Bicycle Insitute of South Australia Pedal Update March-April 2010

Pedal UpdateISSN 1321-1870No. 195, March-April, 2010

Pedal Update is the newsletter of the Bicycle Institute of South Australia Inc., and is published six times per year. BISA is incorporated in South Australia and is a member body of the Bicycle Federation of Australia (BFA). Material published in Pedal Update is copyright. Articles and graphics may be copied and republished by non-profit organisations, provided that the author and Pedal Update are given credit. Opinions published in Pedal Update are not necessarily those of BISA. The Editor endeavours to ensure that information published is accurate, but recommends that readers contact the authors for confirmation if necessary. BISA on the Web: www.bisa.asn.au

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Next Committee Meeting.Wednesday March 10th, 7pm, 2010 at the Conservation Council, Level 1, 157 Franklin Street, Adelaide.

Entrance door may be locked, please ring adjacent door bell to gain entry.

“Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

Albert Einstein

Minister Patrick Conlon, BISA Chair Jeremy Miller and Adelaide Cyclists’ Angus Kingston get down to business to record SA’s

inaugral ‘bicycle podcast’ - see back page for details - and then go fo a ride with their i-Pods.

http://www.adelaidecyclists.com/page/podcast-1

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Chairperson’s Report, March-April, 2010.

BISA Committee, 2010

COMMITTEE MEMBER ROLE/PORTFOLIO CONTACTJeremy Miller Chairperson, BUG Coordination. [email protected] 0438 837 372Sam Powrie Vice-Chairperson, Editor Pedal

Update.84400092 (h) [email protected]

Stephen Janes Treasurer 742 45151(w) [email protected]

vacant position Secretaryvacant positions Ordinary Committee Members: There are 4 such vacancies.Richard Bentley Membership secretary, Website Liai-

son, E-News.8352-8762(h)

[email protected] Carson Member, Adelaide Touring Cyclists

Rep.WEBSITE

Darren Jones Web Manager [email protected]

As I write this chair’s report we are heading into the mad-March season in Adelaide – it is festival time! With concerts, fireworks, galleries, plays, Unearthly Delights, WOMAD and a small car race on at sometime, one could forget one of the main shows that will be in town - the election of a new State Government! Certainly for bicycle riders, the incumbent Rann government seems to have been making progress on various cycling issues. The prominence of the Tour Down Under, commissioning of various cycle ways, an understanding that bicycle riding IS a legitimate mode of transport, and realising that system deficiencies need to be addressed by linkages, all bode well for cycling.

With the planned upgrade of the Adelaide’s public transport system new chal-lenges will arise, centred not only on the provision of infrastructure and facilities, but on the behavioural change necessary to make ‘densification’ around the rail network a success. Urban Planners often talk about ‘activity centres’ and den-sification of services and population. We will see developments ideally suited to cycling and walking develop around what have been called Transit Oriented Developments (TODs).

Ensuring that these developments are done right - that cycling is included right from the earliest planning stage - is essen-tial to truly realise the societal dividends that everyday cycling can provide. Most cycling infrastructure comes at a fraction of the cost (both in terms of money and ‘hidden’ social costs) compared to car-based planning. We will need to ensure that whoever wins the next election (and whoever the Minister for urban planning, transport and infrastructure is), we provide a constant reminder that if Adelaide’s 30 Year Plan is to succeed, bicycle use for everyday transport will need to be front and centre, and given the recognition it deserves. We might recall that the aspirational State cycling strategy “Safety in Num-bers - A Cycling Strategy for South Australia 2006 - 2010” has various targets and goals. BISA is currently undertaking a review of this document to better understand what has been accomplished and what is still to be achieved’

Recently I interviewed our current Minister for Transport, the Hon. Patrick Conlon at his office in Roma Mitchell House. Thanks to Angus Kingston from Adelaide Cyclists (http://www.adelaidecyclists.com) who recorded this interview and then edited it up into the Podcast that is now online. Adelaide Cyclists aims to continue with Podcasts on various cycling topics in and around Adelaide and South Australia. The Bicycle Institute was extremely pleased to be involved in this inaugural one, and is keen to support the exchange of information and growing online bicycle community. For those of you without access to the internet, we plan to have a transcript of the interview available at the BISA web site asap. For those of you with internet I would urge you to log onto Adelaide Cyclists and join – honestly, there is something for everyone (as there generally is with bicycles).

