[publictransport] Don't leave us all in suspense...

[Kerry Tait]

Thank you Brianna, that sounds great!

Please let us know how we can help with whatever needs to happen next.

Regards,
Kerry


Kerry Tait
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On 06/02/2008, at 11:54 PM, Brianna Laugher wrote:

> On 06/02/2008, justruss <justruss at internode.on.net> wrote:
>>
>> Don't leave us all in suspense – how did the meeting go with the PT
>> minister?
>
> Sorry :)
>
> OK, here we go...
> Present were lots of cycling groups and 4 people from DOI including
> Kosky. She admitted they made a mistake (well, we noticed ;)). This is
> what I think will happen, what they will try and make happen:
>
> - ban will be lifted (this is my surmising)
> - provisions made to allow folding bikes on all PT (she seems to  
> like them)
> - signage
> - trial of Connex carriage refitting on certain line, certain services
> - V/L optional booking system? maybe - I got the impression this issue
> came up in the first plce because of complaints V/Line had received
> (rather than Connex)
> - she doesn't like removing seats, really really not
> - she wants to avoid a reverse backlash onto cyclists - and this is a
> fair point.
> - she doesn't want to introduce a charge
> - realistically overcrowding is not going away
> - better bike parking options - cages, CCTV
> - and she actually said "thankyou" for raising our (and everyone
> else's) campaign, in effect. :)
>
> So the plan from here:
> - DOI will be in contact with the groups who were at the meeting
> today, before making her public announcement
> - plan for a future meeting with her and Tim Palace
>
> I think she wants to announce that the ban will be lifted + XYZ future
> measures, yay look at our forward planning. So it is a matter of
> sorting out what X, Y and Z will exactly be.
>
> After this meeting Jill & I had coffee with Harry & Jason from BV.
> (Everyone's on a first name basis now ;))
>
> It was quite interesting. I personally was very, very pleased with
> their revised statement and apology released last week - if they had
> said those sorts of things a month ago I wouldn't be here right now.
>
> So my impression is that they were just treading much more cautiously
> than they had to, and didn't really realise until now that the wind
> had really changed and there is some community support behind cycling
> now.
>
> And they made positive noises about releasing more information to
> members (website?) about what they are doing, who they are meeting,
> what they are proposing - even if it's not successful.
>
> So... you know... lots of apologetic and positive talk, but talk is
> cheap! We await the actions! :)
>
> My apologies if this is not too coherent, as Chris alluded to I am not
> quite 100%, but just ask questions and I will fill in any blanks.
>
> cheers
> Brianna
>
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