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Hi Chris,
Hi Chris,

Thanks for the large email it gathers a lot together. Its good start.

  I am not to well at the moment  and may not be able to get back to  
Melbourne so I am putting together a paper togetherthat addresses the  
key issues. Hopefully I will finish it in a couple of
days.

  Also I am attaching a PDF of a paper of mine  that enabled the  
federal  funding of bike lockers, via some hard work Senator Lyn  
Allison (who sadly has lost her  Senate seat ) but  forwarded the  
paper to treasury who approved it  as making the case for federal  
funding.($2.4 million)

The PDF paper covers the the history of secure bike parking and the   
excellent performance of Brisbane rail in providing bike lockers.  
Note that they have a manager of multi-modal transport in Brisbane  
and he is a really good engineer who has made a lot happen.(2000  
lockers)

I think  my PDF is worth reading as a guide to what we want done in  
Melbourne over the next few years.  Forget BV there "lock up cage"  
idea is not knew . I  designed  the first one that was made in the  
railway work shop at Newport ( now disbanded)  and installed  at Glen  
Waverley station. The MET screwed it up and the next one was a con on  
the Sandringham line.  BV is off their  brain if they think that will  
work.

Next years Victorian transport budget is in draft form and their is  
nothing in it for lock up cages or bike lockers. All you get is  
leaning rails and the Australian SAA Standard on Bicycle Parking   
makes it very clear that for long term parking at rail stations  
leaning rails are not acceptable all. BV approves leaning rails  
because they make money selling them. The parking stuff they sell for  
house garages and offices are OK but the stuff they approve for long  
term parking at rail stations and other vulnerable long term parking   
applications is crap.

Bye Alan

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On 07/01/2008, at 11:32 PM, cfsmtb wrote:

> 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
> Australia from the Netherlands Experience?. 24th Australasian  
> Transport
> 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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