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MASSBUG NEWS 2007

JAN GEHL

10 December 2007

"...for Jan Gehl's plan to succeed the Lord Mayor Clover Moore will need the financial and political support of Kevin Rudd's newly elected Federal Government and Morris Iemma's State Government. We are asking you to write to each of these leaders and express your support for the plan, which will not only make riding in Sydney more pleasant and safer, but will serve as a symbol for governments around Australia and the world of what can be achieved with vision and commitment..."

Glebe Article

" Critics blast `hotch-potch' cycleway cash

28Nov07

AN INNER-WEST bike-riders group has criticised $379,000 in grants for foreshore cycleways as unco-ordinated and inadequate.

Marrickville and South Sydney Bicycle Users' Group spokesman Bruce Ashley said the money was a piecemeal approach to opening the foreshores to walkers and cyclists... "

Read the full article, http://www.theglebe.com.au/article/2007/11/28/2046_news.html

Massbug encourages all funding bodies to seriously consider projects that benefit the general community.

Allocating funding into cycle paths has a proven knock on effect in the fight against obesity, promotes good mental and physical health, is timely considering the effects of global climate change, is cost effective transport, is more sociable than single occupant motorised transport, is less demanding of resources in general, and of acknowledged benefit to the community at large.

It is true that on a world and even a national scale Sydney has been poorly served in relation to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure; planning for major arterial roads is still reliant upon plans drawn up in the 1950s. The RTA in particular has been reneging on its advertised funding commitments.

There are many issues that need to be dealt with in a prompt and effective manner if more people are to be encouraged onto bicycles, onto their feet, or onto public transport. Options that will all help make Sydney a more livable city.

The Glebe has acknowledged an error in the editoring of the article and has offered Bruce the chance to correct their article.

CYCLE COMMUTERS A LARGER MINORITY

26 October 2007

More and more Sydney workers are using bicycles and motor scooters to get to work. Census figures released yesterday show that the number of people who cycle to work has risen by 18 per cent. The number of scooter and motorbike riders rose by 27 per cent.

But the figures are still tiny compared with how many drove to work by car, the most popular way of getting around. While there were 10,886 bike riders and 9062 on motorised two-wheelers, 1.2 million Sydney residents used their car to get to work.

CYCLE AGAINST THE NUCLEAR CYCLE - Stop the Nuclear Madness

26 September 2007

• Support CANC, Friends of the Earth and Anti-Nuclear Australia.

• The 30 Years Of Inspiring Action, Greenpeace Retrospective Exhibition has closed at the Carriageworks but check the website for other exciting and worthy issues. The Carriageworks themselves well worth a visit with a constantly changing selection of exhibitions and performance. Plenty of bike parking available at the door.

• Stop the Nuclear Madness. SMH Article 26 September 2007

GUTTERMONKEY

30 August 2007

• Every back street you take and shortcut you ride represents the very best field research that money cannot buy.

• We want to gather that knowledge and get it into the hands of people who would love to ride each day, if only they knew how ...

More ... http://www.guttermonkey.org/

TYKES ON BIKES

26 July 2007

• Tricia Fox from the SMH updates us on Getting Kids on Bikes on Trips to School

SHIMANO VIDEO COMPETITION

16 April 2007

• Shimano and You-Tube got together to promote cycling and are offering neat prizes for a video under two minutes...

MORE BIKE BASHING FROM TERRORGRAPH

• "...union organiser Paul Boaza said. "Cyclists should have their own spearate lane." Action For Public Transport spokesperson Allan Miles back the union's call for more cycleways on arterial roads..."

ON YER BIKE GAY PARIS

• Blipvert from Monday 26th March: Paris is to get the JCDecaux treatment.

TOUR OF BEAUTY 2007

• Visit da fern and tour its splendour from your bike seat and hear its denisons recount stories of triumph and tragedy...

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