Happy Cycling, Jeremy Miller, [email protected]

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Reorganise the Roads, Adelaide Could Become Bike City...Story Emily Charrison, Picture - MCN. Reprinted with permission, Messenger Community News (2nd Feb. 2010).

BIKES could outnumber cars on city streets in just 25 years if Ineke Spape has anything to do with it. The Dutch traffic and urban engineer says Ad-elaide is “ideal” to become a more cycle-friendly city, it just needs a good road network, segregated bike lanes and proper planning.

“You have loads of space in your roads, there’s plenty of room to reorganise them,” Ms Spape told the City North Messenger last week. Take, for example, King William Rd it now has two lanes but you could take out one to create more cycle roads. They’ve done it in New York already and if you can do it in New York you can do it in Adelaide.” Ms Spape, who has helped introduce bike networks in London, Cape Town, Ecuador and New York, was in town last week as a guest speaker at the second annual Australian Cycling Conference, hosted by Adelaide University.

She said the city needed more dedicated bike parking and lanes, while children should be taught from an early age to embrace cycling as a “nor-mal way of life, not just something you do on Sundays”. Another way to promote cycling, Ms Spape suggested, was to close Rundle St on weekends so shoppers could “walk across it like a French boulevard”, and halve the amount of space taken up by traffic to create more parks, fountains and pub-lic squares. “Driving is closed, it’s anonymous. But cycling and pedestrian movements give more activity, quality of space.

University of Adelaide transport expert Jennifer Bonham said bike companies should also start making safer, sturdier “straight up bikes” because they allowed riders to see better. “Somewhere in the 1980s we stopped having proper bikes, they all turned into mountain bikes or racing bikes,” she said. With the university’s research identifying cycling as the third most popular form of exercise in SA, Ms Spape said there was no better time to transform the city. You can do it in 25 years, we (The Netherlands) took 40, but you need to start tomorrow.

Original story: http://city-north-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/on-ya-bike-expertIneke is a member of The Placemaking Network. See: http://theplacemakingmovement.ning.com/

Adelaide Uni’s Jennifer Bonham (left) with Dutch traffic and urban engineer

Ineke Spape.

“You can do it in 25 years, we (The Netherlands) took

40, but you need to start tomorrow.”

The West Torrens Council will soon open an offroad bike path following the Adelaide Airport’s South East boundary. The $500,000 project is jointly funded by the Commonwealth Government and funds from Adelaide Airport Limited and is

built on top of the recycled water pipe-line. The path is 3.25 km in length and runs between Tapleys Hill Road and Watson Avenue, Netley - linking the Reese Jennings Bikeway along Tapleys Hill Road with the BikeDirect Network route on Watson Avenue and James Melrose Road.Stephen Janes

New Airport Bikeway Opening Soon.

Tap leys Hi ll Rd.

New Ai r por t B ike Path

The Place Making Movement’s Ineke Spape.

Waiting for Bikes.

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Your Editor welcomes feedback and suggestions!www.bisa.asn.au & [email protected]

Here’s a very useful article by Mike Lydon, Principal of US urban planners, the Street Plans Collaborative. Re-printed here by secial permission from Reconnecting America. Of particular interest are the several very insightful comments that follow the article itself (barring the first one from one of John Forester’s ‘Vehicular cycling’ disci-ples!) As the author says in response; “Vehicular cycling is really just an extreme sport practiced by a brave few, mostly men, who find the danger exciting.” This blog article and the insightful comments that follow represent an approach to cycling development that is, I think, very similar to that which BISA has been promoting, particularly with regard to Adelaide’s proposed ‘Green Travel Corridors and the article’s call to provide for safety and comfort for ‘all types of bicyclists.’ It’s very encouraging to read of such ‘synchronicity’ - like-minded thinking - from the other side of the planet! The italics below are BISA’s. It’s well worth reading! Ed.

