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The Bicycle Network Victoria office will be closed on Thursday, 26th and Friday, 27th January. We will reopen at 9am next Monday, 30th January. Happy Riding!
Warne clashes with rider... calls for rego system
Many people will have read or heard about cricketer Shane Warne’s altercation and collision with a bike rider in St Kilda Rd on Tuesday, 17 January.
Police are now investigating the incident involving a vehicle being driven by Warne that collided with the rear of bike and left the rider with a badly damaged rear wheel and derailleur. The investigation is incomplete and Warne’s version of events – broadcast widely and promptly via social media - contrasts significantly from that of the rider. The rider reported the incident to police but wishes to remain anonymous. Warne also made a police report.
Warne is calling for a bike registration scheme to be introduced presumably so that riders can be tracked down and made accountable for their behaviour.
We would strongly oppose any move to introduce a bike registration scheme because the financial and administrative burden of setting up and maintaining it would far outweigh other measures to address the issue. A registration scheme to test, license and monitor bike riders would also discourage people from riding. We would never support a scheme that created a scenario where riding a bike might become an unaffordable luxury for many kids.
One small step for bike-kind . . .
The final span of the Sandy Creek Inlet Bridge is slowly nudged across Lake Hume where it will be locked into place on the High Country Rail Trail.
Who doesn't want to ride this?
Opportunity knocks for dooring campaign
Two Thousand and Twelve is shaping up as the Year of the Door, with growing media and community interest in the dooring issue ahead the Operation Door Knock campaign which rolls out in the coming months.
Operation Door Knock is a response to the rise in doorings which suddenly spiked in 2009 and 2010.
Preliminary research for the campaign is due to get underway soon, to be followed by a series of road user engagement exercises on Melbourne streets focused on drivers and riders.
Mt Alexander Road closed
Mt Alexander Road in Flemington and Travencore is closed for extensive works for the next week and bike riders should take the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail.
The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail alternative will take you around the back of the Travancore developments There are also bike paths on Racecourse Road.
More details and the detour map here.
Get on your bike - don't end up like Santa!
Bicycle Network has released a Christmas calorie-burning tool to give Christmas revellers a clear indication of how much exercise they will need to complete to avoid ending up with a bulging post-Christmas waistline.
Solway Bridge open
A run of good bridge building weather has resulted in the vital Solway Street bridge over Gardiners Creek being finished on schedule before the holiday season.
While the bridge itself is completed, some of the details, including the approaches, need more work.
So while you will be able to ride over it, there may be some temporary closures as the construction team attend to the final details.
There will be a formal opening of the bridge in the new year. Read more here.
Changing behaviour for a sustainable future
World renowned behaviour-change authority Dr Doug McKenzie-Mohr is bringing his highly acclaimed Fostering Sustainable Change workshops back to Australia for a fifth year. This year there there is an expanded series on offer, including introductory workshops in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne. In addition, for the first time in Australia, Doug will be presenting his two-day advanced workshop. See here for details.
Are there bike laws that confuse you?
Have you ever wondered if you're allowed to ride on the footpath? Maurice Blackburn's Senior Associate Carolyn Kovac explains.