[publictransport] Homework

[Dylan Nicholson]

Ideally, make any meeting face-to-face for those who can attend in person, but have a conference phone and/or a hooked-up computer there for those who can't.

Dylan Nicholson
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From: publictransport-bounces at yarrabug.org [mailto:publictransport-bounces at yarrabug.org] On Behalf Of cfsmtb
Sent: Monday, 7 January 2008 11:32 PM
To: Public transport access for all users
Subject: [publictransport] Homework

Hi all,

For your perusal - a extremely large email that collates together ideas, 
suggestions and information from the last few days. If required, I can 
forward these notes to you as a pdf.

In five broad categories:
- Strategy
- Action
- Background
- Links
- References

Now are there extremely talented types on this list who can read through 
these notes and then prioritise/develop what needs to be pulled 
together? Actually it's probably time we had a meeting of sorts. Metro 
and Regional - possibly this weekend? What do people feel most 
comfortable with - face to face or a ph conference or Skype? Any better 
suggestions?

So far in this campaigns favour - a website, excellent ideas to be 
developed, plenty of continuing media coverage, offers of stickers, 
leaflets and campaign actions.

All good, so lets kick on!

cheers,

Chris

***

STRATEGY

1. Professionally, I think that this issue has raised an unexpected 
amount of community response highlighting the broader issues of 
overcrowding and poor public transport service provision. A campaign 
could well incorporate some of these broader issues specifically:
- People take bikes on the train because there are poor connecting 
services to locations outside the CBD - therefore this provides some 
impetus to campaign for better connecting services.
- This would not be an issue is active and public transport modes were 
better integrated through proper bike storage facilities at train (and 
tram and bus) stations and designated bike areas on trains.
- Passengers should not be penalised for overcrowding issues - more 
frequent and reliable services are needed.
- What about people with prams, shopping trolleys and mobility aids 
(wheelchairs, crutches, walking frames etc)?? Are they the next step??

2. The other possibility would be to make it 4:30PM, but on city-bound 
trains. The restrictions don't appear to be qualified wrt to train 
direction. But obviously the main concern is maximizing involvement, and 
I don't know how many people would be in a position to travel into the 
city at that sort of hour - then of course there's the issue of getting 
home again: I'd guess you'd have to wait till at least 6:30PM before 
trains had enough space.

3. Suggestions: Demand clarification of the rules, including folding 
bikes. Press for, or create, a guide to using trains with your bike. 
Press for a reduction in the evening peak hours (WA has 4.30 to 6.30, 
better than 4.00 to 7.00) Focus on removing the ban from V/Line trains 
of all types (Sprinter, V'Locity and loco hauled) Linked to this a 
clarification of, and education of the staff in, the limits for each 
type of train.

4. By banning bikes on peak hour commuter trains before there enough 
thief and vandal proof bicycle parking spaces at stations Connex 
preventing cyclists wanting going to work by train instead of driving 
and ignoring an opportunity to increase patronage in suburbs where rail 
stations are too far away to walk to. Riding a bike uses the ergonomic 
advantage of pedalling over walking to go 3.5 times as far (2 to 3km) 
for the same physical effort and increases the rail corridor catchment 
area 10 times. Therefore, 70% of potential rail users are within easy 
cycling distance but only only 12 % are within easy walking distance of 
a station.

If there was secure bicycle parking and the rail system was extended 
into outer urban areas the potential of the existing rail system in 
Melbourne could be extended by 50,000 bike rail commuters or more.. If a 
bicycle is used at both ends of a rail trip, as happens with 25% of the 
bike/rail commutes in the Netherlands, the rail system would provide 
convenient access to the CBD and to most of the inner suburbs within 15 
km of the CBD. The integration of bicycles and the public transport 
system has the potential greatly reduce carbon dioxide emissions, air 
pollution and road congestion.

5. I'd be interested in a campaign, particularly one focused on 
multi-modal transport - ie: getting bikes onto trains and buses.

6. I am wondering if it is worth trying to petition BV for a SGM to 
reconsider their position (and generally kick up a fuss). If 5% of BV's 
members sign a petition they can force a SGM, which is about 2,000 if 
they still have 40,000 members.

