{"id":13,"date":"2008-01-07T06:31:46","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T14:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/2008\/01\/07\/country-cyclists-win-reprieve-from-railways-bike-ban\/"},"modified":"2008-01-07T06:33:18","modified_gmt":"2008-01-07T14:33:18","slug":"country-cyclists-win-reprieve-from-railways-bike-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/2008\/01\/07\/country-cyclists-win-reprieve-from-railways-bike-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Country cyclists win reprieve from railways bike ban&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news! From <em>The Age<\/em>, 08-01-2008:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The operator might also ask Ms Kosky to reverse the ban, &#8220;but ultimately it&#8217;s up to the Public Transport Minister to decide,&#8221;<\/strong> V\/Line spokesman Daniel Moloney said.<\/p>\n<p>The ban became public on New Year&#8217;s Eve \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the day before the new rules came into place. Many city and regional commuters who take their bikes on trains have been infuriated by the ban, some saying it is an attempt to shift the blame for an inadequate transport system from the State Government onto cyclists.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\n<strong>The ban on bikes on V\/Line services during rush hour comes despite the trains having special bike spaces.<\/strong> The V&#8217;Locity trains have space for a small number of bicycles, while its 32 locomotives have a special luggage carriage, with ample room for cycles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/news\/national\/country-cyclists-win-reprieve-from-railways-bike-ban\/2008\/01\/07\/1199554571397.html\">Article link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>This is good news for a couple of reasons.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>No one is denied transport (&#8230;just yet).<\/li>\n<li>We can put pressure on both V\/Line and Lynne Kosky by writing, emailing, phoning, talking, campaigning and protesting to let them know that <strong>this is not acceptable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><br \/>\n&#8220;Lynne Kosky &#8211; the only Public Transport Minister ever to force people to buy cars?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, &#8220;but ultimately it&#8217;s up to the Public Transport [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,3,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modernthings.org\/binthebikeban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}