YarraBUG

On this weeks program Chris chats to Jesse and Dominic from Better Streets NSW about creating a new community coalition based upon Better Streets UK initiatives, including networking, sharing resources, goals and priorities for active transport in NSW in the lead up to the state electionLocal news includes Yarra Park Master Plan survey & feedback, St Kilda Bike Kitchen open workshop on 4 February...

On this weeks show, Chris chats to Marc Wion about creating Streets Alive Darebin, a new community group trying to bring awareness to the challenges and opportunities to making Darebin a more vibrant, safe and liveable community and looking back at the progress, however small or big it may be along the way. Follow Streets Alive Darebin on twitter, instagram and subscribe to their newsletterCycling...

Val and Faith return to 3CR for 2023 with cycling quotes, anecdotes, bike moments and gravel rides around Romsey. Local news includes path closures on the Upfield line for skyrail works, 2023 Road Nationals, how to preventing bike theft, registering with Bike Vault and riding the Lavender Trail in South Australia 

The Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio team are having a well-deserved break so here's a cycling themed musical interlude to kick off 2023Bicycle Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle - be your own PETPedal Pushin' Papa - Billy Ward and his DominoesBicycle - Hymner featuring AlessandraBike in head - The Nitspeacefall - Purity RingRiding in the dark - King CurlyBike Song - fanclubwalletRide My Bike - Maika Loub...

Program first broadcast on Monday 8th August 2022Australia's transport emissions are 20% of all our emissions and yet policy on tackling them seems to be lagging. Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Dr Elliot Fishman of the Institute for Sensible Transport to take a look at our transport emisisons, what they are, what is producing them and what we can do about it. 

On our last show for the 2022 before a well-deserved break, Chris chats to Katie Falkiner about her ecargobike epiphany during the covid-19 lockdowns, public transport, dealing the inner east school run, transport equity for women, micromobility, wayfinding, getting active transport options for greater Melbourne area, Can kerbside bicycle lanes increase cycling during a pandemic? A case study from...

On this weeks program, Chris and Steve chat about recent weather impacts on cycling, bike packing and the cancelled Mallee Blast. Chris catches up with Lena Huda from 30 Please, Safe Streets to School and Walk Sydney about her campaign for safe speeds on Australian local streets, creating walkable and cyclable local streets for children, New Zealands safe speeds around schools, the right to access...

On this weeks show Chris talks to Charlie Woolley from Recycle Bike Tyres about his innovative recycling business that helps to remove bicycle tyres and tubes from landfill waste, then processed into tyre crumb for products. Charlie discusses rubber as a renewable resource, ongoing issues and challenges in the recycling industry, organising pick ups from bike stores and workshops and council colle...

Faith and Val  are joinedin the studio by Hugh Schulz, life member and former president of Preston Cycling Club. We quickly take a look  at local cycling news, including the Walmer St bridge progress, St Kilda Road bike lanes and the upcoming Critical Mass ride. Hugh chats about when he first joined the club as a fifteen year old, the changes over the years in racing and clubs, and the celebration...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Rachel Niekrasz, Community Manager at Lug+Carrie in Fitzroy about how she got started with ecargobikes, families looking at ecargo bikes for the school run and more, Tern GSD ('Get stuff done') and Tern HSD models, Luggie+Carries weekly subscription model, building community amongst ecargobike users, workshops, ongoing support, build your own bike and more. Bic...

Val and Faith are joined in the studio by the new CEO of Bicycle Network, Alison McCormack. Nine weeks into her new role, Alison is excited about the future and is already establishing the connections that will take BN into a new era. We also take a look at the Great Victorian Bike Ride, coming up at the end of November, a BN event that has stood the test of time and promises the right sized adven...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Steven Wright and Daniel Quinn about their experiences cycling on Naarm Melbournes extensive shared trails network after yet another extreme weather event in October 2022, their observations, ideas about what needs to be done to improve connectivity, closure time, wayfinding, flood mapping, possible real time monitoring solutions, how confusing it is to find ou...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Phil Latz from the Micromobility Report about the upcoming Micromobility Conference and Micromobility Expo on 25 - 26 November 2022 at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Phil discusses Expo events and Conference speakers, including previous Yarra BUG Radio guests Tom Flood, Megan Sharkey, Lena Huda, Penelope Bennett, Sara Stace and Stephen Hodge. Conferences...

