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Faith and Val wrestle some studio gremlins this morning before sharing bike moments including discovering an 1890s photo of your great grandmother with her bicycle. In local news we mention the World Naked Bike Ride that returned to Melbourne streets last weekend, and the first ever women's Melbourne to Warnambool race also held on the weekend together with the men's race. We remind those who ride...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Zuleka Chan, Brook Clinton, Simone Annis about the innovative Canberra Electric Bike Library, operated by SEE-Change, Switched on Cycles and supported by the ACT Government. Zuleka, Brooke and Simone talk about how the lending library was started, providing people an option to try before they buy, developing the process, insurance, researching peoples needs inc...

Faith and Val are back in the studio for the first time since ..... a long time! We managed to work out what all these dials and sliders were for and welcome Michael Oxer as our guest, to chat about the City of Yarra Active Transport Advisory Committee and the opportunities to improve opportunities to move around Yarra for everyone. We also mention the fundraising to support a rail trail from Cast...

On this weeks program Chris and Steve attempt to tackle the huge topic of 'bike shaped objects' and barely scratch (align?) the topic. We discuss low-end bikes from an Australian perspective, referring to Aaron Gordons recent Motherboard article: Mechanics Ask Walmart, Major Bike Manufacturers to Stop Making and Selling ‘Built-to-Fail’ Bikes, Mac Liman's Petition to end the manufacture and sale of...

Hey it's too hot to think clearly at the moment here in narrm / Melbourne so here's some of Chris and Steves fave cool cycling tunes to stay chill. Enjoy! Shonen Knife: Cycling is funChicken-Like Birds: Riding our BikesSan Felix: Riding My Bike to Extinction's HouseSleepy Dreamers: Bike SongFanclubwallet: Bike SongPurity Ring: PeacefallHalf Man Half Biscuit: See That My Bike's Kept CleanThe Aquaba...

Continuing with Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio summer specials, Chris talks to Lisa Byrne about Brunswick Street North and Fitzroy North traffic issuesLisa talks about local advocacy she's been involved with, traffic avoiding arterial roads then putting pressure on inner city residential roads, increasing traffic volumes, traffic studies, tackling similar issues across Yarra, Piedimontes redevelo...

Continuing with Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio *summer specials*, Chris talks to Ali Wirtz about the changes she's observed in Clifton Hill. Ali discusses local advocacy she's been involved with, improving pedestrian crossings in Gold Street, observing changes to North Terrace, Wellington Street, Pop up bike lanes, Heidelberg Road Link trial lanes, improvements to participation with more shared s...

On this weeks summer special, Chris interviews Rick, a civil engineer with 20 years expertise in traffic & transport infrastructure. Rick discusses Cremorne issues with curtailing truck movements, traffic planning, making the area safer for residents, walkers and cyclists. Rick is critical of City of Yarra not following their own obligations as a road manager or planning scheme advice for resident...

On this weeks Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio *summer special*, Chris talks to Australian childrens author and illustrator Elizabeth Honey about her love of bicycles, Amsterdam, her book selections, LEGS Lets Enhance Gleadell Street and Gleadell Street Market, Richmond. Elizabeth Honey is a long term Richmond resident and a Streets Alive Yarra supporter for Gleadell StreetYarraBUG Radio will retur...

Val and Faith talk about their respective bicycle moments, Jeremy Lawrence from Streets Alive Yarra discusses local Yarra issues, street trees, community support, social justice and equality, reviewing active transport in Yarra, Heidelberg Road seperated lanes, changes to Napier Street, changes to state government mode share, reallocation of space with parklets, pocket parks, step change with Rose...

On this weeks program it's back to basics with examining Yarra cycling conditions. Chris interviews Karen Hovenga and David Balding about their cycling observations of Melbournes inner east & north, including changing infrastructure(Gipps Street), off road trails (Capital City Trail), seperated cycling lanes, (Elizabeth Street trial, Park Street contraflow, Heidelberg Road trial, Brunswick Street)...

On this weeks program Chris chats to David Blom, Metro East Bicycle User Group and Brett Cotter, the Big Bike Film Night. David discusses the campaign to create the new Burwood Highway trail, with much needed walking / cycling networks for Melbournes eastern suburbs, working with local politicians, councils and land managers, Suburban Rail Loop, new connections with Deakin Uni and future plans. Br...

