transport
NSW Government Challenged To Deliver Public Transport Additions Before 2010 Elections
Posted May 29th, 2008 by AnonymousDate: 20th of May, 2008 EcoTransit
Sydney is challenging the NSW Government to demonstrate that it can
deliver on its promises to improve public transport before the next
election, by completing an extension to the Lilyfield light rail line
to Lewisham and Dulwich Hill. The public transport advocacy group has
joined cyclist and bushcare groups in supporting the rapid development
of a greenway, including an extension of the current lightrail line, as
Happy bike ppl
Posted May 9th, 2008 by Anonymous
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Evans inflames an already hostile situation
Posted May 9th, 2008 by Anonymous
The president of National Roads and Cyclists Association, Mr Alan Odds today called on the NRMA to stop inflaming the ongoing war between motorists and cyclists with their claim that cyclists do not belong on main roads in peak hour. Referring to the interview with NRMA president Alan Evans on ABC Radio's PM program this evening, Mr Odds said, “It would appear that NRMA policy, as articulated by its president, Alan Evans, is that cyclists should not be on main roads in peak hour Sydney because the mix of motorists and cyclists is unsafe.”
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U.K. Greenies Rejoice: Road-tax hike makes thousands of family cars almost worthless.
Posted May 6th, 2008 by Anonymous
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Time Warp 1998: EIGHT MAJOR RAIL PROJECTS FOR SYDNEY
Posted April 3rd, 2008 by Anonymous
Monday, 23 November
1998
New rail links across the north western suburbs to Castle Hill,
from Hurstville to Strathfield and high speed links to Newcastle,
the Central Coast and Wollongong are among eight major rail projects
to be built in Sydney by 2010.
The Minister for Transport, Mr Carl Scully, said Action for Transport
2010 would invest $2.6 billion in major extensions to the CityRail
network, which would open up public transport to thousands of Sydneysiders
for the first time.
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World Naked Bike Ride, Sydney 2008
Posted March 6th, 2008 by fungi
Get your gear off for the environment
Strip down and ride on for the environment this March. The next World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) in Australia will commence at high noon at the Archibald Fountain in Sydney’s Hyde Park on Saturday the 8th of March 2008.
The ride will be the first of 6 rides occuring in Australia on the same weekend, including Adelaide, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Newcastle and Melbourne. Other cities across the world will also host rides as part of the southern hemisphere leg of WNBR's global movement, including Lima (Peru), Golden Bay (New Zealand) Pretoria (South Africa) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).
World Naked Bike Ride Sydney
Posted March 6th, 2008 by AnonymousMission Statement:
We face automobile traffic with our naked bodies as the best way of defending our dignity and exposing the unique dangers faced by cyclists and pedestrians plus all the negative effects of oil, cars, war, consumerism and non-renewable energy.
The Protest Themes in 4 Words:
Naturism, Environmentalism, Pacifism and Biketivism.
Location: Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park
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NRCA press release sent to the Age
Posted February 27th, 2008 by AnonymousNational Roads And Cyclists Association
PRESS RELEASE
February 26, 2008
The President of the National Roads and Cyclists Association, Mr Alan
Odds, today called on the car insurance industry to insure bicycles
against collision damage.
Referring to AAMI research that almost half - 47 per cent - of
Victorian car drivers have had a close call with a cyclist, Mr Odds
said that said, "There is a real need for this cover and it is long
overdue."
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