7. To borrow a friend's joke:
First the pushies
Then surfies and the drunken footie fans
Then poor and the prams
Then pregnant mothers and seeing eye dogs
They kicked them off the train one by one
Then they came and told me that my train was cancelled, that I would 
have to drive my car.
But "Why!?," I shouted "I didn't take up space! I wasn't a social 
threat!" And the transport minister replied that he did no more than I 
let him do. (ok, it's a little cumbersome, but you get the 
point...hopefully)

8. Hmm, the "arrive at 9am" clause actually means the train I use is OK, 
because I don't think it reaches the city until 9:05. But departing 
between 4 and 7 seems overkill. I used to take my bike on trains home 
from the city at around 7pm ~10 years ago when at uni, there was never a 
shortage of space - have things really changed that much?

9. Seems to me that given bicycles/tricycles/unicycles taken on trains 
are not 'Hand Luggage' and can accordingly be considered 'freight 
items', they can be therefore excluded from 'passenger services'. This 
may be one of the mechanisms behind this decision to ban cyclists from 
'peak period passenger services' and supposedly create extra space for 
'passengers'. However, shopping 'jeeps'/trolleys, suitcases with wheels, 
baby pushers/prams and wheelchairs can also be considered as 'freight 
items'. Sounds like a good idea, that the owners of those 'freight 
items', all catch the same train at the same time to cause V/Line and 
Connex to reinstate the freight carriage missing from train services. 
V/Line and Connex should include one freight carriage on every train 
service for passengers with the abovementioned freight items. Or 
alternatively, Government must create on-road bicycle lanes on every 
major road in Victoria, as compensation to cyclists for the loss of use 
of the train service as part of the cyclist's multimodal transport system.

10. Minister revoke this absurd ban to provide access for those in 
necessity ( riders use their discretion, not the system operator)
- This government act to proscribe cycling as a normal transport option 
and a fundamental part of the transport system & integrated into mainstream.
- Bicycle Victoria be reminded in no uncertain terms it must act for its 
member base and not it’s private internal clique of business partners 
and commercial interests and forgetting its core reason for being, 
providing member services. ( see its 2007 annual report and financial 
statement and you will see the mess it got itself into in 2007, it needs 
a shake up starting with its key officers, as much of its good work in 
the past has been shattered by its absurd current politics.)
- A proactive plan for a multifaceted campaign to ensure cycling remains 
a mainstream, normal community transport option and a valuable necessary 
health and environmentally friendly activity and is not maligned or 
marginalised by Government Policy and Commercial practices and media 
interests.
- Some might say free public transport too, that would certainly remove 
one major headache , Connex, and save the State $500M on myki…. It has 
merit.

11. Yes and while we are at it why not tie it in with Bali "climate 
change" and make public transport in ALL Australian cities accessible 
via Get Up and other regional networks so the new Federal Government and 
State governments and local Councils have to get behind this immediate 
improvement for cyclists around Australia eg Perth, Adelaide, Sydney,
Brisbane...we can get the ball rolling here in melbourne and kick a goal 
but to encourage other city cyclists to also get active on this so 
wherever we cycle we can get on trains in peak hour would be wonderful...
- More people cycle to train stations, less cars on roads, more students 
and workers will commute on bicycle in "outer suburbs" to rail stations 
then too.
Lets make ours the "positive" campaign and show that what the Government 
Minister Lynn Carkeys etc and Connex are doing is the negative.

More frequent and accessible to cyclists trains will also make kids and 
folks out shopping etc consider using train when like yesterday is
really hot and they have already cycled to station or want to get out of 
city and then cycle home from station.

12. Thinking about it a bit more, I think my biggest objection is that 
the legislation is that it is sending the message that for bicyclists to 
inconvenience other travelers is “socially unacceptable”, and even if 
you’re technically on train for which the ban does not apply, there will 
be inevitable cases of other passengers taking a dim view of an activity 
that has been declared against the law. Needless to say, motorists cause 
FAR more inconvenience to other travelers (every time I drive I am 
making the traffic worse for everybody else – many of whom surely have 
far more legitimate reasons to be using a car than me), and yet there 
has never been any stigma attached to this.

13. We need to Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive. Overcome this divide and 
rule & scarcity of trains agenda which would set "inconvenienced" 
commuters against each other. It is Minister Lynn Carkeys & Connex 
Management who are being "negative" disruptive to all our lives by not 
putting on enough trains & especially us who are trying to cycle ie be 
active-healthy, environmental etc. Before "confrontation" perhaps some 
educational actions like carrying cardboard cut outs of bicycles as a 
humourous and educational (with leaflets stickers etc.) event as a run 
up to main event of "civil disobedience" proper.

