{"id":5076,"date":"2026-03-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=5076"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:19:13","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-892-monday-16th-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2026\/03\/16\/yarrabug-radio-show-892-monday-16th-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #892 Monday 16th March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"901\" data-attachment-id=\"5078\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2026\/03\/16\/yarrabug-radio-show-892-monday-16th-march-2026\/img_4614-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?fit=1080%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4614\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?fit=676%2C901&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?resize=676%2C901&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?resize=188%2C250&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?resize=945%2C1260&amp;ssl=1 945w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4614-1.jpeg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Val Nagle in the Studio at 3CR<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode\/catching-elizabeth-street-bike-lanes-and-other-musings\">Catching up on the Elizabeth Street bike lanes and other musings<\/a>: Val and Faith kick off the show with their bike moments and collectively appreciate the recent shift to autumn.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We chat about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-13\/teenagers-die-ebike-crash-logan-motorcycle\/106449788\">recent death of two teenagers <\/a>in Queensland on an &#8216;e-bike&#8217;, although its hard to know much about the circumstances at this point.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also remind listeners that the Elizabeth Street protected bike lanes are being ripped up this morning ahead of the re-sheeting of the road and the rebuilding of the lanes in a narrower, less safe configuration. When will the State Government take responsibility for Strategic Cycling Corridors? Not only are they langusihing from a lack of funding but with no one willing to take responsibility for the quality they are built to poor outcomes like that we&#8217;re seeing on Elizabeth Street undermine local and state aspirations to active transport. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/2026\/03\/10\/elizabeth-street-protected-bike-lanes-downgrade-to-start-monday-16-march-2026\/\">about what you can do here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Val shares another favourite podcast episode about the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/15-minute-cities-how-urban-design-entered-the-culture-war\/id1624704966?i=1000751221625\">history of 15 minute cities and we&#8217;ll share the link here shortly<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2525\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5076-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2026\/03\/16\/1000\/202603161000_yarrabug_64.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2026\/03\/16\/1000\/202603161000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2026\/03\/16\/1000\/202603161000_yarrabug_64.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/audio.3cr.org.au\/3cr\/yarrabug\/2026\/03\/16\/1000\/202603161000_yarrabug_64.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"202603161000_yarrabug_64.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 28:50 &#8212; 13.2MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5076-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5076-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5076-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?powerpress_embed=5076-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>Catching up on the Elizabeth Street bike lanes and other musings: Val and Faith kick off the show with their bike moments and collectively appreciate the recent shift to autumn.\u00a0 We chat about the recent death of two teenagers in&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2026\/03\/16\/yarrabug-radio-show-892-monday-16th-march-2026\/\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yarrabug-radio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ksuk-1jS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1191,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2012\/11\/26\/yarrabug-radio-show-214-monday-november-26th\/","url_meta":{"origin":5076,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #214 Monday 26th November 2012","author":"FaithH","date":"26 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Val and Faith kick off this week\u2019s show with the usual bike moments and recent happennings. 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