Faith and Val are joined in the studio at 3CR by Martin Tse and Malachi Moxon of Brompton Australia. We chat about the return of Critical Mass in Melbourne on, coincidentally, the 30th anniversary of the first Critical Mass in San Francisco, last Friday. Over 200 people turned out to show their support for more safe infrastructure inMelbourne. We then turn to Brompton and all things small and fold...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Jasmine from the Brunswick Bike Shed about their activities and Historially Excluded Day for shed volunteers. If you're interested in shed volunteer induction and upcoming events, please contact them via the website and instagramSecond interview: Pierre chats about reintroducing Critical Mass rides to another generation of riders in Naarm/Melbourne on Friday 30...

This week Chris catches up with freelance journalist Alice Clarke about her and her families journeys in discovering cycling around Naarm/Melbourne. Local news includes Critical Mass reanimating on Friday 30 September and UpCycles Yarra Valley official opening on 5pm Friday 16 September at ECOSS Valley Market and Rhythms of the World, listen to Damian Auton's interview from 15 August We chat about...

Faith and Val are joined in the studio by Sarah Hammond and Jesse Carlsson of Curve Cycling. Jesse and Sarah bring us up to date on the history of Race to the Rock, and then fill us in this year's event (named Race From the Rocks for reasons which will become obvious)  which started last Saturday from the Rocks in Sydney. We catch up on news about this year's route, some of the riders taking part,...

On this weeks program Chris chats to John Symons from BikeWest about riding in Melbournes western suburbs, bicycle infrastructure for designed for AAA to SSSS ('All Ages and Abilities to Shops, Stations, Schools and Stadiums'), Bike West's new near miss project, two rider deaths in Whitehall Street, the safe systems approach which can be described as "no loss of life is acceptable", revisting Roge...

Val and Faith are in the studio again after having been blown there on their respective bikes by the blustery spring winds. After sharing our bike moments we take a look at some news including plans in Perth to introduce more streets with 30kph speed limits after increases of 300% in cycling participation was counted on streets with the lower limit. The volume of cars in residential streets was al...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Damian Auton about back history to creating the newly opened UpCycles bicycle maintenance hub located at Yarra Valley ECOSS that will be a youth group space for bicycle education, recycling bicycles and providing courses, training and workshops. Bicycle-themed news includes Boroondara Council works at Walmer Street commencing this week for an estimated eight mo...

Australia's transport emissions are 20% of all our emissions and yet policy on tackling them seems to be lagging. Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Dr Elliot Fishman of the Institute for Sensible Transport to take a look at our transport emisisons, what they are, what is producing them and what we can do about it.  

On this weeks program Chris talks to Julie Clutterbuck from Port Phillip Bicycle Users Group. Bicycle-themed news includes Tour de France Femmes and ABC Perth: Advocates say two-wheeled EVs a cheaper, greener option to de-carbonise transportJulie discusses the Kerferd Road impasse, Port Phillip Councils Move, Connect, Live Strategy, how pop-up bike route trials were impacted from continuing, the m...

Today Faith and Val pay homage to Iris Dixon, a champion of Australian cycling and a cracking story teller. Iris Dixon passed away at the end of last week, aged 91. Iris was an incredible cyclist, Australian Cycling Hall of fame inductee and sixteen time national champion. She dissed our bikes when she was our studio guest in 2013. You can read more about Iris in Monique Hanley's article A ride th...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Alex Stott from the recently created Stonnington Bicycle User Group about getting started, local issues like Chapel Street safety, getting council to recognise their own climate emergency declaration, Make cycling safer and more accessible in Stonnington petition, upcoming meetings and events for the BUG and following them on facebook and twitter. Bicycle theme...