YarraBUG

On this weeks program Chris talks to Mark Donnellon from Streets People Love Hobart about how they created the group, what actions they've taken since December 2024, how the campaign grew from passionate debate about improving Collins Street, showing community support for active transport in nipuluna Hobart, being guided by their fun-loving mascot, Perci the Platypus, supporting Hobart City Counci...

Val and faith take to the 3CR studio for another episode of the Yarra BUG Radios Show. 

On this weeks program Chris talks to Tim Smith, local industrial designer about his journey to developing FoldSmith folding bike hire and sales. Tim discusses the joy of growing up with bikes, becoming a cycle courier, running a bike cab business, his business ideals, raising the profile of folding bikes, FoldSmith folding bike rental options and future collaboration plans with Loop Cycles in Brun...

Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Dr Lauren Pearson, Research Fellow & Equity Lead, Sustainable Mobility and Safety Research at Monash University. Lauren joined us on an earlier program to discuss the Petal Project and her report Unlocking young women’s access to bike-riding, relesed late last year. Lauren gives us a a quick recap of the project and its findings about the complexity of tra...

On this weeks program Chris talks to Sarah Aubrey abour her electrification advocacy work via Electrify This plus practicial steps people can take with micro mobility & decarbonisation. Topics include modal mixing transport, well thought out transport systems, Sydney Cycleways, dealing with running interference from fossil fuel industry, the freedom of riding, drivers conditioned to expect parking...

Nic Dow and Val look back on Council elections 2024.

On this weeks show Chris and Steve talks about keeping your bike safe from theft as unfortunately Melbourne has seen a increase in peoples pride and joy being nicked due to combination of things like opportunistic theft, use of cordless power tools and organised activity. We discuss basic tips such as situational awareness, eg, where your bike is locked, using two bike locks, bike lock security le...

Val is joined by Nic Dow from Melbourne BUG to try to decipher the results of the last council elections. We mainly focus on Yarra and Melbourne in this show with some of the other results to be covered in part 2 on the 3rd of February. Link to YarraBUG petition to council. 

On this weeks program Chris catches up with Karen Hovenga to talk about local Yarra issues, including what the new council maybe planning for narrowing protected bikes lanes in Elizabeth Street, whatever the future holds for intersection treatments at Coppin Street in Richmond and direct quote from petition linked below: "continue to implement Yarra’s Transport Action Plan 2024-2034 including the ...

Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Dr Lauren Pearson, Research Fellow & Equity Lead, Sustainable Mobility and Safety Research at Monash University. We share our bike moments before taking a look at some local news. Over the New Year the Road Safety Action Plan Phase 2 was released. Developed by Victoria's Road Safety Partners, the plan includes some subtle changes in language and otherwise...

We're enjoying a little break over Christmas / New Year so kick back with some sparkling summery cycling tunes. Sia, Riding on my bikeCamp Cope, How to socialise & make friendsHey Ocean!, BicycleWeddings Parties Anything, Under the clocksLive Fashion, Bicycle songAnecdata, Bike songMonkey, BicycleHalf Man Half Biscuit, See That My Bike's Kept CleanTanger, BIKESave the date: coming up at the end of...

Faith and Val are joined in the studio by Julie Clutterbuck of Port Phillip BUG.We all share our bicycle moments before looking back at 2024 and bicycle advocacy in Melbourne, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. 

On this weeks program Chris talks to Matt Osbourne from Wondercross Cycling and WXSHOP co-working space with Project Flock, located in Eastment Street Northcote, about the much loved ride hub, it's rich social history and so much more. Local news includes Yarra Council 17 December meeting, especially Item 7.2: E-scooter Update which discusses geofencing options and possible negative implications f...

Val and Faith share their bike moments before taking a look at some of the news and happenings coming up in Melbourne lately. The Streets People Love website has been updated with those candidates who engaged with the SPL community and were successfully elected identified by an orange border. In particular it is handy to know who in your local council has taken the Streets People Love pledge, and...

On this weeks program, Chris catches up with Cubby aka CB Mako about their families journey through the last few difficult years with long covid, related health issues, disabilities, changes to NDIS funding, calling for the bicycle industry to address mobility issues with three-wheel e-bikes and crowdfunding the families transport needs for a Nihola Rehab ecargobike for their daughter Christa. Pho...

Faith and Val are joined in the studio by Yarra resident Liz Honey. After sharing our bike moments we take a look at some news including; New York city's plans to impose a congestion tax is approved and a call out from the Climate Action Chronicles for anyone who loves cycling, scooting. or wheeling around Yarra to take part in filming December 3rd & 4th and showcase sustainable living and transpo...

On this weeks program Chris talks to Matt Katzen about his Strategic Cycling Corridor project, his cycling interests, planning, design, what are strategic cycling corridors, riding SCCs, principal bicycle network (PBN), potential easy wins, political will, fixing connections such as Flemington Bridge, treatments, modial filters, upgrades, Victorian Auditor-General’s Office: Developing Cycling as a...

Faith and Val reminisce about the forty years of the Great Victorian Bike Ride, its beginnings, the changes it has seen, the communities it has built and it's future in a different format.  In passing we also mention the upcoming WeRide Cycling Luminaries Awards, the O'Hea Bike Town project and Council election results. 

On this weeks program Chris catches up with one of our regular guests, Dr John Symons from BikeWest, about ongoing safety issues for bicycle riders with Dynon Road, Footscray Road, the Westgate Tunnel Project and if the Victorian Government will act upon 56 recommendations contained in Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee: Inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on v...

 Val chats to Nik Dow on the recent councils, the birth of Streetspeoplelove and unreasonable people.

On this week program Chris talks to Charlotte George, Greens candidate for MacKillop Ward in Yarra Council. We discuss the last week of local council elections in Victoria and the importance posting your ballot by 6pm Friday October 2024. Topics include Streets People Love candidate scorecards, public accessibility, footpaths, public transport, connectivity, living in a car-obsessed society and th...

On todays program Chris catches up with Anthony Aisenberg about the BikeSpot project that contributes valuable data that can inform future cycling infrastructure improvements across Australia. We discuss BikeSpot history, expanding nationally, the last 12 months, the collapse of Amy Gillett Foundation, BikeSpot National, NSW and Greater Bendigo reports, interactive archive, key findings, Upfield s...

On this weeks program Chris catches up with Geoff Smart from Back2Bikes including St Kilda protected lanes, council elections and his recent observations of riding in Copenhagen. Geoff talks about recent activities at Back2Bikes, volunteers, working with over fifty community partners, community pop up bike services, donating, refurbishing bikes and a recent article, Sustainability Victoria: Guide...

Faith and Val are joined in the studio by Dr Elliot Fishman of the Institute for Sensible Transport. We share our bike moments before taking at brief look at some local news. The Amy Gillett Foundation has been resurrected with an unfortunate focus on distracting flashing lights for riders, and nominations are open for local council elections, check the Streets People Love campaign to see who is r...

On this weeks program, Chris talks to Alice Humble about her families journey riding a Urban Arrow cargobike in Ballarat, Wadawurrung Country, you can follow Alice's adventures on Life on a Cargo Bike. Alice talks about being a mum and teacher, cues for deciding to buy a cargobike, keeping a daily exercise routine, having kids, starting off with a bike trailer, trying out e-cargobike options, reta...