Introducing the Sydney Cyclist
Posted October 26th, 2007
Follow the link to The Sydney Cyclist and sign up.
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Catagory Name: Advocacy
Category Archive
Peak oil, not traffic congestion
Posted October 19th, 2007
Interesting piece in Online Opinion.
Australia is on a long list of oil producing countries that have already passed peak oil production. In our case, production peaked in the year 2000. While several new oil projects on the North West Shelf will see modest increases in domestic production for the next few years, by 2015 Australia […]
Posted in The Desk, Energy by Philip | No Comments »
Car free day? Just call APEC
Posted September 5th, 2007
Apparently Melbourne is very excited about a planned car free day next year, but that’s just the way it is with cities on the make, always taking a page from true world cities.
MELBOURNE will next year get its first “car-free day”, a controversial idea backed by Melbourne City Council — and branded an indulgence […]
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Show me your commitment Pottinger
Posted September 4th, 2007
Paul Pottinger decides that cyclists drive motorists to the 10th circle of hell.
IF Dante was to be reincarnated in Sydney today, he’d add another chapter to his Inferno based purely on his first exposure to the traffic in this Godforsaken metropolis.
There’s no shortage of torments to choose from in this 10th circle of hell - […]
Posted in Culture, Advocacy by Philip | 8 Comments »
Fareless public transport
Posted August 16th, 2007
A recent Galaxy Poll conducted for The Greens shows that over two thirds of Australians support a trial of free public transport.
Two-thirds of Australians want free travel on buses, trains and ferries, funded from Federal Government surpluses, a nationwide survey says.
In a Galaxy poll commissioned by the Greens, 66 per cent of taxpayers said they […]
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Parking perk dying a slow death
Posted August 13th, 2007
Pedal power in bloom as city parking withers
A report that Sydney is topped only by London and Tokyo for the cost of a parking space in the city makes a free spot at work look even more of a perk.
An increasing number of time-poor executives do not see driving into town as an attractive option. […]
Posted in Advocacy, Transport by Philip | 1 Comment »
Bi-partisan political support for cycling
Posted August 10th, 2007
CPF Media Release.
The Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Tony Abbott MP today launched the landmark document Cycling Moving Australia Forward at Parliament House.
Minister Abbott was joined by Shadow Minister for Sport, Recreation and Health Promotion, and Shadow Minister for Local Government, Senator Kate Lundy and former editor of The Age, Michael Smith - […]
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Chip Goodyear, cycling superhero
Posted August 9th, 2007
No Chip Goodyear is not some cult cartoon superhero, he’s the modern version of a cycling superhero.
Whenever there is a morning queue outside the showers at BHP Billiton’s Melbourne headquarters the chances are you will find the boss of the world’s biggest miner at his desk still dressed in his lycra cycling kit. Chip […]
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Crybabies
Posted August 5th, 2007
Several weeks ago I wrote about this PSA being run by the RTA, well today it appears that the the fellas weren’t too happy with the ad and have now filed a complaint to the Advertising Standards Bureau.
AN RTA road safety campaign that suggests car hoons have small penises has unleashed a flood of complaints […]
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The Bogota experience
Posted August 3rd, 2007
Great stuff, political will is all it takes. (12 minutes)
Via Streetfilms.
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