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YarraBUG March 2015 News update - including Remembrance Ride for
Alberto Paulon tomorrow at 5.30pm + latest 3CR podcasts<br>
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</b><b>1. Safer Cycling Sydney Road: Remembrance Ride for Alberto
Paulon</b><b> - Friday 6th March</b><br>
<b>2. 2015 As Bare As You Dare</b><b> - Sunday 8th March</b><br>
<b>3. From City of Yarra: Collins (Gipps Street) Bridge Works -
Commencing 3 March 2015</b><br>
<b>4. </b><b>Wellington St Copenhagen Bike Lane Construction to
Start 16 March 2015</b><br>
<b><b>5. Latest YarraBUG Radio podcasts on 3CR<br>
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</b></b>Do you have a inner Melbourne bike-related event coming
up? Or you know of upcoming road or shared path works around Yarra?
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Please let us know (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:events@yarrabug.org">events@yarrabug.org</a>) & we’ll add them to
this public calendar to get the word out.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yarrabug.org/events/">http://www.yarrabug.org/events/</a><b><br>
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1. Safer Cycling Sydney Road: Remembrance Ride for Alberto Paulon</b><b>
- Friday 6th March</b><br>
Meet 5.30pm, southern end of Sydney Road near playing fields &
Park Street.<br>
Come and join us to raise awareness and help make Sydney Road a safe
place for people cycling. <br>
We are going to ride up Sydney Road to Moreland Road as a quiet
memorial.<br>
#AlbisRide on twitter, facebook & instagram<br>
More at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.safercyclingsydneyroad.com/">http://www.safercyclingsydneyroad.com/</a><br>
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<b>2. 2015 As Bare As You Dare</b><b> - Sunday 8th March</b><br>
Starting at the Fox Hotel where we can all get a bit of ‘Dutch
courage’ before sneaking off to our super secret paint-up and
undress location.<br>
PLEASE NOTE – Start/End are NOT the same spot and you will have to
carry your clothes (or send via 1 vehicle we will have; Bags will be
provided if required. TBC)<br>
This ride is an easy 9km and takes in annual favs of Brunswick and
Johnston and across to Lygon St.<br>
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-LATE UPDATE-<br>
In honor of Alberto Paulon, a bicycle rider who lost his life after
an alleged car dooring, WNBR will also take back Sydney Rd Brunswick
to remind everyone, everywhere that roads are for sharing.<br>
Please use the #AlbisRide on Twitter, Facebook etc for any comment
or pictures in this area. The memorial will be a sombre moment and
riders (whilst naked) will be requested to respect the location and
recent event. A moments silence will be observed and the ride will
continue on. Remember this could be any bike rider and a key point
of why the World Naked Bike Ride happens across the world. Ride will
wind-up with exploring Royal Park and great views back to the CBD.<br>
More at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.asbareasyoudare.com/?page_id=999">http://www.asbareasyoudare.com/?page_id=999</a><br>
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<b>3. From City of Yarra: Collins (Gipps Street) Bridge Works -
Commencing 3 March 2015</b><br>
This is to advise of upcoming works on Collins footbridge. The
bridge is located at the eastern end of Gipps Street, Abbotsford and
connects City of Yarra with Yarra Bend Park, Kew.<br>
The works on the bridge will commence on the 3 March 2015 and it is
anticipated to take 8 – 10 weeks to complete. The works will
include:<br>
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· Steel re-enforcement of the main span structure and of the eastern
approach;<br>
· Application of an anti-rust treatment at elements of the main span
and approaches;<br>
· Rehabilitation of all 4 supporting pylons;<br>
· Limited deck remedial work and associated works.<br>
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The footbridge will be closed to all traffic during normal working
hours – from 7:00am till 5:00pm. There will be full access through
this bridge outside of the working hours.<br>
There will be 12 information signs installed in strategic locations
– around 2 weeks prior to the works commencement. The signs will
inform of the works, will provide contact details and will indicate
possible detours during working hours.<br>
There will be two relatively small compounds established at both –
Yarra and Parks Victoria end of the bridge – for storage of
equipment, materials and other needs. Both compounds will be removed
on completion of works and pre-existing conditions will be
re-established.<br>
Regards, Leonid Volkov, Project Engineer City of Yarra PO Box 168
Richmond 3121<br>
T (03) 9205 5750 F (03) 8417 6666 Mob: 0412 205 575<br>
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<b>4. </b><b>Wellington St Copenhagen Bike Lane Construction to
Start 16 March 2015</b><br>
From Alistair McDonald at CoY: Citywide Services will start
construction on the Wellington Street separated Copenhagen bicycle
lanes on behalf of Yarra City Council on Monday 16 March 2015. The
project will deliver separated bicycle lanes (often referred to as
Copenhagen lanes) between Gipps Street and Victoria Parade, and will
improve safety for cyclists by completely separating bicycles from
road traffic along this section of Wellington Street. Additional
information can be found at the Yarra City Council Website with
information about the construction schedule and works methods to be
sent out in the coming month. <br>
More at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Parking-roads-and-transport/Current-projects/wellington-street-copenhagen-bicycle-lanes/">http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Parking-roads-and-transport/Current-projects/wellington-street-copenhagen-bicycle-lanes/</a><br>
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<b>5. Latest YarraBUG Radio podcasts on 3CR<br>
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YarraBUG Radio Show #327 Monday 2nd March 2015<br>
</b>On this weeks program Chris talks to long time cycling
campaigner and fellow radio producer Chris Virtue about riding and
transport issues in Sydney & Melbourne. Local news includes the
2015 As Bare As You Dare Ride and Safer Cycling Sydney Road ride +
petition organised by Brunswick residents in the wake of Alberto
Paulon’s tragic dooring death on Friday 27 February 2015.<b><br>
</b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=1881">http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=1881</a><b><br>
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YarraBUG Radio Show #326 Monday 23rd February 2015<br>
</b>Val and Faith welcome studio guests, Anna Thompson and Caz
Whitehead and everyone shares a bike moment. We run through some
news including shared-path racing on Strava and Anna Meares’ 11th
World Title in Paris. Caz and Anna fill us in on #Everesting and the
recent mass women’s everesting on Mt Donna Buang, which they were
both a part of. We finish up with a coupe of events. #girlsgetrad
#insearchofup<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=1878">http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=1878</a><b><br>
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YarraBUG Radio Show #325 Monday 16th February 2015<br>
</b>This week Chris speaks to David Borella from BikeSydney about
campaigning & some of the strange, retrogressive things that
seem to be happening in NSW with the threat of cycleways and train
lines being removed for “progress” News includes Melbourne’s second
BikeRave, Wellington Street Copenhagen lanes community session,
Yarra Council Budget and quick mention about the Evandale Penny
Farthing championships.<b><br>
</b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=1873">http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=1873</a><b><br>
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YarraBUG Radio Show #324 Monday 9th February 2015<br>
</b>Val and I took a break from the Yarra BUG Radio Show over the
summer and this was our first day back in the studio, you might hear
a couple of glitches! We eased into the show with some news, the
Herald Sun Tour and of course the mass Everlasting on the previous
weekend. Our studio guests for this show were Mark Drehlich of
Cycling Victoria and Jacinta Costello of Ladies Back on Your Bike.
They came in to talk about the The Women’s Ride, an initiative of
Cycling Victoria together with The Squeaky Wheel, Vic Health and the
Amy Gillett Foundation. While organised by Cycling Victoria it
relies on grassroots initiatives to get women onto their bikes, all
on the one day, April 12th.<b><br>
</b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=1863">http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=1863</a><br>
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