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Bicycle User Groups: Thirty-five years of bugging councils about bikes<\/a>: Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Paul McKay, former General Manager of Bicycle Victoria (now known as Bicycle Network<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We share our bike moments before taking a look at BUGs, or Bicycle User Groups. It’s thirty-five years since the first Bicycle User Groups were created in Australia in 1990 . Paul explains why Bicycle Victoria created BUGs, their role as advocates, their changing relationship wth Bicycle Network over the years, and their resilience as grass roots community advocates.  <\/p>\n

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Bicycle User Groups: Thirty-five years of bugging councils about bikes: Val and Faith are joined in the studio by Paul McKay, former General Manager of Bicycle Victoria (now known as Bicycle Network)\u00a0 We share our bike moments before taking a… 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":[],"class_list":["post-4819","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-1fJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4428,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2023\/05\/08\/yarrabug-radio-show-745-monday-8th-may-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":4819,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #745 Monday 8th May 2023","author":"admin","date":"8 May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Active transport: pedestrians and cyclists should be better allies: On this weeks program Chris chats to Andrea, an active travel advocate and urban planner, about how pedestrians and bicycle riders can be better allies, levels of abilities, changes needed for years of under investment, planning, strategy, disability requirements plus pressure\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Podcast"","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\/2023\/05\/Ped_rider_HighSt1_2023.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ped_rider_HighSt1_2023.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ped_rider_HighSt1_2023.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ped_rider_HighSt1_2023.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ped_rider_HighSt1_2023.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4587,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2024\/03\/25\/yarrabug-radio-show-791-monday-25th-march-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":4819,"position":1},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #791 Monday 25th March 2024","author":"admin","date":"25 March 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Making things better: talking advocacy with Ruth Jelley and Paul Baker: on this week show Chris chats with Ruth Jelley and Paul Baker about making things better by getting involved with local advocacy. 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