "One mum, one year. No car, no excuses".

"I'm doing it for the environment as well as trying to set an example for my kids — practice what you preach," she said.

"I work full-time and I have two little boys who do martial arts, rugby, soccer and I run 50 kilometres a week and go to the gym.

"We're a very active family and we're still planning to maintain the usual schedule but doing it all by bike."

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To get the children and the groceries where they need to be, Ms Dikeni said her front-loading Dutch bike will help her get everyone around.

"My kids are nine and seven and they are physically big, nearly weighing 60kg, but I feel safer with them in the bicycle even though they could ride on their own — its safer on the roads," she said.

"The bike is quite heavy as it weighs 20kg itself, then once I put groceries in there too and the boys as well it is quite heavy.

"It is electric, so I do crank the throttle when going up a hill, but I do get out of the saddle and I do sweat."

The charity also supplies bikes for health workers to get to and from work. ( Supplied: World Bicycle Relief )

Along with personal reasons, Ms Dikeni plans to fundraise for an African charity World Bicycle Relief.

She said it brings together her love of bikes and passion for teaching.

"My husband is from Ghana in west Africa and I know what a good bike can do for people over there," she said.

"The charity distributes bicycles in east Africa into rural areas and helps them to get to school.

"They also supply midwives with bicycles to help them to get to work."

Bikes are lifechanging for people in rural Ghana. ( Supplied: World Bicycle Relief )

Ms Dikeni said she plans to keep herself accountable by posting her journey on social media under Fit Aussie Sista.

"I also share my plans and adventures with my students and they think I'm bonkers!" she said.

"I hope it helps people think about how they get around and what we all can do."