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Brains Trust!

Advocacy Lessons from Melbourne, Adelaide and New York

BIKESydney’s first Brains Trust event kicks off in March.  One of our aims this year is to work more closely with other advocacy organisations and individuals. The BriansTrust events, which will happen every couple of months, will be one of the ways we do this. Each event will be an opportunity to hear and share information and ideas. In March we’ll hear from three BIKESydney advocates who have recently returned from bicycle related conferences and study trips.  We hope to see you there.

The Battle For Sydney

Dave and I were interviewed a few months ago for this cool mini-doco about the state of cycling in Sydney. Check it out.

Follow Darryl – King St Cycle Bypass

Congrats to whoever made these rad signs that have appeared all the way down the laneway next to the shop. The lane runs parallel to King St, almost all the way to Erskineville Rd, and is heaps better for riding.

If you made them, get in touch in with us. We’ll give you some 3M reflective tape, so the signs show up at night.

I’m trying to figure out if they’re inspired by Run DMC.

Ride to Work Day is this wednesday

We believe that every day is ride to work and school and uni and the shops day, but 14 October 2009 is the official, compulsory Ride to Work Day. There’s breakfasts and events all over, including at RPA, and a biggun at Hyde Park

What are you doing??

Inner West Greenway Submissions

We’re big supporters of the Inner West Greenway project – it’s a plan to connect Cooks River and Iron Cove with a bike path/park/transport corridor along the old Dulwich Hill freight rail line.

The plans are currently on exhibition with Leichhardt, Marrickville and Ashfield council, and they’re inviting public comments. We’d really encourage everyone to write a letter or an email to say how much you would like it to be a cycleway. There is a movement to make it an exclusive lightrail route, which will mean NO BIKES at all on this sweet, flat scenic ride from the cooks river into the city Via Rozelle.

So, yeah, vote bikes!

Last night’s BikeSydney meeting

Well I went to my first BikeSydney meeting in a long while last night. BikeSydney is the local advocacy group for the City Of Sydney Council area, a small group of hard workers getting things done. Andrew, Elaena, Lester and Cole ran thru a bunch of things which BikeSydney is involved in. I’ll just run thru them briefly. If you want more info, and especially if you want to get involved, check out the Bike Sydney website

Jones st Ultimo near the school, there is a proposal for a pinch point for the kids to cross the road easier

Huntley St Alexandria, lights are going in to allow further progress along the Alexandria canal route, tempoarily using a back lane behind some of the woolsheds.

A proposal to drop the speedlimit on Wilson St from 50 to 40

The Bike Lanes on Park st (the only ones in the cbd) have been removed for the pope visit. Apparently assurances have been given that they will be replaced after the event. But when?

A couple of grant applications have been submitted, one for cultural themed bike maps around town, and another for Bike Film Festival funding.

Tshirts are getting made

There is a proposal for the greenway linking cooks river to lilyfiel, to become a tramway. Will there be enough room for bikes and pedestrians?

Bike Valet parking is been offered as a commmercial venture to venues and event managers

Sydney Olympic park is keen for events for their Cycling festival in October., like films and art, maybe a tie in with the BFF

There will be a cool BFF promo event at the Mori Gallery in day st mid july, showing detoour de tour and triplets of bellville. BYO wine, baguettes and blankies. July 16

BFF happenings will include a parade, art installations and art thmed bike rides, a party and a picnic, and parking on the street in front of the dendy newtown

Contested Streets film – ideas tossed around to have a screening of this film in order to inspire decisionmakers, like Councillors, candidates

What questions do we want to put to ou propective councillors before their september elections

I need to get more involved, especially in the organisation of the picnic

Next Massbug meeting (our other excellent local advocacy group) is the first wednesday of the month

Introducing Sydneycyclist.com

Yeah, I know, it’s been up for a while, but I’ve been waiting for Damiens official Launch. ANyway, check it out, it’s got forums, photos, blogs, all Sydney related, and more

sydneycyclist.com

Massbug meeting this Wednesday night

NEXT MEETING – Wednesday 07 November

• 7:30 pm Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (opposite Newtown Station) – first Wednesday of the month. All welcome!

• For more info on Massbug see About
• For info in how to join MASSBUG go to Contacts / Membership
• For info on how to join the MASSBUG NEWS list, or MASSBUG DISCUSSION list.

BikeSydney Meeting Tonight

BikeSydney meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month.6.00pm – 7.30pm Bicycle NSW Office
Lvl5:822 George st Sydney.
After the meeting we sometines have a quick beer at a nearby pub.

BikeSydney is our local advocacy organisation

Sign the Massbug MTB/BMX/Skate Petition..

Massbug are running a petition to urge the City of Syndey Council to develop a “BMX/MTB track and BMX/Skate facility” at Sydney Park, down the bottom of King St. Sounds like it would be killer for some cyclocross racing as well. Add your signature next time you’re in the shop, and check out Hell On Wheels for all your BMX needs..