Port Phillip BUG

Taking care of the bikes. #southmelbournemarket

No matter how the council members vote later this month, the data is clear. The community desires safer modes of transportation, lower speed limits, and more green spaces.

Join the BUG's Elwood song cycle tomorrow morning. A sign on a bench can lead to a song & story of that particular place in Elwood. It's delightful. Sat 10.30 to 1 trybooking.com/CPAKH

Join us for the Elwood song cycle this Saturday. Visit delightful Elwood story songs in the landscape. And the amazing Yalukit Willam Reserve. Gentle 10kms in best company. Sat 16, 10.30 to 1 Free, bookings trybooking.com/CPAKH

'We've dedicated so much on street space to the storage of vehicles that we don't have as much green space or trees or seating or even wide footpaths' David Mepham challenges the primacy of carparking in urban planning and decision making in @theage

'We're looting active and public transport budgets to subsidise parking budgets' says urban planner David Mepham @theage

Premium parking for bikes at South Melbourne Market, Sat 23/12. Meanwhile cars queue on all approaches to the market. #lifesbetteronabike #christmasshoppingisbetterbybike

@DrLaurenPearson @DrBenBeck @VicHealth @EmergTrauma @jfdipnall @DrSandyReeder congratulations @DrLaurenPearson! and for your generous approach to sharing your findings.

So grateful to have received the John McNeil Prize for Public Health Research for our work demonstrating interest in biking riding across Greater Melbourne, coauthored with @DrBenBeck, @VicHealth, @EmergTrauma, @jfdipnall and @DrSandyReeder 🚲

The City of Port Phillip has released two bike lane design concepts for Inkerman Street in St Kilda for public comment. ow.ly/CeCv50Q1kwb

We’ve just launched #BikeSpot 2023!BikeSpot is a map that allows every Australian to say where they feel safe or unsafe while riding their bike. Go to bikespot.org and make your mark. @amygillettfdn

Biking the Goods: How North American Cities Can Prepare for and Promote Large-Scale Adoption of E-Cargo Bikes – Urban Freight Lab urbanfreightlab.com/publications/b…

Best way to get the kids to the beach?

It is too often claimed that everyday tasks can't be done by bike, and that's why car parking must be protected above human lives. This is contradicted by what we observe.

@HeathRyan16 @Geoffie_P I was chatting to the barista in campos after ( needed a moment to myself) And he said he sees it every week on chapel the doorings. It's designed in a way that's not safe for anyone. And until we have that level of maturity to share the road we need kerbside protection.

Pastries and bananas are nice, @cityportphillip, thank you, for Ride2Work brekkie. But safe bike infrastructure is what we really need.

More people would Ride2Work with better bike infrastructure. Support safe and pleasant options for Inkerman St at tonight's @cityportphillip council meeting. @bicycle_network

Riders! For a safer, more pleasant, Inkerman St, let the @cityportphillip know your preferred option at the Council meeting tomorrow, Wednesday. Excellent introduction to the options below thanks to @progportphillip

Recently there’s been 33 recorded crashes on Inkerman St in East St Kilda. 2/3s of those involved were #cyclists & pedestrians. One of the most dangerous roads in #PortPhillip. At Council on Weds there’s opportunity to improve road safety for all - and add a lot of tree canopy.

Isn't active transport great? Just met a guy on the Westgate Punt who had run the half marathon and was riding home (ebike) to the west via the Punt.

eBikes prompt conversations. 'charge lasts for 100 km', 'couldn't be happier' In Centre Ave, Port Melbourne