{"id":69375,"date":"2024-06-20T15:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T05:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=69375"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:03:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T05:03:52","slug":"we-present-to-you-the-only-bike-path-from-the-west-to-the-cbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=69375","title":{"rendered":"We present to you, the only bike path from The West to the CBD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this weeks show Chris catches up with Pierre Vairo from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BikeWestVictoria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bike West\u00a0(link is external)<\/a> about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode\/critical-mass-goes-west-build-franco-cozzo-link\">seemingly intractable issue<\/a>\u00a0of either communicating or providing safe, fit for purpose active transport infrastructure for western suburbs residents, especially with images from last week where\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeWestVic\/status\/1800788958319956091\/video\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moonee Ponds Creek trail users were forced to navigate between the flooded path and creek (link is external)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local news includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.humanitix.com\/the-cargo-revolution-premiere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cargo Revolution Premiere(link is external)<\/a>&nbsp;on Wednesday 10th July 2024, a documentary about cargo bikes in Melbourne, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XtrapolisLegs\/status\/1802594241669206469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Grattan Street&nbsp;protected bike lanes in Carlton(link is external)<\/a>, recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/etsc.eu\/a-30-km-h-in-urban-areas-has-had-positive-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European city initiatives to decrease speeds in urban areas(link is external)<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1-IQDC-tTUi48HxnaZ60U_9Unu-nLVMyOPAwwIeqET5A\/edit\">what you can do to support 30km\/h in Yarra<\/a>. (google docs link)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bigbuild.vic.gov.au\/projects\/west-gate-tunnel-project\/construction\/cycling-detours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Westgate Tunnel closing down alternate routes(link is external)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bigbuild.vic.gov.au\/projects\/west-gate-tunnel-project\/about\/greener-and-better-connected-west\/cycling-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WTG Veloway,(link is external)<\/a>&nbsp;the yet unopened &#8216;Rainbow Bridge&#8217; over the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bigbuild.vic.gov.au\/projects\/west-gate-tunnel-project\/about\/explore-the-project\/city-connections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Melbourne railyards(link is external)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwestcitynews.com.au\/cyclist-death-prompts-call-to-make-dangerous-intersection-safer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angus Collins&#8217; preventable death in February 2023(link is external)<\/a>, the never ending saga of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federation_Trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federation Trail(link is external)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeWestVic\/status\/1797817606461874279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two recent incidents on Dynon Road(link is external)<\/a>,&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BikeWestVic\/status\/1802478432380731439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit run incident(link is external)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.vic.gov.au\/cyclist-injured-west-melbourne-hit-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;(link is external)<\/a>last week,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jrpag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joseph Road Precinct Action Group(link is external)<\/a>&nbsp;advocacy and the overall callous indifference by decision makers and road users alike towards bike riders. You can contact&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bikewest.org\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BikeWest(link is external)<\/a>&nbsp;with your stories and also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.vic.gov.au\/members\/melissa-horne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melissa Horne,&nbsp;Minister for Roads and Road Safety(link is external)<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.vic.gov.au\/members\/gabrielle-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gabrielle Williams,&nbsp;Minister for Public and Active Transport(link is external)<\/a>&nbsp;with your concerns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/news\/radiothon-you-can-still-donate\">Sound on for Solidarity<\/a>: and repeating again it&#8217;s 3CR radiothon time,\u00a0since 2008\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/\">Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio<\/a>\u00a0has broadcast on 3CR in naarm Melbourne, shared hundreds of bike moments, spoken to countless guests, interviews, rides, cycling events, alongside raising awareness about campaigns and advocacy you simply won&#8217;t hear anywhere else in mainstream media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-69375-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2024\/06\/17\/1000\/202406171000_yarrabug_64.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2024\/06\/17\/1000\/202406171000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2024\/06\/17\/1000\/202406171000_yarrabug_64.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is a little wet for. bike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":69378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6822,32],"tags":[8914,993],"class_list":["post-69375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-melbourne-events","category-news-and-opinion","tag-cycling","tag-melbourne"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69379,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69375\/revisions\/69379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}