Boroondara Discovery Ride Number 1 – Gaps Galore Sunday 11th May 2008 You and your family and friends are invited to join a combined Melbourne Bicycle...
G'day folks This maybe of interest to some on the list. C'ya Alan ... Subject: [audax-oz] Canberra: Dreams on Wheels Exhibition If you're in Canberra...
Hi Folks, A chance to ride it BEFORE IT becomes another WHITE ELEPHANT parking lot! Organiser Cycling Events Downunder P/L Registration For Ride Eastlink...
Hi all, As you are no doubt aware, the State Government has announced a proposal to extend operating hours for all clearways within a 10km radius of the city. ...
Important diary Date! On Monday 2nd June, at 8pm, the Urban Planning Special Committee of Boroondara Council will be meeting to decide whether to issue the ...
The Boroondara Council meeting on Monday 2nd June, at which Council will hear submissions on the Parks Victoria Planning Permit to construct the bridge linking...
DO YOU OWN A BIKE AND HELMET? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE RIDING? ARE YOU 16 YEARS OF AGE OR ABOVE? If you answered YES to these questions then...
Hi all, I can’t remember whether this has been sent to the list already – thought some of you may be interested in a food sharing project being run by...
    This sounds a wonderful idea and I might be able to help but don;t expect much at the moment I still are recovering from some very bad shirt but...
The Cycling: Getting Australia Moving report was launched in Canberra today, in conjunction with the presentation of the National Bicycling Achievement Awards,...
Hi Moreland BUG, vicBUGchat and Critical Mass lists, As you probably know, the EastLink freeway will be opened this Sunday for a Community Day, inviting...
Dear all A few of us are going to the EASTLINK festivities to let them know that not everyone thinks the freeway is such a wonderful...
carol Skinner
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Hi All, So here's an example from Oregon in the US, of a bike advocacy taking a much stronger stance on a freeway project. ...
Even that stance has it's critics, see the comments section of the site. However, it is a reasoned approach, and looking at all solutions. For example, why no...
Hi Folks, Just my 2cents worth regarding "why no light rail (or heavy rail) along the Eastlink reservation?" Well is one possible answer is because it would...
Hi Folks, I've added a couple of files to group space that you may like to browse - Study from Copenhagen on the impact of cycle paths and lanes, which has...
Hi David & all, In relation to a zero sum game result, no doubt the Lane Cove Tunnel in Sydney has provided a interesting example for people to research. Low...
(NB: apologies if you¹ve seen this more than once) Hi everyone, There's been a lot of great chat here recently about opposition to freeway construction....
Hello Justin, While outrage at the potential JJ Holland Park hole in the ground is understandable, let's not forget the Flemington area in all of this. If ...
... You¹re right Graham. The impacts on Flemington (and Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood, Clifton Hill... Etc) will be huge. There¹s also a bunch of reasons for...
Usually what seems to happen in Victoria and NSW is that a huge road project is proposed together with a public transport project. The road is built and no...
John Merory
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Jun 18, 2008 1:30 pm
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Hi John, Good thoughts , the difficulty as I see it is in the "comunity insists that the PT development is first", this requires understanding how to ...
There are some levers for train development: the train capacity crisis, petrol price and the marginal inner suburban seats that would be affected by a road...
John Merory
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Jun 19, 2008 2:24 am
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Hi all, Here's the latest Bicycle Federation of Australia newsletter with information about AustCycle, the Australian Bicycle Council, the Bicycling...
It makes major news in the US: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24888415#24888415 They are talking $4.00 per gallon, in Australia it's pushing towards ...
good stuff ... From: Graham B <am7plus@...> To: Vicbugchat <vicbugchat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, 26 June, 2008 5:49:35 AM Subject: [vicbugchat]...