Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio on 3CR

Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio on 3CR Listen into Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio, broadcasting every Monday at 10am 3CR Community Radio

Listen into Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio, broadcasting every Monday at 10am 3CR Community Radio 855am + Digital. Also streaming live on the web at 3cr.org.au, with podcasts from Tuesday/Wednesday and also available on iTunes. YarraBUG Radio’s presenters are Steve Barnett, Faith Hunter, Val Nagle & Chris Star. We all have very diverse cycling interests and no doubt if you’ve spent any time on a

bike around Melbourne you’ve probably met one or all of us at some point. We intend YarraBUG Radio to promote urban cycling as a viable means of transport; promote Yarra’s cycling conditions; demystify cycling technology; and help reveal the diversity of cyclists around from children, to commuters, to lobbyists. YarraBUG Radio encourages people to join in the sheer fun of bicycle riding and to also raise awareness in sustainable transport issues. We would like our show to be for everyone – cyclists or not and we would love non-cyclists to be in our audience. YarraBUG Radio is based in the inner suburbs of Abbotsford, Alphington, Burnley, Carlton North, Clifton Hill, Cremorne, Collingwood, Fairfield, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North Princess Hill and Richmond. YarraBUG Radio Podcasts: http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/
Yarra Bicycle Users Group: http://www.yarrabug.org/
YarraBUG twitter: http://twitter.com/yarrabike/

How to listen: http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?page_id=256
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New 3CR Community Radio  podcast: Matt Katzen talking about Strategic Cycling Corridors🎧 Listen back:  https://www.3cr.o...
21/11/2024

New 3CR Community Radio podcast: Matt Katzen talking about Strategic Cycling Corridors

🎧 Listen back: https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/matt-katzen-talking-about-strategic-cycling-corridors

Or find us on iTunes, Community Radio Plus app or podcast client of choice

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 Safe and Appealing Mode of Transport (2011), opening up opportunities for people to use the network, creating routes that are convenient, safe, direct and contacting local councillors and politicians to inform them of your concerns.

News includes Gipps Street Elevated Ramp update, changes to social media, Critical Mass naarm - Melbourne South, Friday 29 November 2024, Gipps Street and a potential heatwave at the end of this week

Program music

Ancedata, Bike Song
Khruangbin, People Everywhere
King Stingray, Camp Dog

Gaze in wonderment at Sam Wallmans latest creation 💕
12/11/2024

Gaze in wonderment at Sam Wallmans latest creation 💕

“a bike gives you the freedom a car promised you” new street poster style drawing for Overland Literary Journal, thanku to Cooperative Power. u can visit https://overland.org.au/2024/11/freedom-machine/ to see it in high res if u like

New 3CR Community Radio podcast: Dr John Symons: When will Victorian government act to protect vulnerable road users?On ...
06/11/2024

New 3CR Community Radio podcast: Dr John Symons: When will Victorian government act to protect vulnerable road users?

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 vulnerable road users.

🎧 Listen back or find us on , Community Radio Plus or podcast client of choice https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/dr-john-symons-when-will-victorian-government-act-protect-vulnerable-road-users

The final report was tabled on 1 May 2024 and to directly quote, 'The Government has six months to respond to the report from the tabling date"

We discuss Brett Wallace's incident on Dynon Road, as reported by Rhiana Whitson ABC 7.30 (Cycling safety warnings ignored – until tragedy happened), Angus Collins death in February 2023, BikeWest advocates forcing the authorities to act via FOIs, ongoing WTG safety issues, a lack of safe systems in road design and the right to public life regardless if people drive a car or not.

News includes 87th Melbourne Cup on Wheels, Cezary and Leo returning to naarm Melbourne after their incredible Two Birders, Two Bikes journey to raise funds to build schools in Timor Leste, womens rides, Info session: Student Visas & Work Rights at Gig Workers Hub and the new WXSHP ride hub in Northcote.

Program music

Camp dog, King Stingray
Cycling is fun, Shonen Knife

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 A...

New 3CR Community Radio  : Charlotte George on council elections, transport issues and more🎧 Listen back or find us on  ...
22/10/2024

New 3CR Community Radio : Charlotte George on council elections, transport issues and more

🎧 Listen back or find us on , Community Radio Plus or client of choice

https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/charlotte-george-council-elections-transport-issues-and-more

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 candidate scorecards, public accessibility, footpaths, public transport, connectivity, living in a car-obsessed society and the importance of providing alternatives from local councils.

