Faith and Val are joined in the studio today by Nick Richardson, from Banksia Gardens Community Services to tell us all about Broady Bikes. First we all share our bike moments. and Val's leads us nicely into our first item of news about the very succesful E-bike Expo held by Bicycle Network last week.We also mention the three consultations in Merri-bek at the moment, of interest to anyone who lives, works or plays and rides through there; Harding St Bridge, O'Hea St Bike Lane Extension and Victoria Streets For People  Brunswick. Make sure you take a look!Coming up this weekend is a ..read more

On this weeks program Chris and Steve have a wide ranging chat with topics including Jeremy Vine's extraordinarily obvious April Fools day joke, the ridiculous over the top reaction, combined with differences between UK and France about active transport provision, (Guardian: Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a controversial idea in the UK?) that being hostile 'culture wars' vs. a reasonable level of discussion, City Nerd: Cities Where People Travel the "Wrong Way" to Work, 15 minute cities, 20 minute neighbourhoods, what's happened in post Covid19 civil socie ..read more

On this week show Chris chats with Ruth Jelley and Paul Baker about making things better by getting involved with local advocacy.First interview (3.04 mark) Ruth discusses South Crescent issues after a Streets Alive Darebin ride held on Saturday 23 March 2024.Second interview: (6.40 mark) Paul Baker chats about his pathway from starting off riding BMX as a kid, commuting, workplace bicycle user groups, the June 2022 'halt' of the roll out of protected cycling lanes in Melbourne, organising #comerailtrailwithme bike trail rides and getting elected to the Bicycle Network board. Follow Paul ..read more

Faith and Val are joined in the studio on a warm autumn morning by Liz Fowler and Edmund West from Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club. We all share our bike moments before taking a look at some upcoming events including Critical Mass on Friday March 22nd (heading Southside with Port Phillip BUG) and a Bicycle Network event for those interested in what they can to support active transport during the upcoming Council elections. The Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club has been celebfrated its fiftieth year and Liz and Ed talk about the community that the club has built over the decades, the ride ..read more

Faith and Val are joined in the studio by Nick Tyrell of Revitalise Sydney Road. We take a look at the complex situation on Sydney Road, the many roles it plays and the ways in which those roles have changed over the years. Addressing those changes is critical to ensuring Sydney Road remains a vibrant local shopping strip and Nick discusses some of the research and data about how people actually use Sydney Road and some of the options available to mitigate the impacts of prioirtizing its role as an arterial over others. You can follow Revitalise Sydney Road on Facebook here.  ..read more

On this weeks program Chris talks to Cr Sophie Wade from Yarra City Council and Julian O'Shea. Cr Sophie Wade talks about recent improvements in Yarra including 30km/h speed zones, Transport Action Plan 2023-2033, and Notice of Motion No. 5 of 2024 - Dangers of oversized vehicles (see page 61 of council meeting agenda) taking a cue from parking changes in Paris, which is the first of its kind in Australia. (The Age: Council could slug ‘truckzillas’, utes and SUVs with higher parking fees, 9 March 2024)Julian O'Shea talks about his upcoming Comedy Festival show, M is fo ..read more

On todays program we take a audio journey, riding out west on Friday 23 February 2024, with Critical Mass, Bike West, Kidical Mass Melbourne, Joseph Road Precinct Action Group, Snuff Puppets, Extinction Rebellion and over two hundred of their best friends to demand safer pedestrian and cycling environment in Melbournes western suburbs after decades of neglect, under funding and industrial areas now becoming residental, demanding the Franco Cozzo Link be built and good news with in principal support from Maribyrnong Council and VicRoads to lower the speed limit on ..read more

    Val and Nic Dow [Melbourne BUG] talk to the changes to the wards and voting system that will come into force at the council elections coming up in October this year.  ..read more

On this weeks program Chris chats to Davis Clayton from the Gig Workers Hub currently based at Micro-labs, 227-229 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Davis talks about being a food delivery worker, how the Gig Workers Hub was created, outreach, facilities avaliable for delivery workers, the recent rise of the gig economy, how apps, literally running on autopilot, control how people work and pitfalls like hours of unpaid downtime, examples like Milkrun for living wage, recent developments like Closing Loopholes Act included in FairWork, Transport Workers Union delivery workers c ..read more

    Val chats to Jed Soutar from Freedom Solutions  about transforming lives through customising bikes, wheelchairs and trikes to solve mobility needs.https://freedomwheels.org.au/  ..read more