{"id":5246,"date":"2026-10-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2026-10-22T23:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:40:54","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-923-monday-19th-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2026\/10\/19\/yarrabug-radio-show-923-monday-19th-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #923 Monday 19th October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gimme 5! \u2013 for happy healthy communities \u2013 Richmond District at the Duke of Albury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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It’s bike riding season, Bloor Street bike lanes, the foibles of free parking and more<\/a>: on this weeks program Chris catches up with the weeks news including glorious weather for yesterdays Around the Bay and last weeks Ride 2 Work Day. Mike Layton from Toronto<\/a> speaks about the Bloor Street bike lanes, (Doug Ford Is Spending a Lot of Money Ripping Out Bike Lanes<\/a> and Bike lane standoff in Etobicoke sends construction crews packing<\/a>) which has parallels with populist anti-active transport issues here in Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weeks audio is from last weeks Gimme 5! – for happy healthy communities – Richmond District<\/a>, held at the Duke of Albury where we listened to residents and election candidates, David Meyer and Gabrielle de Vietri. Jeremy Lawrence, Streets Alive Yarra provided a talk about Yarra Councils recent free parking trial<\/a>: ‘The trial of one-hour free parking was a disaster, yet councillors voted for it to continue; how did that happen’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gimme 5<\/a> campaign calls on the state government and candidates to support the establishment of a dedicated funding stream for the building and development of the Strategic Cycling Corridor network in Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local news includes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jay Dee Pitcaithly’s Chain of Command exhibition<\/a> continuing at Queen Victoria Women’s Centre to 30 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bike ride to Dr Tim Reads state memorial service<\/a>, Wednesday 28 October please arrive at 1:45pm for a 2pm departure from Tim\u2019s electorate office, Unit G2\/272 Barkly St, Brunswick VIC 3056, riding to Melbourne Town Hall<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bike Library<\/a> is a new start up that aim’s to provide kids with a bike perfect for them to learn and explore, based in Moonee Valley, Merribek, Darebin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register for the Bikepacking Gear Library Donation Drive<\/a> on 8 November: ‘After losing our beloved gear library to the Off Course fire earlier this year, we\u2019re ready to RELAUNCH!’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s Biketober: Ride anywhere, any time during<\/a> October. It\u2019s free, friendly, and every ride counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program music<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scratching, Malvern Star<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Tet, This unfolds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s bike riding season, Bloor Street bike lanes, the foibles of free parking and more: on this weeks program Chris catches up with the weeks news including glorious weather for yesterdays Around the Bay and last weeks Ride 2 Work… 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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-show-summary"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ksuk-1mC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5235,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2026\/10\/05\/yarrabug-radio-show-921-monday-5th-october-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":5246,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #921 Monday 5th October 2026","author":"admin","date":"5 October 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"City of Melbourne, G Line, Pop up bike lanes, Will Richter memorial ride speeches, Gimme 5, Ride2Work Day & more. 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