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Alex Fletcher with his Freewheeler app, Image: Fremantle Gazette\/Matt Jelonek<\/p><\/div>\n

Talking about Freewheeler, a sustainable transport app<\/a>: on this weeks program, Chris chats to\u00a0Alex Fletcher from Perth about\u00a0Freewheeler<\/a>,\u00a0a sustainable transport app that tracks trips, different transport modes and helps to earn points & rewards for walking, cycling & public transport.\u00a0Freewheeler was recently a joint winner of the 2017\u00a0Resilient Melbourne\u00a0<\/a>Citymart Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Local news includes another\u00a0unpleasant incident of oil dumping<\/a>\u00a0on lower Moonee Ponds Creek Trail, dotwatching the\u00a0Transcontinent race #TCRNO5<\/a>, quote from\u00a0This is not a Tour by<\/a>\u00a0Mike Hall<\/a> (The Brooks Bugle, 2016),\u00a0good news for funding for a new bridge over the\u00a0Merri between Northcote & CERES<\/a>\u00a0and last days to fill Park Victoria’s\u00a0survey for an all ability access ramp<\/a>\u00a0to replace the Gipps Street steps in Abbotsford.<\/p>\n

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Talking about Freewheeler, a sustainable transport app: on this weeks program, Chris chats to\u00a0Alex Fletcher from Perth about\u00a0Freewheeler,\u00a0a sustainable transport app that tracks trips, different transport modes and helps to earn points & rewards for walking, cycling & public transport.\u00a0Freewheeler… Continue Reading →<\/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":[1641,605,1636,1639,1642,603,1637,1032,1500,1561,1638,522,927,801,1640],"class_list":["post-2755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-show-summary","tag-tcrno5","tag-abbotsford","tag-alex-fletcher","tag-app","tag-ceres","tag-chris-star","tag-freewheeler","tag-gipps-street-steps","tag-merri-creek-bridge","tag-mike-hall","tag-moonee-ponds-creek-trail","tag-northcote","tag-parks-victoria","tag-sustainable-transport","tag-transcontinent"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ksuk-Ir","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3941,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2021\/10\/12\/yarrabug-radio-show-664-monday-11th-october-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":2755,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #664 Monday 11th October 2021","author":"admin","date":"12 October 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Talking to Alex Dyer from Cycle Wellington: on this weeks program Chris chats to Alex Dyer, co-chair of Cycle Wellington,\u00a0Aotearoa. 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