[publictransport] Welcome to the PT list

[cfsmtb]

Hi all,

A belated welcome to the PT list, a couple of glitches have been sorted 
out & the list is now live.

Housekeeping stuff:

Thank you all for the feedback! Already plenty of info, heads up and 
support from individuals and cycling groups has been received.

So hopefully by tomorrow (Sunday) a precis of what people have mentioned 
will be on MC or this list for people to distribute.

If you've got suggestions etc, please feel most free to post them here 
or post links to what else you know about.

There are existing discussions with plenty of links on Melbourne 
Cyclist, this site has public access so you don't need to subscribe to 
read, but you will need to if you want to post items:

http://www.melbournecyclist.com

A vital point: Please be patient, as it will be difficult to draw 
together everyones ideas and suggestions, so this list will probably be 
a 'clearing house' until we collectively decide what directions, 
strageties or timelines people want to take.

A call out to bicycle user groups, cycling clubs and related groups is 
already in progress, people have been contacted in the last 24 hours to 
help out with a proposed campaign & draw our collective energies 
together. Melbourne Cyclist, aus.bicycle, BV forums, Facebook and Farkin 
(yep, even the MTB mob) and numerous blogs all have existing discussions 
about the bans.

For example, read a great overview by David Tiley: bikes baulked, 
behemoth becalmed
http://barista.media2.org/?p=3311

So feel free to x-post the info when it gets posted and I'll attempt to 
collate it on MC or on this PT list. If you would like to assist (yes, 
this a call out for help!) with general admin stuff, email me off list 
so tasks can be shared & allocated.

For example:

- Should this proposed campaign have a easily identifical name? Time to 
creatively brainstorm!

- What are we asking for? - a breakdown of goals in the short term, 
medium term and long term

- Communication - outreach to individuals, groups and the media about 
this proposed campaign

- Research - we need workable solutions in order to lobby effectively. 
If you have examples of cited research, weblinks etc, please post them here.

- Meetings - informal meetups, reporting back to the group, ph 
conference calls or Skype

- Planned actions, methods for lobbying the State Government, media and 
protest/direct action

- Dealing with the media

- Probably anything left out from the above. Feel free to add it in.


I've already been sent numerous examples of PT provision for bicycles, 
also have a look at the new Cycling Resource Centre:

http://www.cyclingresourcecentre.org.au

A serious concern is that all the energy being shown at the moment can 
be easier dissipate, so that was the logic behind the email + info I 
posted out yesterday.

So in the meantime, please feel free to discuss what your opinions and 
keep it polite and on topic.

cheers,

Chris ;)





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