Archive for the ‘campaign’ Category

Meeting Update

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Melbourne Metro Saturday 3pm, 12th January. CERES Cafe, 8 Lee Street East Brunswick. Don’t worry if you can’t make it, there will no doubt be further meet ups. A precis/minutes will be posted on the public transport list. More details here. Geelong From Russell: I am planning to be involved in the ‘Ban ...

A leaflet you can use

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Every day I catch the train home and every bike I see, I wonder what the person carrying it thinks abou the bikes-on-trains ban. I want to tell them about our campaign and inspire them to fight to overturn the ban with us. So I made this leaflet so I ...

Meeting this Saturday

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Informal meet up for Bin the Bike Ban: Saturday 3pm, 12th January. CERES Cafe, 8 Lee Street East Brunswick. Don't worry if you can't make it, there will no doubt be further meet ups. A precis/minutes will be posted on the public transport list. Please let us know if you're organising meetings ...

“Country cyclists win reprieve from railways bike ban”

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Good news! From The Age, 08-01-2008: CYCLISTS facing a ban on taking bikes on peak-hour regional trains have won a short reprieve from V/Line.[..] [Y]esterday V/Line said it would not enforce the rule until February 1. The operator might also ask Ms Kosky to reverse the ban, "but ultimately it's up to ...

Cardboard protest?

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

© Sheffield Pedalpushers A similar (or the same?) story from here: A cyclist at Victoria railway station in London was yesterday given permission by Southern Trains to take his full-size, non-folding bicycle on one of its peak time trains. Despite a recent decision to rigidly enforce a ban on the carriage of this ...

Discussion

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Discussion amongst cyclists who are organising to fight the bike ban has been taking place at a number of different sites: Facebook group publictransport mailing list V-Line to ban bicycles on Peak Services in 2008? - Melbourne Cyclist Connex and V/Line bicycle bans - proposed campaign - Melbourne Cyclist Connex bans bikes on peak hour ...

Banners

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Here's some banners you can use to show your support for repealing the bike ban. If you need a SVG editor a good one is Inkscape. "Ban blameshifting not bikes": Download the original PNG (width over 1000px) Download the 500px width PNG (displayed above) Download the 250px width PNG Download the SVG (can print at ...