“While the bicycle shed [Ed; see ‘Part 1’ - link below] is an important conceptual planning tool, it is meaningless without the physical development of bicycle infrastructure. Therefore, each bicycle shed should not be conceived in isolation, but as part of a regional bikeway network. This network should be designed to connect people to important destinations -

schools, neighborhood centers, regional centers, open space, and of course, local and regional transit systems. In general, the bicycle network should be comprised of many bikeways types. These include, but are not limited to shared-use paths, shared lanes (sharrows), bicycle boulevards, bicycle lanes, and physically sepa-rated bicycle lanes—sometimes called cycle tracks. Before assigning bikeway types, the unique characteristics of each thoroughfare and its urban context must be considered holistically. This includes analyzing street width, street type, existing land use and urban form, density, traffic control devices, posted speed limits and actual travel speeds, and traffic volume. But while the existing conditions of each thoroughfare are important, the urban context is rarely static. Therefore, considering the desired character and urban context is critical to the selection process, as context-specific bikeways can help strengthen a more immersive, accessible, and equitable urban environment.

To this end, special emphasis should be placed on providing safety and comfort for all types of bicyclists. Bikeway infrastructure that appeals to those who are in-terested in bicycling, but who are too often deterred by the perception - and reality - of unsafe bicycling conditions, must be prioritized. Research conducted by Roger Geller, Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Portland, Oregon, identifies four types of bicyclists, of which the majority seek

more comfort and safety. “Riding a bicycle should not require bravery. Yet, all too often, that is the perception among cyclists and non-cyclists alike,” says Geller.

Taking a cue from their European counterparts, North America’s most bicycle-savvy cities are designing bikeways to accommodate the least confident user. This approach provides an opportunity to increase bicycle mode share by further enrich-ing the safety of the overall bikeway network. Indeed, safer bicycling conditions attract more bicyclists to the roadway, which in turn, creates even safer conditions. This so-called ‘virtuous cycle’ is set in motion when paying attention to the most vulnerable users, and should be used to intelligently enhance bikeway networks and the viability of bicycling to transit.”

Original: http://reconnectingamerica.org/posts/the-bikeway-networkSee also ‘Part 1’: http://reconnectingamerica.org/posts/the-role-of-the-bicycle-in-transit-oriented-development

With thanks to Mike Lydon, Principal, The Street Plans Collaborative, New York. www.streetplans.org

The Bikeway Network.Mike Lydon, The Street Plans Collaborative, N.Y.

‘Buffered’ Cycling LanePhoto: BikePortland.org Creative Commons

‘Bike Box’ on a Portland St.Photo: BikePortland.org Creative Commons

‘Green’ Streets in Portland!Photo: BikePortland.org Creative Commons

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Mums on Bikes.During the recent Australian Cycling Conference, one of the themes that came up in several presentations was that when the more vulnerable members of the community felt comfortable with cycling in shared space environments, we’d have a good indication that bicycle use had reached a high level of normalisation and safety. The “more vulnerable” category included elderly people, children, and mothers carrying children. As a mum on a bike here in Adelaide, I thought it may be

interesting to give my perspective.A large part of my views on cycling were formed while I was living in Spain. Europe is regarded, with good reason, as being much more conducive to urban bicycle use, largely because of the higher urban density, abundance of pub-lic transport (especially rail) and the discouragement of cars in the old central districts of the cities and towns. People living in these conditions are generally happy not to own cars, as the inconvenience outweighs the perceived benefits. Consequently when my son was born in Barcelona, it was a very natural decision to carry him on the back of my bike in a child seat, once he was about 12 months old. Up to then I had been walking and using a pushchair, and it was a relief to move up onto the bike! Many women in central Barcelona were doing the same. Some women were carrying two children, one in front and one behind, although this was less common. Looking back now, I can see my bike wasn’t set up very well for load carrying – I had a small basket in front, but no panniers. However, when I wasn’t carry-ing my son, I would make use the child seat to carry loads. My regular cycling routes were all within a 5 km radius of my home. The routes were mostly on-road in designated bike lanes, although some of these were just as badly de-signed as Adelaide’s worst! I learnt to negotiate my road space with quite heavy