Charlotte talks about being a filmmaker, activist and local parent, her new black comedy Buried, about a terrible day of parenting with a unfortunate cyclist as a plot point, of which in a better world, wouldn't exist with more modal filters, slower speeds and protected infrastructure.

She discusses safer streets, creative thinking needed in all levels of government, being involved in local community, Harrison Watts and Katie Patrick collab for a vision of Johnston Street, Hobart City Council Collins Street bike lane trial, public debates going to the outlier and finding more equable ways of transport alongside rising living costs and environmental issues.

Local news includes ABC Four Corners Australian drivers are paying billions on major Transurban-operated roads, and the costs will keep rising, Transport Integration Act 2010, Yarra Council 30km/h trial, Melbourne City Council elections, Mass North this Friday 25 October riding to Northcote with a pickup point at Nicholson and Gertrude in Fitzroy, Jay's GoFundMe: Help my disabled sister Christa have an accessible cargobike.

Program music

Camp dog, King Stingray
The Bike Song, Anecdata

Hey everyone, Critical Mass North is  riding through Fitzroy, Collingwood and Clifton Hill next Friday 25 October with a...
17/10/2024

Hey everyone, Critical Mass North is riding through Fitzroy, Collingwood and Clifton Hill next Friday 25 October with a pick-up point at Nicholson and Gertrude Street. Love to see you there
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Hey everyone heres updated Critical Mass North details and it's time to share, share, share

💞Critical Mass North💞

1️⃣ Meet 5.30pm, Friday 25 October 2024, State Library, Swanston Street, CBD

2️⃣ Pick up point: Carlton Gardens corner @ Nicholson and Gertrude Street

3️⃣ Heading due north & dress for seasonal conditions🕷️💀🕷️

4️⃣ Ride together, stay safe: read about corking + massing up:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jITCpvPqQ5RF8iNexWPuyK9udTDNzowp?usp=sharing

5️⃣ Running late? Download Critical Maps to find us on the day:

https://www.criticalmaps.net/

6️⃣ Bring your on-bike sound systems for our Spotify playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BM1Eb1vlaX5I4u5CS6tZT?si=e2938bd7fbb64dae

7️⃣ Speakers: Sally Moxham MC, Ruth Jelley, Dr Molly Hoak, Tony Morton

8️⃣ Organised by

9️⃣ Have fun with all your new friends

🔟 Bookmark criticalmass.melbourne for future rides

>>Speakers: Sally Moxham and Dr Molly Hoak are Streets Alive Darebin members.

Dr Molly Hoak is a local parent and pram user very affected by inaccessible tram stops and a lack of safe spaces for children.

Ruth Jelley is a workers’ rights activist, a renter, campaigner for women’s rights, founder of Streets Alive Darebin and a Greens candidate for Darebin City Council.

Tony Morton is President of the Public Transport Users Association and a lifetime resident of Melbourne campaigning for sustainable transport and against car dependence. He was a participant in the first Melbourne Critical Mass rides in 1995 and has been involved in campaigns from the push for Rowville Rail in the 2000s to stopping the East West Link in 2014.

>>Why Are We Riding to High Street Northcote?

High Street is one of the biggest local issues that Streets Alive Darebin hears from people about. It is a source of constant complaints about near misses and crashes with drivers and it’s inaccessibility to locals who travel by bike.

Read more: https://streetsalivedarebin.org/journal/critical-mass-north-returns

📮From this week Victorians will receive postal vote instructions in the mail for 2024 local council elections.Alongside ...
06/10/2024

📮From this week Victorians will receive postal vote instructions in the mail for 2024 local council elections.

Alongside 35+ community organisations, Yarra Bicycle Users Group are supporting the new Streets People Love statewide local government election campaign to contact and score candidates in up the upcoming October council elections.

The campaign has been designed to encourage local government candidates to consider and commit to create safe and pleasant streets for people to live, work, play and move in.