14. Train stations with secure bicycle parking are needed in outer suburbia
By banning bikes on peak hour commuter trains before there are enough 
theft proof bicycle parking spaces at stations Connex is encouraging 
cyclists to go to work by car and failing to increase patronage in many 
outer suburbs where rail stations are too far away to walk, too insecure 
to park a car and have no convenient feeder bus services. The real 
problem for Connex is not the few cyclists who put their bikes on trains 
but the much greater number of cyclists who are choosing to drive 
because their is no secure bicycle parking at all at unstaffed stations 
and not enough parking spaces at staffed stations. The problem for the 
state government is that these long car commutes by cyclists are a major 
source of road congestion.

One solution is based on science. Riding a bike uses the ergonomic 
advantage of pedaling over walking to go 3.5 times as far (2 to 4 km) 
for the same physical effort as walking. It increases the catchment area 
of many stations five fold because 70% of potential rail users are 
within easy cycling distance but only only 12 % are within easy walking 
distance. If there was secure bicycle parking at all rail stations and 
the rail system was extended into outer urban areas the potential of the 
existing rail system in Melbourne could be extended by 50,000 bike rail 
commuters or more. Indeed, if a bicycle is used at both ends of a rail 
trip, as happens with 25% of the bike/rail commutes in the Netherlands, 
the rail system would not only provide convenient access to the CBD but 
to most destinations within easy cycling distance of all rail lines.

In the Netherlands only folded bicycles with smaller wheels, that take 
up little space, can be taken on with the flow peak hour trains for 
free; a system that is appropriate for Melbourne. The integration of 
bicycles and the public transport system has the potential greatly 
reduce carbon dioxide emissions, air pollution and road congestion but 
neither the Public Transport Division of DoI or Connex has any coherent 
plan to realize these benefits.

15. The Cages BV are proposing are also limited in bike storage security 
and I doubt they will encourage many to leave bikes in them as all bikes 
are accessible to anyone with access to the cage so theft, pilfering and 
damage will continue. BV rally have given their project a lot of 
thought! I have also written to the DOI and the Minister and now to 
Connex requesting they look at changing the seating patterns on all 
urban commuter rolling stock to longitudinal seats as used in the Metros 
of New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong etc. This has proven to reduce dwell 
time at stations, improve ingress/egress to carriages and reduce 
passenger discomfort from small crammed seating configurations as we 
have at the moment (and appear to be getting in the future in planned 
new stock)… so no aforethought is being given by Connex or the DOI to 
improving services, capability or operational efficiency, just blaming a 
valuable membership of our community for their ills and banning them.



ACTION

1. My suggestion is for a Critical Mass type protest, but with an 
emphasis on reducing the inconvenience to non-cycling public transport 
passengers as much as possible. E.g. choosing a single time inside the 
ban that is not too busy (e.g. 8:45AM), provide fair warning, stick to 
final carriages only, then perhaps ride en masse to Parliament 
House.Importantly, do it before school holidays resume. Writing letters 
isn't going to change anything, and the government is too popular in the 
polls to act out of political necessity.

2. I quite like the idea of doing with cardboard cut-out bikes instead 
of real ones, too.

3. If others are interested, I'd be happy to host an initial meeting at 
my house in Fairfield.

4. Position Statement prepared, backed up by:
- an Audio media Release and
- a Video media release,
- they can go to all the journos and have the answers there and the 
audio release can be accessed on a phone line to or MP3 file for them to 
use sound grabs on "interview" segments they cab build.
- An ongoing campaign by all commuters to continue to take their bikes, 
but in the back carriages make it ;
- A LAST CARRIAGE campaign , where all riders go to the back and 
consistently do that, there will be a movement. Build that the back 
carriage is "OK", that people book their V-Line rides and bike booking 
wherever possible and record the " denial"...of LAST CARRIAGE use, 
especially as they velocity trains are purposely built with bike hooks 
and the back carriage of V-Line and Urban services can have hooks fitted 
cheaply and quickly. Develop a culture that bikes are in the LAST 
CARRIAGE. When it becomes too much they have the LAST TWO CARRIAGES and 
so on.