traffic, mainly because I was determined that I would – I did have the option of using public transport along my routes, but I felt confident that I could manage my own safety and my son’s on the bike. Other parts of the route were much nicer, in Copenhagen-style bike lanes or on laneways that had very limited vehicle traffic.I returned to live in Adelaide when my son was 2, committed to the idea that I could continue to use my bike as the main transport for my son and myself. I had some favourable circumstances that not all parents in Adelaide have – firstly I had only one child, although as noted above, it is quite possible to carry two children around, either with seats front and back, or with a trailer, or a ‘bakfiet’ (box-bike) type bicycle. It is even possible to carry 3 children with a combination of these, as I have seen one mother doing here. I was also in a position to choose where I lived, and make sure it was close to all my other activites – eg, uni, grocery shopping – and also in easy distance of the CBD with its rail hub, so I can combine the bike and train. The topography is suitable for riding, and the road network is in a grid pattern that is a delight for cyclists using the back streets. So while I appreciate that not all parents can have all these favourable circumstances, I would like to hope that there are a reasonable number who might, and therefore, I can highly recommend incorporating the mum/dad-on-a-bike transport op-tion into the family lifestyle. While it may seem intimidating at first, it is really a matter of confidence and experience, just as learning to drive a car is. Obviously safety is the paramount issue, and a parent is going to be aware of their child’s extra vulnerability. However, children can also be injured while in cars. I actually feel as a cyclist that I have more manouver-ability than a motor vehicle. I can stop more quickly, I can get up onto footpaths, (not strictly legal, but justified in some cases) I can go off-road, I can go through smaller spaces, I can hear what’s coming in the environment. None of this makes me or my son invulnerable, but it does give me a sense of control. Another issue is weather. We have wet weather gear, and while no-one really likes getting wet, having decent rain jackets means riding together is still feasible. I have to confess, I have been a piker at times of inclement weather, and chosen not to ride. As I don’t have a car, the options are to walk with an umbrella, catch public transport, or just wait for the rain to stop. The big question is, how does my son like it? Well, he loves it. We talk to each other about what we can see in the sky, we can hear the birds, we have a view of the environment that is not enclosed by metal and glass and plastic. He has gradu-ated from the baby seat and now sits on the Xtracycle snap deck, with perfect balance and confidence. He sees bikes as a normal way of getting around, and enjoys taking his own little bike for short rides. By using the Xtracycle, I will be able to carry him until he is around 9 or 10. Trailer bikes are another option for carrying children in the 4 -9 yrs range.I love the fact that I am saving money, saving on resource use, making good use of my body, connecting with my sur-roundings and my little boy, and showing him by example how I feel we can have a good life. I can understand that parent-child bike commuting may not be for everyone, but I know that the more parents who do it, the more visible we will be-come, and thus more normalised, and healthy, and even safer. Plus we are training up the next generation of happy bicycle users!

