[publictransport] [The Age] I was misinformed on bike review: Kosky

[Kerry Tait]

Colleagues,

I think Brianna is right - we have a golden opportunity to advise a  
new Minister who clearly thought the status quo (BV) was all good and  
all she needed etc...

We have some articulate types in this group with a lot of bike riding  
policy expertise and practical experience.

Should the weekend meeting produce a delegation group who can go  
forward on behalf of us?

Kez.

On 24/01/2008, at 12:41 AM, Brianna Laugher wrote:

> On 22/01/2008, Anthony Morton <amorton at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>> Ms Kosky said her department had told her it had undertaken a full
>>> consultation and review which found strong support for banning bikes
>>> at peak hours.
>>
>> Oh, but they did!  They met in secret with someone at BV who said
>> they'd be OK with banning bikes in return for the government building
>> a bike cage at Eltham.  :-)
>
> I think you were joking when you first wrote this, but I am seriously
> starting to wonder if BV sold out its members by telling the DOI this
> ban would be acceptable in exchange for... ???
> Or if they sold out for nothing at all, that's almost worse. Not only
> are they sell-outs, but they're *cheap* sell-outs. :)
>
> It seems like a lot of positives may come out of this. DOI will
> hopefully be wary of trusting BV's assurances again and they may have
> no choice but to, gasp, talk to cyclist groups. BV will hopefully
> learn not to take their position (and members) for granted.
>
> cheers,
> Brianna
>
> -- 
> They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment:
> http://modernthings.org/
>
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