<\/p>\nEvery 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 have something to give them. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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The text says,<\/p>\n
Dear cyclists & thoughtful citizens,<\/em><\/p>\n
You may be aware that on January 1 2008 the Department of Infrastructure (via Victorian State Minister for Public Transport, Lynne Kosky) introduced a law banning bikes from peak-hour trains. This ban was introduced in the name of reducing over-crowding, but bikes on trains are NOT the cause of over-crowding. This ban makes cyclists scape-goats for poor management and funding by the government and rail companies<\/strong>. The ban is especially ludicrous for V\/Line because those trains have special luggage compartments where bikes are stored, so there is no way a bike stops people boarding those trains.<\/p>\n
This ban will do nothing to stop inconsiderate jerks who happen to carry bikes on crowded trains, and will only make criminals out of considerate cyclists who need the flexibility that comes with NOT having a blanket ban.<\/p>\n
As a society with two major problems facing it, being obesity and the impending oil crisis, it is ludicrous that decisions like this which discourage cycling could even be considered let alone implemented. Please join us in acting to have this ban overturned. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You can download the PDF to print out and use yourself:<\/p>\n
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- leaflet4.pdf<\/a> – this is the 4 pages of the leaflet, so you can do the fancy “print 4 pages in 1” thing<\/li>\n
- leaflet.pdf<\/a> – one page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Is there something else that should be mentioned in the text? Later when we have specific events planned I will mention those. (By the way, did you notice the site now has an events page<\/a>? :))<\/p>\n
If you have another text or design that you want to share, please email me<\/a> or leave a comment, and I will put it up here for others to use. You can also use our existing banners<\/a> or create some more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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