Sophia MacRae

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‘The 10-kilometre bike and walking path adjacent the Glenelg tram corridor is to be named in honour of South Australian cycling great and Tour Down Under Race Director, Mike Turtur. Transport Minister, Patrick Conlon said the Mike Turtur Bikeway is a testament to the tireless work the 2008 South Australian of the Year has done to put Adelaide on the world cycling map. “Nobody in this State has done more for cycling than Mike Turtur – it is as simple as that - and this is a small way in which we can recognise that,” he said. “Whether it’s his personal achievements in winning Olympic gold or establishing the Tour Down Under as the internationally acclaimed Pro Tour event that it is today, Mike’s contribution has been invaluable.“His passion for cycling has certainly raised its profile in this State and indeed in this country. “The Tour Down Under has proven to be an overwhelming success and it is in no small part thanks to Mike Turtur that the best cyclists in the world - stars such as Lance Armstrong and Cadell Evans compete here.”As well as his role as Race Director for the Tour Down Under, Mr Turtur is the President of the Oceania Cycling Confed-eration. Formerly known as Tramway Park, the Mike Turtur Bikeway encompasses the formal ‘green’ park along the 10-kilometre tram corridor between South Terrace and Brighton Road. The Bikeway includes sections of off-road recrea-tion path linked by quieter local roads providing for walking and cycling along the length of corridor, similar to the Coast Park along Adelaide’s foreshore. More sections of dedicated path are to come in the next few years.In making the announcement today, Minister Conlon toured the Glenelg Tram Overpass - now in its final stages of con-struction. The brand new tram stop atop the overpass is expected to be open by the middle of next month.Trams have been running over the overpass since December and final works to install the lifts and construct the platform for what will be stop number 6 on the tramline are well advanced.The Glenelg Tram Overpass is a key part of the State Government’s work to transform South Road into the centrepiece of Adelaide’s dedicated north-south corridor. For further information regarding the Glenelg Tram Overpass visit www.infra-structure.sa.gov.au’

CITY TO SEA ROUTE HONOURS HOME-GROWN CYCLING LEGENDMedia Release from the Office of Transport Minister Patrick Conlon (19/2/10).

It has been an interesting return to old cycling haunts for this cycling commuter over the last fortnight. It is around 7 or 8 years ago that I began regular cycling commuting, travelling from Prospect/Dudley Park to Ascot Park/Woodlands Park by train and riding home each evening. Discovering the West Side Bikeway, Congdon Drive Mile End and Port Road cycle paths during my journey I then was moved to seek a cycling organisation and quickly found BISA. That was about 2005. Now in 2010 I am living in Mile End in a house built on a block discovered during the regular commute and catching a train from Mile End or city via Woodlands Park to Oaklands and again riding home. On this journey I get to experience suburban streets in Oaklands Park and Marion, a short ride on Marion Road, then follow the train line up to Cross Road/South Rd to follow South Road through the Gallipoli Underpass into Mile End and onto the northern part of the West Side bikeway that runs along or on Congdon Drive. It has been rewarding to see that the train route is used by a number of cyclists either on the train or riding the terraces. This supports BISA’s ongoing campaign for the proper construction of the Greenlinks identified in Safety in Numbers. By travelling up South Road I have been able to monitor progress with the tram bridge, particularly the cycling and pedestrian overpass now nearing completion. In the last two weeks the lifts have been installed, protective barriers have been com-pleted on the station section above South Road and now barriers are being installed on the cycling and pedestrian overpass.

When the overpass opens BISA can celebrate the completion of Adelaide’s first Greenlink. A review of past publications of BISA finds many refer-ences to the train and tram corridors and the potential for these to provide a valuable cycle route. Improvements could be made around the Goodwood station, the adequacy of the section on King William Rd Wayville may be questioned and the uneasy relationship between cars, trams and cyclists and pedestrians on Jetty Rd warrants attention, but regardless it will be a complete link. The first after at least 30 years of campaigning! BISA mem-bers and all cyclists should get out and ride it to show your support for this cycleway. Richard Bentley.

Tram Bridge Completion Fast Approaching.

Safety Fence Going Up.


The Powered Bike - Legal or Not?In early February Wayne Cook from the West Torrens Council sought clarification of “the current laws regarding bicycles with motors being in bike lanes and on bike paths, ie; along linear park?” This is an excellent question which BISA is aware has been asked many times in the 2-3 years these ‘power kits’ have been available in Australia. The an-swer to Wayne’s question is quite simple as long as we’re all talking about the same thing. It gets complicated when we have different understandings of what constitutes a‘bicycle, a ‘power assist bicycle’ and so on. Also, we need to remember that a power-assist bicycle is probably only as safe (or dangerous) or legal as the person riding it!

Australian Road Rules: All vehicles and their operators on Australian roads and in Aus-tralian public places need to obey Australian law. With regard to transport vehicles, these laws are generally held in the Australian Road Rules.Here’s a relevant extract: “Road vehicles in Australia must comply with all applicable Australian Design Rules (ADRs) before they can be supplied to the market for use in transport (Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 Cwth).