That we compile stats of
- refusals,
- cases of necessity,
- failings of the system,
- capabilities of the system,
- time delays from loading wheel chairs and
- non bicycle delays.
- And benefits from an integrated transport infrastructure that
o doesn't need extra lines beside existing,
o but better rolling stock,
o & operating systems and
o staffing competence,
o plus new management of competent people,
o capable of delivering worlds best practice,
o not second rate soviet era haphazard when it comes it comes cattle 
truck operation.
All this and more, so the claims by the Minister can be immediately 
debunked, and viable alternatives proposed, costed and actioned. (by 
commuters if necessary, get some drills and affix suitable hooks on 
carriages with media coverage on the day. Prove it works and no one will 
be prosecuted.

5. It would generally be a huge social good if PT users could behave 
badly in the French manner until we have a decent long term transport 
plan which puts PT transport in its proper place at the centre of the 
system.

6. I'd be willing to take part in a protest with real or cardboard 
bikes, but only if it is timed such that there is sufficient space on 
the train for bikes. That is, pick a 1600 to 1615hrs train leaving the 
city when there is still room for 6 bikes per carriage. We want it on 
video, which could be a little tricky given the no photography signs at 
most city stations. Some passengers with large suitcases would be good 
to show discrimination. Some prams as well. You don't need a pram to 
travel with a baby, but it does make it easier.

7. I’ve had a Herald Sun editor contact me saying he would be interested 
in running a story on a potential protest if we can get enough numbers 
together.

8. Timing of protest - coming in at 4:30pm isn't banned - only travel in 
the peak direction is illegal. Boarding a train say at 6:30pm at 
Flinders St would be a good media opportunity. CM rides at 6pm from the 
State Library on 25 January. One problem with arriving en-mass is that 
the overcrowding is emphasised.

9. I suggest that a combined campaign would be most effective. It's too 
easy to ignore individuals, even if there are a few of them.
- A broad campaign about PT access is certainly warranted, but I wonder 
if the message then gets too diluted? Perhaps the main message should be 
bicycle access with a sub-theme of better PT access?
- It's not simply about trains either. We were restricted in where we 
could go by train access. VLine coaches cannot/will not take bicycles. 
Wouldn't it be good, we mused, if VLine coaches were equipped with bike 
carrying facilities like those fitted to the metro buses in Canberra and 
Vancouver just to name two we're aware of.
- It's also about planning for the future. I suspect that VLine and 
Connex are already planning what will replace their current rolling 
stock. The Department of Infrastructure rep on the Transport Action 
Group here in Bendigo said last year that provision for bicycles was an 
afterthought on the new VLocity rolling stock. (Originally they weren't 
going to let them on at all!) He also said that rail patronage had far 
exceeded expectations since trains were reintroduced early 2007. We need 
to try and influence planners now to make provision for bicycles in the 
future. There are plenty of examples overseas to show how it can be done.
- Yes, I suggest a campaign should include other groups as the issue 
crosses a number of interests.Climate change focus - it was suggested 
this morning that groups like the Australian Conservation Foundation be 
brought into it. It's so short sighted to make it hard for people to get 
around sustainably.
- Transport planning - more people on bikes and public transport,less 
road congestion, less need for car parking (big issue in Bendigo!), less 
to spend on road transport infrastructure.
- Tourism potential - bicycle tourism is a bit of an unknown quantity, 
but a report published last year by the Sustainable Tourism CRC suggests 
it has huge potential. (Just as an example, the BUG planned a one-way 
ride to Echuca early last year that we had to cancel because VLine said 
they couldn't carry more than two bikes!)

10. I suggest that one short term goal should be to reduce the period of 
the afternoon ban from 4-7pm which is unreasonably long, to 4.30-6.30pm 
which is the busiest period. Another should be a booking service for 
bikes on V/Line trains that do still carry them, so that cyclists 
planning country tours can do so knowing that they can get themselves 
and their bikes to their destination and back again. Others could turn 
up on spec with their bikes but those booked should get priority, as 
with people.

- A medium term goal should be a return to the old rules as the number 
of peak hour services is increased as a matter of urgency. Fitting out 
some carriages with more efficient bike storage makes sense too.

- A long term goal would be to have a reasonable number of designated 
V/Line trains on routes popular with cyclists tow extra 
carriages/luggage vans with the capacity to carry a large number of bikes.

- The authorities now apparently acknowledge that the demand for the 
transport of bikes on trains is there. So what are their plans to cater 
for it?

