[publictransport] Meeting on 12 Jan 08

[cfsmtb]

ABC 774 this morning. Jon Faine is back hols and he's giving the issue 
plenty of airtime.

http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/mornings/

Daniel Bowen (PTUA) was being interviewed - caught the end of the 
discussion just before the 9am news. Daniel's stance was positive and 
pragmatic. Like what is going on when a public transport advocacy group 
is communicating bicycle riders concerns? Oh sorry, I should know the 
answer to that.

There's usually a podcast of the first half hour (8.30 - 9am) up by 
afternoon.

Also a great talkback call from a woman who was told by her doctor to 
start exercising or risk severe arthritis. She took up cycling from 
Thornbury to the eastern suburbs and returned home via the 4.10pm 
Epping. She can't do that now. Thanks Ms Kosky.

Time permitting I'll get through the mp3 transcript of Saturdays meeting 
today - also have notes courtesy of Julia.

cheers,

Chris



eve.merton at dcu.ie wrote:
> We didn't have a meeting in Castlemaine on the weekend, but tonight MASG
> (the Mount Alexander Sustainability Group) are having a meeting about the
> ban at 6.30 pm at their office on the corner of Templeton and Barker Streets
> in Castlemaine.
>
> I did the bike commute for the first time this morning. There were no other
> bikes on the train, which surprised me. However, when I asked a regular bike
> commuter why he hadn't brought his bike, he said that someone else had taken
> their bike (to Bendigo) on the 4th and had been told that he'd have to get
> off the train. People are not aware of the 'grace period' -- even the station
> staff in Castlemaine said that they'd 'heard a rumour', meaning that they
> had not had official notice. As always, they are supportive and think the
> ban is ridiculous.
>
> On another matter, someone's just told me that there will be a new bus route
> from North Melbourne Station to the University of Melbourne from March 2008.
> Good news, although I'd still rather ride my bike!
>
>
>
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