The ADRs contain the following definitions for bicycles and mopeds:

The S.A. Motor Vehicles Act 1959 also defines a power assisted pedal cycle to be a pedal cycle with an auxillary power drive attatched up to a maximum of 200 Watts.

Power-Assist Bikes on the Roads: Power Assist bikes are subject to the same laws governing use of ordinary bicycles. This means that riders are free to use them on the roads, even though they have an auxiliary motor fitted to them (provided the motor has a power output of less than 200 watts). Under the road rules, these vehicles are defined as bicycles. As such, they may be used in all places that bicycles are used and the riders of these vehicles must comply with all Road Rules that apply to bicycle riders (including wearing a bicycle helmet, having effective brakes, a bell or other audible warning device, a rear-facing red reflector at night and a white light to the front and a red light to the rear at night).See: http://www.sa.gov.au/subject/Transport%2C+travel+and+motoring/Cycling/Riding+a+power-assisted+bicycle

Summary: From this analysis of the SA and National road rules, it appears power-assist bike can currently be ridden le-gally everywhere a bicycle can be ridden. Obviously there remain a number of questions that are not addressed by the law. In fact some have commented that the law may be out of date! Concerns have been expressed regarding their use on both the road and on bikeways, and shared use paths in particular. BISA welcomes comments from readers on this matter with a view to taking the matter up with the Department of Transport if warranted.

Sam Powrie, [email protected]

Road-legal, no licence, 60km/h! Is this a bike?

‘Look Ma, no pedalling!’

4.2.1. PEDAL CYCLE: ‘A vehicle designed to be propelled through a mechanism solely by human power.’4.2.2. POWER-ASSISTED PEDAL CYCLE: ‘A pedal cycle to which is attached one or more auxiliary propulsion mo-tors having a combined maximum power output not exceeding 200 watts.’4.2.3. MOPED - 2 Wheels: A 2-wheeled motor vehicle, not being a power-assisted pedal cycle, with an engine cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 ml

Part 2, Division 1, Section 9B: Covers the exemption of registration for a power assisted pedal cycle.Part 3, Division 1, Section 25: States that a licence is not needed for a power assisted pedal cycle.

STOP PRESS! South Road Bikeway Opening Ceremony.BISA has learned that the opening ceremony for the Cycling Overpass on the new Mike Turtur Cycleway will be announced in the next week. We understand that Patrick Conlon, South Australia’s cycling Minister for Transport may share the honors for ‘first ride over’ with Mike Turtur himself! BISA hopes to be represented on the day and we’ll ensure that Adelaide’s bicycle users get as much notice as possible to ensure a BIG TURNOUT! Please watch for further news at the BISA web site and at Adelaide Cyclists: www.bisa.asn.au & www.adelaidecyclists.com

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2010 Ride of Silence & Bicycle Institute of SA Annual General Meeting

Saturday 22nd May is a date to keep free in the diary. This year BISA will be holding the 2010 Ride of Silence and our AGM on the same day.

The route for the RoS is expected to be a little different than previous years, and we anticipate a circuit of the city (starting and finishing at Victoria Square). After the ride we will be holding our 2010 AGM at the Box Factory Community Centre, 59 Regent Street South, Adelaide. All are welcome to join us.

As cyclists we don’t want anyone to go hungry, so before we get the AGM proceedings underway we plan to host a BBQ lunch with refreshments provided. At the AGM all Committee positions will be up for election and we are looking for active members to fill committee posi-tions. Nominations are now open, please use the attached form and forward through to BISA.

Please check on the BISA website for further details of the Ride and AGM as we get closer to the date, including the final route. If you would like to contribute to running the Ride or the AGM please contact us with your details. Look forward to seeing you all there on the day.Jeremy Miller, [email protected]

If you intend nominating for the BISA Committee please fill in this form (or a p/copy) & return to:

A/Secretary, Stephen Janes by post or on the night at the AGM.BISA: GPO Box 792, Adelaide 5001.

