At 10am every Monday morning you can listen to Yarra Bicycle Users Group Radio on 3CR Community Radio; podcast, on-demand, streaming and digital. Also see our YarraBUG Radio mirror site

Broadcasting on 3CR Community Radio since 2008, YarraBUG Radio presenters are Faith Hunter, Val Nagle, Steve Barnett & Chris Star

We have very diverse and long term cycling interests and no doubt if you’ve spent any time on a bike around Melbourne you’ve probably met one or all of us at some point

YarraBUG Radio encourages everyone to join in the sheer fun of bicycle riding and to also raise awareness in sustainable transport issues

We would like our show to be for everyone, cyclists or not and we would love non-cyclists to be in our audience

Recent podcasts

Kathryn Good: defending legal ebikes in Queensland – YarraBUG

On this weeks show, Chris catches up with Kathryn Good from the Story Bridge Active Transport Alliance about last weeks E-mobility Critical Mass protest ride in Brisbane against proposed amendments to Queensland e-bike legislation.Speakers from SNAP ACTION: Defend Legal E-Bikes – Critical Mass Ride included Andrea Herklots, EveryBody Electric Bikes and Matthew Burke, Bicycle Queensland.If you're in Queensland (or Queensland adjunct) please make a submission before 10 April 2026.See E-Mobility Inquiry Committee, Transport and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026, news articles: ‘If they want us on the roads, we’re getting on the roads’: Riders plot peak-hour protest and Backlash over pending Queensland e-bike licence laws.Local news includes a fabulous April 1st media release from the Department of Pedalling and Perspiration about their new Ride to Save scheme, ongoing energy and transport issues, see Why affordable alternatives to the car have never mattered more,  Wellington Street in the news: Wellington Street wars: The plan dividing Collingwood and Clifton Hill,  April Fool: Why paying cyclists isn’t such a joke and have a look at Modal filters in the inner north, North Richmond Bike Bus: Sunday Ride on 19 April, Critical Mass possibly heads north on Friday 24 April. Elizabeth Street update: if you haven't seen the dinky little red bollards yet and narrowed conditions for people parking their cars and trying to ride past, general advice is to monitor, document, report and repeat.Program musicHONNE, BIKE 
  1. Kathryn Good: defending legal ebikes in Queensland
  2. Raving about Bike Rave Melbourne!
  3. Yarra Council downgrades Elizabeth Street protected lanes
  4. Catching up on the Elizabeth Street bike lanes and other musings
  5. Introducing the Parkville Gardens Bike Bus
  6. Say Yes to a new Wellington Street + Adopt safe 30km/h streets in Richmond
  7. Melbourne's bicycle world 50 years ago, checking in on Dutch Infrastructure + Subscriber Drive
  8. Yarra Council Report Card, Elizabeth Street protected bike lanes + 3CR subscriber drive
  9. New TAC Light Insights Trial in Stonnington & North Richmond Bike Bus
  10. What a difference a mayor makes