11. Perhaps a "how many cycles can you get on a train? " action; 
non-cyclists can bring surfboards and prams on with them, while we 
circulate leaflets calling for more peak hour trains, a carriage to 
accommodate cyclists, and the return of guards and station assistants to 
ensure all get on and off safely. Perhaps the RailTBUnion if approached 
will get behind the campaign too ?

12. I'm happy to help with designing, printing and distributing flyers.

13. A demonstration of people with bikes, surfboards, prams, backpacks 
and suitcases all sharing the space together without conflict would be a 
good message. If there are too many cyclists for a given train, this may 
involve some cyclists waiting for a later train that does have 
sufficient room.

14. I put up some banners here: http://modernthings.org/bikeban
There are three -
- "bikes belong on trains/bin the bike ban"
- "bin the [bike icon] ban"
- "ban blameshifting/not bikes"
SVG files can be used to print at any size without loss of quality.

15. Even though V/Line is allowing a 1-month grace period before they 
enforce the ban, I think we should have a coordinated day of action next 
week. This could include cardboard bikes (giving us time to make them), 
fun and frivolity etc, and happen at Southern Cross around 5.00pm. The 
hardcore commuter express to Bendigo leaves at 4.53 and the non-express 
goes 7 minutes later. Now, before you think that I'm leaving out Connex, 
I'm suggesting Southern Cross because that is the one place where V/Line 
and Connex trains are in close proximity in a large enough space. 
Visually appealing. I don't know what Connex protesters can do -- with 
V/Line it is fairly straightforward because we can put (say) five 
bike-shaped items in the luggage space, clearly showing that they fit in 
there. What do people think? Monday would probably be best. It'd be good 
to keep up the momentum and get something in the media every few days. 
Many V/Line non-bike commuters are sympathetic and this is one way for 
them to show it. We can also hand out guides for them to write to 
V/Line, Connex, DoI and so on.




BACKGROUND

1. It is quite legal to carry surfboards on trains in zone 1 during peak 
hour!! – go figure.

2. I just had a lengthy phone call from Adrian Webb, the DoI bureaucrat 
who was part of the decision making on the ban. He talked a lot about 
some people bringing their bike into the City where it sat in their 
office all day. He refused to consider bike racks in trains, saying 
"very few cities have bike racks, except long haul trains like V/Line." 
Sidestepping the point that V/Line has these racks which will now be 
empty in peak hour. BTW they haven't decided whether to put a rain-proof 
roof over the bike cage at Eltham. I told him if there was no roof, I 
would take my bike on the train. He says it's "too hard" to clean a bike 
cage so they will let the rain do it. Good for your chain too.

3. The DoI ban is excessive and will be duly ignored by those who 
believe discretion is the better part of regulation, along with other 
anti-cycling inflictions from "our" government such as bicycle helmet 
laws, increased fines for bike traffic offences etc etc.

4. Bike Bans on Trains in Victoria 1st January, 2008 - Frequently asked 
Questions

Q1. What makes it law?
We hear in the media and from others that bikes are banned from Zone 1 & 
VLine Trains during peak times.
But is this the law?
What parts are the law?
What are the specifics of the laws and are there any exemptions?

A. The ban on bikes is found in the Victorian Ticketing & Fares Manual, 
along with other general information. This glossy document is actually 
actual law. It is put together in accordance with the Transport Act 1983 
Part 7, Section 220D:

“Director may determine conditions

(1) The Director may determine any conditions to which an entitlement to 
use a specified public transport service provided by a passenger 
transport company or a bus company is to be subject.

(1A) A condition determined under subsection (1) may apply, adopt or 
incorporate any matter contained in any document whether -
(a) wholly or partially or as amended by the condition; or

(b) as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time.

(2) The Director must publish any conditions determined under subsection 
(1) in the Government Gazette…”

The Transport Act 1983 at Section 2 states that a “Director means the 
Director of Public Transport under this Act”

Q2. When were the conditions published in the Government Gazette?

A.Conditions made by the Director were advertised in the Victorian 
Government Gazette dated 24th December, 2007.

These conditions are identical to what is found in the Ticketing and 
Fares Manual. This makes the Manual the legal authority, and any 
breaches could see the offender facing a court charged with breaking a 
law against the “Victorian Government Gazette 24th December 2007”.