AGM Nomination Form 2010.

Committee Nomination Form.For BISA Committee 2010/11 at the AGM Elections, 22nd May 2010.

I ……………………………………………………(Member’s name)

of…………………………………………………...(Member’s address)

being a financial member of the Bicycle Institute of South Australia Inc.

hereby nominate for the position of ................……………………… for

election at the 2008 BISA Annual General Meeting.

Nominee’s signature: ……………………………………………………………

Please ensure this form reach BISA’s A/Secretary by post by 10th Mary, 2010 or is handed to him promptly on the night of the AGM.

Contributors To This Issue:Jeremy Miller, Messenger Newspapers, Mike Lydon, Richard Bentley, Angus Kingston, Sophia MacRae, Sam

Powrie.


Cycling News Roundup...1. Earth Ride - Adelaide 2010: Bicycle SA invites you to its newest initiative Earth Ride - Adelaide 2010, presented by the Adelaide City Council and the Capital City Committee, to be held on Sunday 28th March, 9am-2pm

(coinciding with Earth Hour the night before). Earth Ride - Ad-elaide 2010 is a FREE ‘car-free’ community event and part of a global initiative empowering the community to make a difference by engaging in sustainable solu-tions, to think globally and act locally.

Commencing from the Event Village in Victoria Square, an anticipated 5,000 participants will take the opportunity to walk or ride their bike through the city (from Square to Square) and soak up the atmosphere of ‘car-free’ city streets, before returning to the event village for food, en-tertainment, bike demos and most importantly to meander through the Sustainability Expo. Register for the ride online now and mark Earth Ride - Adelaide 2010 on Sunday 28th March in your diary as a must-attend event!See: http://www.bikesa.asn.au/servlet/Web?s=2060570&action=changePage&pageID=941268988

2. World Naked Bike Rides in 2010: The Adelaide WNBR will take place in 2010 on Saturday, 13th March.Time: 1pm, Victoria Square/Tarndanyangga , Adelaide. Be there!

3. New BISA Stickers: BISA has an exciting new range of stickers - 6000 of them in fact !!

They’ve been been produced using a higher quality proc-ess and we expect them to have a much longer life than the

previous black & white versions.We’re not yet sure how we’ll make them available but look out for them at the Ride of Silence and BISA AGM in May!

4. Cycling Tips Postcard: For Schools & School Children.This handy fold-out “postcard” from the CPF is for schools and school children and includes infor-mation on:

Being Seen: clothing, reflectors, lights.• Cool Tips To Protect Yourself: helmets, sunglasses, • gloves, mudguards, footwear.Carrying Stuff: backpacks, baskets, racks, pannier bags.• Hot Tips to Keep Your Bike In Top Shape: wheels and • tyres, chain and gears, brakes.

http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/content/view/375/147

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Updated BUG Contact List (February 2010).Organisation Contact person Contact Phone/emailCity of Adelaide TBC

City of Burnside Patsy 8332 0956

City of Charles Sturt Sarah Cleggett [email protected]

City of Holdfast Bay John Wilkinson [email protected]

City of Marion Renee Healey [email protected]

City of Mitcham TBC

City of Onkaparinga Vinh Ngo 8348 4549 (w)

City of Port Adelaide Enfield Brian Acland 8242 0866 (h)

City of Prospect Heather prosbug[at]adam.com.au

City of Unley Ashley Campbell 8297 6249 (h) 8303 7260(w)

Dep’t Water Land & Biodiversity Mel White 8463 7976 (w)

EPA (Env. Protection Authority) Glenn Sorensen 8204 1024 (w) 0403 403 004

Flinders University Sue Wells (F/Uni site)Mike Brisco (FMC site)

F/Uni: 8201 2408 [email protected]: 8204 4105http://www.adelaidecyclists.com/group/flindersbug

Kangaroo Island Manfred Meidert 8553 0383

Goolwa and District Harry Joyce 08 8555 1526

Mawson Lakes Rebecca Dunow 8260 3333

Mount Gambier Sharon Holmes 8723 0805

North Terrace Precinct David Ladd 8303 4558 (w) 0408 089 340

NRG-Flinders/TerraGas TBC

DisabilitySA Sam Powrie 8348 6000 (w)

