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Dear all,<br>
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Sad news this week with the passing of Alan Parker OAM just two days
shy of his 80th birthday, read below for a brief overview of Alan's
contributions to cycling and funeral details for this Monday.<br>
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</b><b>Vale Alan Parker OAM<br>
</b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.yarrabug.org/2016/03/31/vale-alan-parker-oam/">http://www.yarrabug.org/2016/03/31/vale-alan-parker-oam/</a><b><br>
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<b>From Bruce Robinson:</b> I am sorry to report that Alan Parker
died on Easter Monday. He left a momentous legacy of work in bicycle
planning and advocacy. He was an important mentor and advisor to me.
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<b>From Doreen Parker:</b> Thank your kind thoughts. The funeral
will be held at Cirrus Reflections Space, Bunurong Memorial Park,
790 Frankston Dandenong Road, Dandenong South on Monday April 4th at
2pm. No flowers please but donations can be made to Medicins Sans
Frontiers. Envelopes will be available at the Chapel. Further
information: Tobin Bros 034 5975 2233.<br>
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<b>Make a donation to Médecins Sans Frontières:</b> Bicycle and
sustainable transport activist Alan Arthur Parker passed away on
28th March 2016. His funeral will be held on 4th April. In lieu of
flowers, donations to MSF are invited<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://msfinmemory.everydayhero.com/au/doreen-parker">https://msfinmemory.everydayhero.com/au/doreen-parker</a><br>
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<b>The Age: Online tributes for Alan Arthur Parker<br>
</b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?pid=179432077">http://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?pid=179432077</a><b><br>
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<b>A brief overview of Alans contribution to cycling and sustainable
transport</b><br>
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<b>Alan Parker PEST (People for Ecologically Sustainable Transport)</b>
was created by a small group of transport activists in 1996 to
promote the need for an ecologically sustainable transport system. A
transport system that greatly reduces road congestion, oil
consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and increases the level of
incidental exercise in travelling from A to B.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.alanparker-pest.org/">http://www.alanparker-pest.org/</a><br>
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<b>Online Opinion: Bicycles: sustainable transport needs city
infrastructure (30 May 2012)</b><br>
For 30 years I was an advocate for bicycle Infrastructure. For 10
years I was an advocate for electric bicycles. I did this for aged
people like me, who are falling to bits, have dodgy hearts and hips
and find it painful to walk. I got my OAM ‘gong’ due to referees who
knew what I had achieved. As two of them told me, I was ‘gong
worthy’ because I was a rat bag who made things happen. Now, with an
OAM after my name, it makes advocacy easier.<br>
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My bicycle advocacy started in the1970’s in the era of the Board of
Works, and the Country Roads Board. These predecessors of VicRoads
wanted to bury the Melbourne Bikeplan, after its approval by the
Hamer government, as did VicRoads in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2012
the Premier wants to bury Hamer’s initiative by dumping the generous
bikeway funding promised in 2011 by Transport Minister Mulder. <br>
Read more: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13676">http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13676</a><br>
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<b>It’s an honour: Alan Arthur Parker OAM</b><br>
For service to the community, particularly through Bicycle Victoria.<br>
Founding Member, Bicycle Institute of Victoria, 1975; President, for
2 years; Research<br>
Officer, for 12 years.<br>
Vice-President, Bicycle Federation of Australia.<br>
Member, State Government Bicycle Planning Committee, for many years.<br>
Planning work, the Geelong Bike Plan and other bike paths in
Melbourne.<br>
Acting President, Town and Country Planning Association, for 2
years; Vice-President;<br>
Committee Member; Member, for many years.<br>
Member, Public Transport Users Association, for many years<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1145394&search_type=quick&showInd=true">http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1145394&search_type=quick&showInd=true</a><br>
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