{"id":2712,"date":"2017-05-16T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2025-04-06T01:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T14:02:26","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-440-monday-15th-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2017\/05\/16\/yarrabug-radio-show-440-monday-15th-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #440 Monday 15th May 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode-201705151000\/elliot-fishman-and-way-politicians-are-talking-about-cyclists\">Elliot Fishman and the way politicians are talking about cyclists<\/a>: Val and Faith are joined in the studio on this foggy autumn morning by Elliot Fishman,<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/sensibletransport.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Director of the Institute for Sensible Transport<\/a>. We kick off the show by sharing our respective bike moments before taling a look at some news including; the<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bicyclenetwork.com.au\/general\/media\/4898\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> failure of #ametrematters legislation<\/a> to get through the Victorian Parliament, another <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/more-sports\/fury-after-motorbike-crash-carnage-in-giro-ditalia\/news-story\/f29bdf3441b41494f1bbf0790e41e73c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stupid and avoidable crash with a moto<\/a> in professional racing, this time in the Giro D&#8217;Italia and a submission by the City of Sydney to have a <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.executivestyle.com.au\/proposal-to-make-cycling-part-of-the-driver-licence-process-gw1bx1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cycling course count towards Learner Driver&#8217;s 120 hours<\/a> log book total.<\/p>\n<p>We then take a look at some recent examples of the Victorian Premier&#8217;s <a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/comment\/in-the-war-between-cars-and-cyclists-the-premier-chooses-the-easy-option-20170417-gvm41w.html?deviceType=text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">language about cyclists<\/a> and how this plays out against a background of increasing emphasis on moving people and the efforts of local councils and government organisations to facilitate that.<\/p>\n<p>We finish up with some events coming up this week including<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melburnhurt.com\/get-involved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> YogHURT at Brunswick Cycling Club<\/a> every Monday evening and the <a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikefun.org\/events\/2017\/05\/central-victorian-atheists-and-freethinkers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Victorian Atheists and Freethinkers<\/a>\u00a0meeting in Kyneton on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5742\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2712-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2017\/05\/15\/1000\/201705151000_yarrabug_64.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2017\/05\/15\/1000\/201705151000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">http:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2017\/05\/15\/1000\/201705151000_yarrabug_64.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2017\/05\/15\/1000\/201705151000_yarrabug_64.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"201705151000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 28:20 &#8212; 13.0MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('2712-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_2712-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_2712-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?powerpress_embed=2712-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elliot Fishman and the way politicians are talking about cyclists: Val and Faith are joined in the studio on this foggy autumn morning by Elliot Fishman, Director of the Institute for Sensible Transport. We kick off the show by sharing&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2017\/05\/16\/yarrabug-radio-show-440-monday-15th-may-2017\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[1601,413,301,420,45,1604,584,1603],"class_list":["post-2712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-show-summary","tag-ametrematters","tag-city-of-sydney","tag-elliot-fishman","tag-faith-hunter","tag-giro-ditalia","tag-institute-for-sensible-transport","tag-val-nagle","tag-yoghurt-at-brunswick-cycling-club"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ksuk-HK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4220,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2022\/08\/08\/yarrabug-radio-show-706-monday-8th-august-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":2712,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #707 Monday 8th August 2022","author":"admin","date":"8 August 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr Elliot Fishman of the Institute for Sensible Transport in the 3CR studio for the Yarra BUG Radio Show Elliot Fishman and transport emissions: Australia's transport emissions are 20% of all our emissions and yet policy on tackling them seems to be lagging.\u00a0 Val and Faith are joined in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Podcast&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/category\/podcast\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ElliotFishman_YarraBUGRadioShow_August2022-scaled-e1663076071811.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ElliotFishman_YarraBUGRadioShow_August2022-scaled-e1663076071811.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ElliotFishman_YarraBUGRadioShow_August2022-scaled-e1663076071811.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ElliotFishman_YarraBUGRadioShow_August2022-scaled-e1663076071811.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4352,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2022\/12\/26\/yarrabug-radio-show-727-monday-26th-december-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":2712,"position":1},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #727 Monday 26th December 2022","author":"admin","date":"26 December 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Program first broadcast on Monday 8th August 2022 Dr Elliot Fishman of the Institute for Sensible Transport in the 3CR studio for the Yarra BUG Radio Show Redux: Elliot Fishman and transport emissions: Australia's transport emissions are 20% of all our emissions and yet policy on tackling them seems to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Podcast&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/category\/podcast\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ElliotFishman_YarraBUGRadioShow_August2022-scaled-e1663076071811.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ElliotFishman_YarraBUGRadioShow_August2022-scaled-e1663076071811.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ElliotFishman_YarraBUGRadioShow_August2022-scaled-e1663076071811.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ElliotFishman_YarraBUGRadioShow_August2022-scaled-e1663076071811.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1920,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2015\/05\/05\/yarrabug-radio-show-336-monday-4th-may-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":2712,"position":2},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #336 Monday 4th May 2015","author":"admin","date":"5 May 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A nice illustration of Amsterdam's bike friendliness! pic.twitter.com\/zcs4EWr44A\u2014 Dr Elliot Fishman (@ElliotFishman) January 5, 2015 Going Dutch - Dr Elliot Fishman: Its a stunning autumn morning in Melbourne as Val and Faith welcome studio guest Elliot Fishman to the show. 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