Buses vs bicycles - Seven news special report

Seven News are doing a special tonight in Sydney - Buses versus Bicycles.

http://seven.com.au/news/newstips_sydney_bikesvsbuses

The question they're asking is "Should bicycles be banned from transit
lanes" and the answer they're giving in the promos is yes.

My view is, while bikes do hold up buses to some extent - that extent is
tiny and it's an order of magnitude less than parking in transit lanes
outside peak times holds up buses - ever tried catching a bus in an
inner city suburb (say, King St Newtown or Oxford St Paddington etc)
with cars parked in those lanes? The bloody things take forever.

Anyway - get those comments out there - there's a feedback form on that
page.

Isaac Roberts wrote:
> Seven News are doing a special tonight in Sydney - Buses versus Bicycles.
> http://seven.com.au/news/newstips_sydney_bikesvsbuses
>
> The question they're asking is "Should bicycles be banned from transit
> lanes" and the answer they're giving in the promos is yes.

Comment sent. Thanks for the heads up.

hippy
"Pro-bike? Am I 'that' obvious?"

I got forced to watch 7 news last night for the first time in ages... It really is just a typical poor current affairs show masquerading as news... (I mean, most TV news shows are, but this is really obvious/blatant)...

Isaac Roberts wrote:
> Seven News are doing a special tonight in Sydney - Buses versus Bicycles.
>
> http://seven.com.au/news/newstips_sydney_bikesvsbuses
>
> The question they're asking is "Should bicycles be banned from transit
> lanes" and the answer they're giving in the promos is yes.
>
> My view is, while bikes do hold up buses to some extent - that extent is
> tiny and it's an order of magnitude less than parking in transit lanes
> outside peak times holds up buses - ever tried catching a bus in an
> inner city suburb (say, King St Newtown or Oxford St Paddington etc)
> with cars parked in those lanes? The bloody things take forever.
>
> Anyway - get those comments out there - there's a feedback form on that
> page.

Comment sent along these lines:
The only traffic that is slowed by me in the transit lane (Hoddle St)
are the cars driving in there illegally. The buses are usually doing
about the same pace as me.

DaveB "who has a relo that works at Channel 7 and gets blamed by me for
any bad stories even though he's got nothing to do with it"

On 2005-03-22, eddiec <eddiec.1m9r1b@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
> I got forced to watch 7 news last night for the first time in ages...
> It really is just a typical poor current affairs show masquerading as
> news... (I mean, most TV news shows are, but this is really
> obvious/blatant)...

Anybody care to ask why I watch no broadcast TV whatsoever these days?
:P (Tim already knows the answer.)

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Isaac Roberts wrote,

> Anyway - get those comments out there - there's a feedback form on that
> page.

My view is that busses are okay, they don't slow me down too much. Except
when I'm climbing up hill, can't take the left most real lane, and they stop
me all the time losing me momentum.

Other than that, busses don't slow me down when I'm using the transit lane.

yours,
Sam.

Stuart Lamble wrote:
> Anybody care to ask why I watch no broadcast TV whatsoever these days?
> :P (Tim already knows the answer.)

You found a reliable bit torrent site?

You bought a big bad satellite for your yard and cannot drag yourself
away from Neighbors broadcast live from Siberia?

Oh, "no" broadcast tv.. um.. you traded it in on a new bike?

You are a rockstar in your other life and threw it out a window?

You needed a CRT for some strange alien communication experiment?

hippy

On 2005-03-22, hippy <sbirnie@NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote:
> Stuart Lamble wrote:
>> Anybody care to ask why I watch no broadcast TV whatsoever these days?
>> :P (Tim already knows the answer.)
>
> You found a reliable bit torrent site?
>
> You bought a big bad satellite for your yard and cannot drag yourself
> away from Neighbors broadcast live from Siberia?
>
> Oh, "no" broadcast tv.. um.. you traded it in on a new bike?
>
> You are a rockstar in your other life and threw it out a window?
>
> You needed a CRT for some strange alien communication experiment?

Yes. :P

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hah! Vic Parade?

perhaps your rellie can tell ya all about Ch7's official 'unofficial bought story' policy. Eg, latest one is the late news/TT one about teenage girl with longterm wrist injuries from SMSing too much (no.really). Next week miraculously a product is being launched from (big phoneCo here) who's product amazingly will alleviate such problems!!!

someone on here can probably tell all about a radio network's pre-paid stories too.

Remember the toxic shock syndrome story about a girl whom died after using a synthetic tampon? same deal. Planted story. I actally worked on that campaign (the shame). Strangley by the time it all was shown to be irrelevant, Cottons Tampons had become near-market-leader.

So wouldnt surprise me if bus co/union is in the middle of enterprise bargaining and is haggling over service/promptness levelsand looking for an easy scapegoat

F"scapegoats are probably darned hillclimbers!"Dutch

To paraphrase from a well known, satirical comedy, "What the f*** is anyone that matters doing home at six-thirty?"

Nyah.



Ritch

"flyingdutch" wrote in message...
<snip>
> perhaps your rellie can tell ya all about Ch7's official 'unofficial
> bought story' policy. Eg, latest one is the late news/TT one about
> teenage girl with longterm wrist injuries from SMSing too much
> (no.really). Next week miraculously a product is being launched from
> (big phoneCo here) who's product amazingly will alleviate such
> problems!!!

That would be this one
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/...0305_fm-1.html
a little bit of truth stretched a long way

<snip.

Parbs

It's a Sydney news item, but what's the bet it gets topped and tailed locally and run as Perth/Melbourne/Adelaide/Brisbane buses v cyclists?

Steve(News Cynic)A

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:48:17 +1100, ritcho
<ritcho.1m9yjc@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:

<snip>

>To paraphrase from a well known, satirical comedy, "What the f*** is
>anyone that matters doing home at six-thirty?"
>
>Nyah.
>
>

Some people watch the 'news'. Some people make it.


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oh, i did like the ooprtunistic paid story by the DNA-testing lab doing the paid story on TT (guilty as charged. it was on when i walked into the room...) jumping on the paranoia generated by that 2-faced rightwing highpocright (Abbott) having found out the boom-operator was in fact NOT his sprog.
"Oh yes. we do thousands of tests to prove that Dazza shouldnt have to pay maintenance for Shazza's progeny cos Bazza has been puttin it about and is a leg-end". big Co logo swings into shot. Big Cheque handed over for advertorial in Stokesy magazines. thanks for cumin. thank your muvver for the rabbits!

hippy wrote:
> Stuart Lamble wrote:
>
>> Anybody care to ask why I watch no broadcast TV whatsoever these days?
>> :P (Tim already knows the answer.)
>
>
> You found a reliable bit torrent site?
>
> You bought a big bad satellite for your yard and cannot drag yourself
> away from Neighbors broadcast live from Siberia?
>
> Oh, "no" broadcast tv.. um.. you traded it in on a new bike?
>
> You are a rockstar in your other life and threw it out a window?
>
> You needed a CRT for some strange alien communication experiment?

If you guys count as strange aliens then Yes, I use my CRT to
communicate with yous.

Marty

>
> hippy