See how Yarra Council candidates scored or have taken the pledge:

https://streetspeoplelove.org/yarra

New 3CR Community Radio : Talking to Geoff Smart from Back2Bikes 🎧 Listen back, https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/...
23/09/2024

New 3CR Community Radio : Talking to Geoff Smart from Back2Bikes

🎧 Listen back, https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/talking-geoff-smart-back2bikes

Or find us on iTunes, Community Radio Plus app or client of choice

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 . Geoff talks about recent activities at , volunteers, working with over fifty community partners, community pop up bike services, donating, refurbishing bikes and a recent article, : Guide to running a bicycle repair and recyclers program. We talk about Nature-Fest on the Birrarung, free bike tune-ups at , courses, workshops, Women’s Introductory Bicycle Maintenance Classes and general tips to stop bike theft.

A major challenge for Back2Bikes is finding a new home due to planned redevelopment of 525 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne. Please get in contact with Back2Bikes if you know of a suitable location and long term leasehold.

Local news includes spring has sprung, it's time for Critical Mass Sydney Road , meeting 5pm, State Library, Thursday 26th September 2024 going to Brunswick!

Program music:
Monkey, Bicycle Song
Bonobo, Flashlight

Looking forward to a shortened week, made even better with Critical Mass Sydney Road  on Thursday evening 🚴‍♀️🚲🚴‍♂️🚴🚲🛴🚴‍...
22/09/2024

Looking forward to a shortened week, made even better with Critical Mass Sydney Road on Thursday evening
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Critical Mass Sydney Road - less than a week to go!

Speakers + route announced soon

Critical Mass Sydney Road
Meet 5pm, State Library, CBD
Thursday 26 September 2024

We are all just riding home together

📸 New   : Life on a cargo bike with Alice: on this weeks program, Chris talks to Alice Humble about her families journey...
10/09/2024

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New : Life on a cargo bike with Alice: on this weeks program, Chris talks to Alice Humble about her families journey riding a Urban Arrow in , Country

🎧 Listen back,https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/life-cargo-bike-alice

Or find us on iTunes or podcast client of choice

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 cargobikw options, retaining the ride to work, dealing with the school zone, what needs to happen to make school zones safer, having a less stressful journey, better interactions with her children, being inspired by school streets in Paris, better parking enforcement, slower speed limits around school zones, reducing fatalities due to speed, safe cycling infrastructure for everyone, learning about cargobikes, carrying stuff, positive impact on the household budget, why can’t Australian governments pivot to supporting ebikes similar to electric vehicles and new opportunities to making commutes enjoyable

Program music

Monkey, Bicycle Song
Tycho, Dream as memory

New 3CR Community Radio : Two birders, two bikes, one school and almost seven hundred birds🎧 Listen back: https://www.3c...
27/08/2024

New 3CR Community Radio : Two birders, two bikes, one school and almost seven hundred birds

🎧 Listen back: https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/two-birders-two-bikes-one-school-and-almost-seven-hundred-birds

Or find us on iTunes or podcast client of choice

On todays show Chris catches up with Cezary and Leo aka Two Birders, Two Bikes, who previously had a chat on 3CR back January 2024. They talk about starting their 15,000km journey along the east coast, combining birding and bike packing, a side quest to Tasmania, then central Australia, birding in Timor-Leste, the fight for independence, raising Spend It Well funds for a school, what barriers school kids face, meeting with Dulce de Jesus Soares and José Ramos-Horta, returning to Melbourne to continue their fundraising ride

Local news includes Better Streets : Streets for People: How Yarra’s 30 km/h zone can grow across Melbourne event being sold out, so hopefully it will be recorded by Streets Alive Yarra Inc., the debate across Victoria: Victorian Premier hopes council will have 'change of heart' over hire e-scooter ban, The Age: Northern mayors flag e-scooter republic in swerve to avoid Melbourne City’s ban, Critical Mass Sydney Road on 26 September and a screening of MOTHERLOAD: a movie, a meeting place, a cargo bike movement at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library

Program music

The Bike Song, Anecdata
Ngurra Ngampa, Tjintu Desert Band

❤️Critical Mass naarm - Melbourne is back on 26 September and heading northwards to Sydney Road ❤️Sharey sharey share sh...
23/08/2024

❤️Critical Mass naarm - Melbourne is back on 26 September and heading northwards to Sydney Road ❤️

Sharey sharey share share the event link: Critical Mass Sydney Road : https://www.facebook.com/share/Gt2GVh5M5SJ4UFEk/?mibextid=oFDknk

Spring has sprung. Time for a Critical Mass! 🚲💐

✨Critical Mass Sydney Road✨ Thursday 26th September

More details soon!

