Posted by YarraBUG Admin on 12/15/08 in YarraBUG News
This Tuesday, leave work ten minutes early and get on down to the Melbourne Town Hall! Sustainable transport supporters will rally outside the Town Hall at 5pm to let the new Lord Mayor know we want a city that’s easy and safe to get around by bike, foot and tram.
The rally will coincide with the first meeting of the new Council, sending a clear message that Doyle’s plan to return cars to Swanston St does not have community support.
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Posted by ChrisS on 11/27/08 in YarraBUG News
Read below for candidate response to YarraBUG’s Questionnaire to City of Yarra Candidates. Although it’s disappointing that not all candidate’s responded, the responses we did receive do provide a general overview of potential councillors attitudes towards cycling issues in Yarra.
It was tempting to rate candidates and political parties on their responses, although providing their words in full should enable voters to make their own minds up when casting a vote on Saturday 29 November 2008.
Neighbouring BUG’s have also conducted candidate questionnaires to potential councillors for their local councils:
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Posted by YarraBUG Admin on 11/20/08 in YarraBUG News
The Melbourne City Council pledged to move buses from Swanston Street by November 24.
As this article from The Age now reports - clearly they have FAILED to follow their own pledge and now risk further jeopardising bicycle riders using the area until the coaches are moved - in March 2009.
The Age: Council ‘jeopardising lives’ as it misses its bus pledge (20 November, 2008)
The husband of a cyclist who died when a tour bus hit her in Swanston Street is disappointed Melbourne City Council has broken its pledge to get buses out of the street by next week.
“It is jeopardising more lives on Swanston Street,” said Jeremy Rawlins, whose wife Carolyn was killed on September 18 when a Gray Line tour bus hit her. Ms Rawlins was 12 weeks pregnant. Lord Mayor John So promised to get tour buses out of the street immediately after Ms Rawlins’ death.
But Cr So and his team — which includes lord mayoral aspirants Gary Singer and Catherine Ng — backed down on the promise. Instead, they pledged tour buses would be moved to another location by next Monday.
It emerged yesterday that tour buses will not move out of Swanston Street until at least next March.
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