Parliament House BUG Mark Parnell MLC (Greens) 8237 9111

Salisbury Andrew Hall 8259 5107 (w) 8250 4255 (h)

TAFE SA Adelaide Campus Yvonne Ladd 8207 8623 (w)

TAFE SA Regency Campus Michael Southern 8348 4549 (w)

TransportSA Peter Larsson 8364 5212 (h) 8226 8214 (w)

University of Adelaide, Waite Campus Ryan Farquharson 8303 8461

West Torrens BUG Terry Grealy grealy[at]internode.on.net

Women's & Children's Hospital Kevin Duffy 8161 6455 (w)

The opening night parade for the Fringe 2010 featured yet another gathering of the weird and wonderful diverse world that is cycling in Adelaide. Big thanks to Ready, Set, Ride! for coordinating the night. Jeremy Miller

Bikes in the Fringe Parade!

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Sturt Street ‘Copenhagen’ Lane - User’s Survey.Adelaide City Council has announced plans to evaluate the ‘Copenhagen-style’ separated lane it has installed as a trial in Sturt St. in the city. BISA and Adelaide Cyclists are running a separate running discussion and survey on the bikeway at the Adelaide Cyclists web site. When the evaluation commences and there is a call for comminity comments we intend putting together a submission based on this discussion and comments therein. If you have ridden the bikeway and have something to say about it, please join the Adelaide Cyclists and leave your observations or opinion at their web site. Sam Powrie, [email protected]

‘We tried it out last Saturday. Our only concern were the pedestrians walking in it blocking our speedy run from the terrace to the square.’

‘I’ve tried it over a period of several months. I felt constantly anxious. I’ve been nearly skittled on three occasions by cars whizzing out of the numerous side streets without looking and even by a car turning across my path from Sturt Street into a side street, the drivers oblivious to the bike path and me until the last moment, when going too fast to stop they give an apologetic wave as I slam on the brakes.’

‘Cars buzz through those north-south side streets like rats along drain pipes, looking for a park, looking for a faster way across town than West Tce or Morphett Street. They don’t expect a bike lane, or a bicycle in it. There are give way signs and green carpet at the junctions but they are ignored. There are no road humps or other traffic calming devices to slow them down before they get to the bike path.’

‘The building line is so close to the kerb, and the streets are so narrow, that you can’t see cars coming out of the side street until you’re almost in the junction.’

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Pedal Update Editor: Sam Powrie [email protected] Copy deadlines for 2010: (Mch/Apl), 18th April (May/Jn), 13th June (July/Aug), 15th August (Sept/Oct), 17th Oct (Nov/Dec). All submissions considered! Copy preferences - unformatted text (with bracketed photo captions where needed). All photos/illustrations must be individual attachments, as high resolution as possible.

STOP PRESSNew Adelaide Cyclists Podcast Out Now!

It’s time again to announce this month’s podcast is now online on a renovated Podcast Page on Adelaide Cyclists. You can stream it from the page, use the front page player or download it to your Mp3 player from here. http://www.adelaidecyclists.com/page/podcast-1This podcast features and interview with Ianto Ware who is an Adelaide cyclist, music festival creator and author of a great book called 21 Nights in July - the Physics and Metaphysics of Cycling. I also meet Adelaide Cyclists member Travis Gottschutzke. You can also win a copy of the book courtesy of BISA and Format Press by listening to the interview and answer-ing a question. All the details are at the ACF podcast page. Podcast #1 with the Minister for Transport Patrick Conlon can also still be listened to and a transcript will be available soon. Angus Kingston, Adelaide Cyclists [email protected]

New Frame Stickers Released.

They’re bright yellow and blue and should last for years. Some catchy words too. Stay tuned to hear how to get yours soon!

Minister Conlon & Jeremy Miller - Happy to Talk Bikes!

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Ianto Ware & Travis Gottschutzke

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