Merri-bek BUG BikeWest Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio on 3CR Bike Melbourne Tim Read MP XR Vic Pedal Rebels XR Northside -Melbourne Extinction Rebellion VIC

📸 Reposted "Join us live at 10am on YarraBUG Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio on 3CR at 3CR when Val and I will be talkin...
19/08/2024

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"Join us live at 10am on YarraBUG Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio on 3CR at 3CR when Val and I will be talking to Yana Lim of Bite Sized Rides about getting more people on bikes and organising rides for people of colour in Melbourne. 855 on the AM dial or streaming live from 3cr.org.au"

🎧 Listen back, select on demand or 3CR Community Radio podcast for 19 August 2024

https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/bite-sized-rides-yana-lim

Or find us on ITunes or podcast client of choice

New 3CR Community Radio podcast: Talking to Anna about The Growing Cycle 🎧 Listen back: https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/...
12/08/2024

New 3CR Community Radio podcast: Talking to Anna about The Growing Cycle

🎧 Listen back: https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/talking-anna-about-growing-cycle

Or find us on ITunes or podcast client of choice

On this weeks show Chris chats to Anna from - Bicycle Gardeners in northside Naarm / Melbourne about getting started, reusing products, reducing environmental impacts, developing garden food production, using cargo bikes, people's responses, carrying tools, logistics, gaining experience about bikes from being a exchange student in Copenhagen, creating community through peoples gardens, gardening services, and having fun through gardening and riding.

Local news includes a retrogressive attitude towards City of Melbourne e-scooters in the lead up October 2024 council elections, especially statements made by Nicholas Reece and Arron Wood, onto more positive events like Streets for People: How Yarra’s 30 km/h zone can grow across Melbourne on Wednesday 28 August 2024 and a film screening of Motherload at Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library on Sunday 1 September 2024

Program music

Cycling is fun, Shonen Knife
Amulet, Fakear
Bicycle Song, Live Fashion

New 3CR Community Radio podcast: Talking to Harrison Watt about Bikelanes 4 Johnston Street campaign update + more🎧 List...
02/08/2024

New 3CR Community Radio podcast: Talking to Harrison Watt about Bikelanes 4 Johnston Street campaign update + more

🎧 Listen back: https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/talking-harrison-watt-about-bike-lanes4johnston-street-campaign-update-more

On this weeks program Chris catches up with Harrison Watt - Greens Candidate for Langridge about the local campaign for protected bicycle lanes on Johnston Street, Collingwood.

Bicycle-themed news includes Grace Brown taking out Australia's first gold medal and a new Global Cycling Network video (or is it documentary) Carspiracy - You’ll Never See The World The Same Way Again.

Harrison recounts his experiences riding on Johnston Street, getting feedback, creating the change.org petition which has achieved 3,500 signatures, Johnston Street being a great east-west connector through the inner north for active transport, despite it currently being a 'stroad' with five lanes for traffic, people wanting to ride more, key findings from the recent Inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on vulnerable road users and his decision to stand as a candidate in the upcoming October council elections

Harrison discusses recents developments including meeting with the office of Gabrielle Williams, Minister for Public and Active transport and Victorian Department of Transport and Planning representatives and the feedback he received about it being a 'category one road' for vehicles. Despite that he remains positive about changing transport priorities and make cycling easier

Program music
The Bike Song, Anecdata
Phantom, Tycho

❤️🚴❤️🛴❤️🚶‍♂️❤️🌿❤️"🚧 40 km/h speed limit for Church St between Highett St and Victoria St (endorsed by DTP Speed Zone Cha...
18/07/2024

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"🚧 40 km/h speed limit for Church St between Highett St and Victoria St (endorsed by DTP Speed Zone Change Committee)"

Read more in share ⬇️

Another state road gets a 40km/hr limit 🥳

The Church Street school crossing (near Buckingham Street) is getting a safety upgrade.

Thanks to advocacy from Yarra and the local community, DOT is going deliver:
🚶🏻‍♀️Traffic islands to reduce crossing distance and increase pedestrian visibility.
🏘️ Enhanced line marking for motorists.
🚧 40 km/h speed limit for Church St between Highett St and Victoria St (endorsed by DTP Speed Zone Change Committee).

If you want to help us get rid of a 60km/hr speed limit near you, drop a comment below. 🙋🏻‍♀️

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