{"id":4772,"date":"2025-01-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=4772"},"modified":"2025-04-06T00:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:56:43","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-832-monday-13th-january-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2025\/01\/13\/yarrabug-radio-show-832-monday-13th-january-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #832 Monday 13th January 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chalking in Wellington Street protected lanes in Collingwood, Image supplied<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Karen Hovenga talks about keeping Yarra’s streets safe<\/a>: on this weeks program Chris catches up with Karen Hovenga<\/a> to talk about local Yarra issues, including what the new council maybe planning for narrowing protected bikes lanes in Elizabeth Street<\/a>, whatever the future holds for intersection treatments at Coppin Street in Richmond<\/a> and direct quote from petition linked below: “continue to implement Yarra\u2019s Transport Action Plan 2024-2034<\/a> including the New Deal for Schools<\/a>, New Deal for Cycling<\/a>, New Deal for Walking and other specified programs to meet the ambitious targets in Yarra’s Transport Strategy 2022-32<\/a>” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local news includes call-outs for assistance from Bite Sized Rides<\/a> and Bike Rave Melbourne<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen talks about how several generations of her family easily use the Elizabeth Street protected lanes, their connection to City of Melbourne’s Albert Street protected lanes<\/a> that creates a vital east-west route, being able to ride plenty of short trips to local destinations but decision-makers being unable to vote on equitable transport solutions for anything other than cars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We comment upon how successive generations build upon road safety improvements, in reference to Janet McCalman\u2019s award-winning classic \u2018Struggletown, Public and Private Life in Richmond 1900-1965<\/a>\u2019 which included horrifying road fatalities statistics of the post war era, where thirty people died on Richmond roads in April 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming up at the end of the month is Critical Mass Yarra: Friday 31 January 2025<\/a>, <\/strong>meet 5.30pm, Friday 31 January 2025, State Library, Swanston Street, naarm, Melbourne. Ride, scoot and skate through our traditional home grounds of Fitzroy, Collingwood & Richmond. Many thanks to Sam Wallman<\/a> for adapting his Freedom Machine design. Like it? Buy it<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n