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For the love of bike riding
This Valentine’s Day Bicycle Network reflects on the bike love that is pouring out on our streets and what bikes do to look after their rider's hearts. Read more here.
Road User or Abuser campaign launches
The Victorian Government has launched the Road User or Abuser campaign, the long-awaited push to improve driver behaviour and road knowledge and make the roads less risky and more attractive to bike riders.
The social media campaign is the first of its kind, using a Facebook page as a forum for bike riders and drivers to come together to discuss their concerns about sharing Victoria¹s roads.
It is based on research findings that show there is a minor segment of the motor vehicle community that is negative towards bike riders, lacks knowledge of the bike-related road rules, and can drive in a way that causes crashes.
Make sure you go to the Facebook page for the campaign and make your voice heard.
The eye-witness that does not lie
Helmet cams are proving invaluable in the battle for bike riders to assert their rights and win justice on Australia's roads.
For too long drivers have been able to dodge their responsibility for crashes with bikes because the bike rider lacked witnesses to the incident.
No longer. As this shocking helmet cam video by rider Scott Kerrison (travelling on Springvale Road in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley) clearly shows, there can be no argument about who is responsible for a crash when the camera is rolling along with the bike. More details here.
Swanston's big squeeze begins
Stage Two of the Swanston Street redesign project is about to start and it will be six months of pain as riding becomes impossible on Melbourne busiest bike street.
The street is already pinched as preparatory tram track welding is pending.
The redevelopment officially starts on 3 February and the street will be effectively blocked to through traffic. Bikes will have to be walked through the construction zones.
The works will be carried out in two locations; between Flinders Lane and Collins Street and between Bourke and Little Bourke Streets. More details here.
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?
Halo get rolling
Operation Halo, the Victoria Police month-long operation targeting road trauma involving bike riders and pedestrians across Melbourne’s inner suburbs, started rolling today.
Operation Halo will see about 100 police a day working across the Melbourne, Port Phillip, Yarra, Boroondara and Stonnington Police Service Areas (PSAs) targeting issues that contribute to vulnerable road user collisions, according to the Head of Road Policing, Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe.
“That doesn’t mean that we will just be targeting pedestrians, cyclist and motorcycle riders who breach the road rules. We will also be targeting offences committed by drivers of motorcycles, cars and heavy vehicles who contribute to this road trauma.
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.