Val and Faith are joined online for another pre-recorded Yarra BUG Radio Show. Our guests this morning are Helen Kratzmann of Pedestrian Safety for Nicholson Street Coburg and Catherine Hall from the Coburg High School Active Transport Committee. Nicholson Street Coburg is a known danger spot for pedestrians and cyclists and the Victorian Department of Transport (who are responsible for the road)...

On this weeks program Chris interviews Carlton Reid, senior contributor, sustainability for Forbes about COP26, Carlton was previously interviewed on YarraBUG Radio about Emerging issues for pedestrians, bicycle riders & autonomous vehicles in March 2018.Carlton Reid talks about his observations of 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, bureaucratic & generational int...

This weeks show starts with a little bicycle homage to Emma Watkins who's leaving The Wiggles after a decade. Chris interviews Michael Hossen aka Cargo Bike Dad about how he got started with replacing the car for family transport. Micheal is a dad who rides an electric cargo bike with his young family and his motto is "Practicing what I preach. Ride more. Be the change". We chat about bike choice,...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Alex Dyer, co-chair of Cycle Wellington, Aotearoa. Alex provides an overview of local cycling advocacy, dealing with Wellington City Council, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, attitudes to cycling, Urban Repair Crews guerilla bike lane, Wellington City Council approving 147km citywide cycling network, the need to lower transport emissions, COVID19 response, Libe...

Val and Faith are joined in another Zoom session by Brunswick rider Alice Verrall. We take a look at the mobility bicycles can offer people living with disabilities and the ways in which cycling infrastructure can work to exclude these riders. Cycling can offer a mobility option to many people excluded from driving or unable to walk, but only if we re-asses our assumptions about who is riding a bi...

On this weeks show Chris and Steve chat about an unpleasantly exciting week in Melbourne including increased use of shared bike paths during lockdown 6, creative Nirvana-inspired Strava art in Adelaide and what the UK petrol shortage can tell about short term politics, short term improvements for cycling, changing logistics and reliance upon fossil fuels. Local cycling themed news includes making...

Val and Faith are joined in the zoom studio for another lockdown broadcast, by Matt de Neef, who some listeners may know as the Climbing Cyclist. Matt has written a book about the Everesting phenomenon; what it is, who is doing it, and why. Tune in to hear how this multi-faceted challenge developed, what drives people to take it on and how Matt tackled his own personal everesting. Everesting by Ma...

On this weeks program Chris talks to Lucy Maloney who's originally from Melbourne, about her cycling advocacy journey, interest with urban planning, separated cycling infrastructure, riding with children, e-bikes, Vancouvers School Streets program, comparisons with VicRoads roll out of 100km of pop-up bicycle lanes, Yarra Councils previous Making Space projects, Stanley Park temporary bike lane, C...

Somewhere in the world it's National Book Day today so Val and Faith took a look at a handful of books. Some they've read, and some they are planning to. Chris has some local news items including: Expressions of interest for the Yarra Active Transport Committee, Gipps St Bridge moves to planning permit stage and the e-scooter trial approved. If you're interested in finding out more about the books...

On this weeks program Chris chats to Canberra resident Paris Lord about his introduction to cycling, listening to Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio, riding for transport, riding in Canberra and getting involved with electric cargo bikes. Paris discusses a recent screening of Motherload movie in Canberra (Liz Canning was previous YarraBUG Radio guest back in October 2019) with a online Q&A, electric...

On this weeks program Chris talks to Stephen Nurse about the second edition of his book Cycle Zoo: Bikes for the 21st Century about the vast array of designs and configurations that the bicycle can be designed for, starting with cycling principles, describing types of human powered transport other than the safety bike frame, stories from Melbournes cycling community and tools to get people started...

On this weeks program Chris and Steve discuss upcoming Victoria Road & Station Street pop-up bike lanes in Thornbury, Northcote and Fairfield, Logan Martin taking Olympic gold in the BMX freestyle, another Magpie swooping season, riding in windy weather, crowd sourced riding distance choices via social media, UK Highway Code developing new hierarchy of priority, BBC: Walking and biking prioritised...

Faith and Val chat about their respective bike moments, womens road cycling at the Olympics, media 'backlash' over bicycle lanes in the Melbourne CBD countered by research, including Berlin study finds only a third as many shoppers came by car than retailers assumed and the historical significance of wattle in Melbourne.