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What are you doing, Albert?

I’m late to the party on the Albert St separated bike lanes, but that’s no reason why I shouldn’t have a damn good rant about it.

Speedlinking 8 July 2008

“Cycling provides economic benefit in terms of improved public health, reduced levels of traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reductions in expenditure on transport fuel. These benefits accrue most readily when the bicycle is used as a substitute for car journeys.” –Cycling Promotion Fund

Speedlinking 23 November 2007

I haven’t been caught distributing bogus how-to-vote cards since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…

Speedlinking 2 Movember 2007

There hasn’t been a plague of locusts since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…

Copenhagen lanes: Not safe

The “Copenhagen-style” bike lanes in Swanston Street are nowhere near as safe as you might think.

Speedlinking 31 August 2007

Well the moon didn’t change colour (permanently) since my last efforts, so it must still be safe for me to speedlink…

Melbourne = Copenhagen? Maybe…

An editorial in The Age today clearly nails that paper’s colours to the mast in respect of commuter cycling.

Trivia on Melbourne’s ‘Copenhagen’ Bike Lanes

Of all the obscure trivia, bike lane facts are probably the obscurest. But you never know when you’ll need to know a snippet of information like this…

There is nothing like a Dane

A visitor to Melbourne asks the question. And I have no answer.

Melbourne as the Copenhagen of Australia

Work on installing Copenhagen-style bicycle lanes in Swanston St is set to commence by the end of this year.