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Swanston St: The upgrade

Topic of the week among inner Melbourne cyclists is the newly upgraded mega tram stop on Swanston St, in front of the State Library. It’s been months and millions in the making, how would it work?

Speedlinking 30 September 2009

“I’ve traveled by foot, car, plane, train, boat and on horseback, but nothing comes close to connecting me to places and people the way bicycling does.” –Diane Daniel, Ode Magazine

Herald Sun recycles cycle news

Haven’t I seen this report somewhere before? Oh yeah–a year ago, in the same newspaper.

stop.think: Share the Road

Earlier this year, the South Australian Government ran some good adverts promoting the “Share the Road” message.

Look-out pedestrians! Speeding cyclists are out to get you!

I really tried hard not to respond to this stupid article. But I just couldn’t help myself.

Nigel Havers REALLY hates me

“They’re belligerent. Foul-mouthed. A danger to us all. But in a blistering attack on selfish cyclists, NIGEL HAVERS says it’s their smug self-righteousness that really drives him insane.” Yep, someone’s let Havers loose in the opinion pages. But you couldn’t accuse him of smug self-righteousness, could you?

Dilemma: Devine or Moodie?

Dr Rob Moodie of VicHealth provides a perfect foil to Miranda Devine’s bike-bashing rant.

That wacky Ms Devine

Miranda Devine takes a swipe at “vegan cyclists” in her op-ed in today’s SMH. Surely she can’t sit comfortably with her head jammed so tightly between her butt cheeks?

Nigel Havers hates me

Nigel Havers is right up there with Sam Newman when it comes to motorist-cyclist relations.

Sam Newman, moron.

We didn’t really need any further proof that Sam Newman is a moron, but he went ahead a provided it last week on the Footy Show.