LINKS

http://www.bv.com.au/bikes-and-riding/41038/

http://www.bv.com.au/change-the-world/40468/

New bicycle guidelines for metropolitan train services (Date Published: 
Thursday, 03 January 2008)
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/news/media_releases/metropolitan_trains/new_bicycle_guidelines_for_metropolitan_train_services

Pedal Power ACT: Bikes on Buses: Increasing cycling and public transport 
usage
http://www.pedalpower.org.au/advocacy/docs/bikes%20on%20buses%20count%202007.pdf

CTC Beats Southern Trains Bike Ban
http://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/Press_Archive/cardboard_bike_stunt.doc

http://trimet.org/howtoride/bikes/bikesonmax.htm
example of bike racks on rail vehicles in Portland, Oregon, USA.

http://www.bvg.de/index.php/en/Bvg/Detail/folder/759/id/2909/nb/1/name/Accompanying+persons%2C+etc.+%26+conditions+of+carriage
has details of Berlin. Note those "rule-bound" Germans allow discretion!!!

Bicycles
Passengers can travel with their bicycles on the S-Bahn (urban railway) 
and U-Bahn (underground railway) lines, on regional rail transport and 
on trams in the designated carriages, provided there is sufficient space 
(if necessary, the personnel will decide).

http://www.michaelpead.co.uk/writing/Dwell%20Time%20Railway%20Stations.pdf

Making Media Happen - Getting Cycling in the News
http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/content/view/272/153/

Top Tips to get Your Media Strategy up and Running
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/marketing/marketing_article.jsp?articleId=1572

CTC beats Southern Trains bike ban, but there’s a catch (2006)
http://www.ctc.org.uk/resources/Press_Archive/cardboard_bike_stunt.doc

CTC Beats Southern Trains Bike Ban
http://www.dexigner.com/product/news-g7016.html




REFERENCES

Parker,A.A. (1998 A), “Cycling, trains and sustainable cities”. Journal 
of the Bicycle Federation of Australia. “Australian Cyclist” December 
-January 1998.

Parker,A.A. (1998 B), “Designing for the Bike; The Dutch experience”. 
Journal of the Bicycle Federation of Australia. “Australian Cyclist” 
February-March 1998. Plenty of info on bike rail.

Parker,A.A. (1998 F), “Pedestrian safety: a non-motorised user’s 
perspective”, Pedestrian safety conference, Australian College of Road 
Safety 29th & 30th June 1998, Melbourne, 7 figures, 11 pages.

Parker A. A. (1988 G), “4.5 million biketrips a day in Melbourne?” 
Journal of the Bicycle Federation of Australia. “Australian 
Cyclist”June-July 1998 p 56 and 57 with 6 graphs.

Parker,A.A. (1999 C) “Is your bike safe at the station? “Abridged 
version of the second BFA submission to the Productivity Commission 
Inquiry into rail reform.Journal of the Bicycle Federation of Australia. 
“Australian Cyclist” August/Sept 1999, p 55.

Parker,A.A.(1999 D) “The missing link between sustainable passenger 
transport and national environmental planning”. p 1019 to 1036 13 
figures. 23rd Australasian Transport Research Forum, Perth September 1999.

Parker,A.A. (1999 F) An integrated transport, health & environmental 
policy will make everyday walking and cycling safer.1999 Road Safety 
Research Policing and Education conference, Canberra 28-29 November, 10 
pages 8 figures.

Parker, A.A.(2001A) “A Review of bikeway network planning in 
Metropolitan Melbourne”. A two part report prepared for Dr John Grant of 
the Department of Infrastructure by Alan Parker March 2001

Parker, A A (2001B) “A Non-motorised User’s Perspective on Safety Issues 
and World Best Non-motorised Safety Practice in the Netherlands”, Papers 
of the proceedings International Walking Conference 20th-22 nd February 
2001, Perth Western Australia.On CD rom.

Parker, A. A. (2001 C ) “Making Walking and Cycling Safer: lessons for 
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Research Forum, Zero Road toll a dream or realistic vision. Hobart 
Tasmania 17-20 April 2001.On CD rom.

Parker, A.A.(2001 E) “Intermodality: the missing link in transit 
planning in Metropolitan Melbourne” A two part report prepared for Dr 
John Grant of the Department of Infrastructure by Alan Parker 1st July 2001

Parker, A.A. (2002 A) “A case study of bicycle parking at selected 
Brisbane rail stations” 25th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 
incorporating the Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics’ Transport 
Colloquium, Canberra 2002.

Alan: I have stacks of photographs of bicycle parking spaces on trains 
and on stations in the UK, Japan and the Netherlands




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