YarraBUG

Pretty Pictures on the Upfield Level Crossing Removal Project but where will the cyclists go?


Listen Later

Val takes to the studio on this gorgeous winter morning, manfully soldiering on alone while Faith sits at home and waits for whitegoods that never arrive. He kicks off the show with a wintery reading from Tom Babin's Frostbike: The Joy, Pain and Numbness of Winter Cycling. Studio guest today is Sustainable Transport Campaigner, John Englart, who steals the show with his bike moment featuring the last of the Moreland kangaroo mobs. Val's bike moment falls a little flat in comparison. Val and John take a look at the impact of lower speed limits, including in Yarra and Moreland before Val takes a moment to thank our many generous Radiothon supporters. Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to help keep 3CR and the Yarra BUG Radio Show on the air for another year. John gives us a history lesson on the Upfield transport corridor, the new pressures on the corridor with Melbourne's growth in the north and the failure of succesive governments to plan, or build, for this growth. The Upfield shared path plays a pivotal role in relieving congestion and moving both pedestrians and cyclists along the Upfield Corridor and John explains how the Level Crossing Removal Project have failed to take into account existing active transport numbers at the revamped stations in their released design. With poor communications from LXRP, drawings with little information, and no active transport data included in their documentation, the project looks like it may well compromise active travel in Moreland even further, rather than enhance it.  Stay up to date with the campaign here and here.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

YarraBUGBy Chris, Faith, Val and Steve


More shows like YarraBUG

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,109 Listeners

The Cycling Podcast by The Cycling Podcast

The Cycling Podcast

922 Listeners

Earth Matters by Bec Horridge, Claudia Craig, Mia Audrey & Keiran Stewart-Assheton.

Earth Matters

0 Listeners

Renegade Economists by Karl Fitzgerald

Renegade Economists

13 Listeners

Women on the Line by Cleis Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà & Scheherazade Bloul.

Women on the Line

1 Listeners

Asia Pacific Currents by Australia Asia Worker Links

Asia Pacific Currents

2 Listeners

Anarchist World This Week by Dr Joe Toscano

Anarchist World This Week

14 Listeners

Radioactive Show by Emma Crunch, Michaela Stubbs, Sam Gibbard & Johan Kettle.

Radioactive Show

1 Listeners

Beyond Zero - Science and Solutions by Members of Beyond Zero Emissions

Beyond Zero - Science and Solutions

0 Listeners

Tuesday Hometime by Jan Bartlett

Tuesday Hometime

1 Listeners

Out of the Pan by Sally Goldner

Out of the Pan

0 Listeners

If You're Listening by ABC listen

If You're Listening

326 Listeners

ABC News Daily by ABC

ABC News Daily

133 Listeners

The War on Cars by The War on Cars, LLC

The War on Cars

919 Listeners

Full Story by The Guardian

Full Story

169 Listeners

What's That Rash? by ABC listen

What's That Rash?

240 Listeners

The Money Café with Alan Kohler by Intelligent Investor

The Money Café with Alan Kohler

32 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,096 Listeners

Spin Cycle by Escape Collective

Spin Cycle

770 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics: US by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics: US

2,205 Listeners