{"id":4380,"date":"2023-02-15T19:36:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=4380"},"modified":"2025-04-06T00:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:54:34","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-734-monday-13th-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2023\/02\/15\/yarrabug-radio-show-734-monday-13th-february-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #734 Monday 13th February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode\/robert-lechte-cyclists-road-deaths-are-national-health-emergency\">Robert Lechte: Cyclists road deaths are a national health emergency<\/a>: on this weeks program Chris interviews Robert Lechte about his recent Crikey article: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2023\/02\/07\/cyclists-death-safety-angus-collins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cyclists\u2019 road deaths are a national health emergency. Where\u2019s the outcry?<\/a> including issues in the aftermath of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode\/cycling-west-rip-angus-collins\">Angus Collins death at Footscray Road<\/a>, normalising of road violence, prioritising traffic throughput over human life, reactionary attitudes, parking use, ABC Melbourne: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/melbourne\/programs\/theconversationhour\/the-conversation-hour\/101930702\" target=\"_blank\">What can we do to create a safer cycling infrastructure?<\/a> and working towards <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/momentummag.com\/paris-to-become-100-percent-cycling-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">visionary solutions on our streets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Local news includes welcome return of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au\/improving-streets-public-spaces\/new-cycleway-college-street\" target=\"_blank\">College Street Cycleway in Sydney<\/a> which took <em><strong>eight years<\/strong><\/em> (previous YarraBUG Radio programs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/podcast\/yarra-bicycle-users-group-radio-160215\">16 Feb 2015<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode-201506221000\/david-borella-bikesydneycycle-hack-sydney-college-st-cycleway-dr-henri\">22 June 2015<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode-201602011000\/nsw-cycling-laws-changes-rego-stealth\">1 Feb 2016<\/a>) City of Yarra <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/bike-maintenance-workshop-tickets\" target=\"_blank\">bike maintenance workshop<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/3065632083729245\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bike Garage Sale<\/a> at Park\/Canning Street (18 Feb) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1213396929534520\" target=\"_blank\">Bike Rave Melbourne: Monster Parade<\/a> (18 Feb) and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wnbrmelbourne.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Naked Bike Ride<\/a> enjoying a lovely Sunday roll through naarm\/Melbourne streets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love listening to 3CR? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/news\/become-subscriber-2023\">Then become a subscriber in 2023<\/a>! When subscribing, please nominate YarraBUG Radio. By becoming a subscriber, you\u2019re helping us to remain fiercely independent and free of commercials and corporate influence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Program music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/23Ybk7NpsOC1kgsbNXwIjj\">Cycling is fun &#8211; Shonen Knife<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3rI6J22xq3t8RDpxIOBo1C?autoplay=true\">Parallel 6 &#8211; Four Tet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soniakillmann.bandcamp.com\/track\/cycling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cycling &#8211; Sonia Killmann<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Lechte: Cyclists road deaths are a national health emergency: on this weeks program Chris interviews Robert Lechte about his recent Crikey article: Cyclists\u2019 road deaths are a national health emergency. Where\u2019s the outcry? including issues in the aftermath of&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2023\/02\/15\/yarrabug-radio-show-734-monday-13th-february-2023\/\">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":[],"class_list":["post-4380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-show-summary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ksuk-18E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3411,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2019\/11\/18\/yarrabug-radio-show-570-monday-18th-november-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":4380,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #570 Monday 18th November 2019","author":"admin","date":"18 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Road Safety Symposium - Australian issues meet Dutch, and local, solutions: Val and Faith are joined in the studio today by Dr Elliot Fishman of the\u00a0Institute for Sensible Transport. 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