Archive for the ‘campaign’ Category
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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