NOW FOR SOME CREATIVE ATTITUDE
I like the idea of a "bicycle bus", where commuting cyclists build up their group as they ride a regular route, at a regular time and have safety in numbers and "stop"at scheduled places and times on route between their start point and destination. It is a valid approach to a cummuting dilemna for many and would bring many more cyclists onto the road as commuters...
OK who is going to start their bus?...we need a BusBUG perhaps...but it makes sense and will revolutionise bike/motorists interaction and make darn sure that the pollies and other head-in-sand decision makers have to work harder to improve road safety and driver attitudes and behaviour.....because it is so darn obvious and so darn beneficial to increasing cycling numbers and reducing motorised road traffic.
Slow Bus, Express Bus, Shopping Bus, School Bus, WetBus, RoadieBus, Hybrid Bus, LateBus, BroomWagon...all valid, all have a place and across Melbourne could be filled on all the major ( and minor) commuting routes...
I dont ride to the city to commute to work ( I walk in my slippers from the kitchen to my home office with java in hand) but I would certainly do this Bus trip daily from Beaumaris to Southbank every day of Mon to Fri ( I need the workout and it would add 72klms daily to my weekly training (2x36klm per day)...
Route 1 : Beach Road express Bus:
Timetable Weekdays except Pub Hols:
Dep 7-30 Black Rock LeKnicks arrive Southbank Eureka Tower 8-15am...(back at Black Rock at 9 to clock in) -after shower and a juice of course!
Afternoon Bus, depart 5:30 Eureka, Arrice 6:15pm at Black Rock.
what say you...anyone...anyone?...Bueller???
What about other routes ??
Route 2: Dingley Vill to St Kilda,
Route 3: Baldwin to Carlton
Route 4: a)Werribee to Footscray (pheeeeuw)
b)Footscray to Swanston Street mall
Route 5: Mt Waverly to East Melbourne
Route 6: Bell Street, Coburg to University
and a Country Express Route "B-Line" - Sunshine or Bulla to Essendon Pick Up Route 3:b)
ah, we could put Metlink out of business, better still get a subsidy from Bracksie for shower facillities and secure parking at CBD locations..lots of room in Flinders Street Station's cavernous building to do this easily...and other half used city public buildings...
go team...you got homework!!
(PS: I decided this needed a Thread of its own, so its copied here...
what say you commuters across the world..this isnt just for Melbourne, it exists already in some very innovative and practical groups, and it is a solution to bringing confidence to cyclist who dont like to commute without others to share visibility and presence on the road...)
I like the idea of a "bicycle bus", where commuting cyclists build up their group as they ride a regular route, at a regular time and have safety in numbers and "stop"at scheduled places and times on route between their start point and destination. It is a valid approach to a cummuting dilemna for many and would bring many more cyclists onto the road as commuters...
OK who is going to start their bus?...we need a BusBUG perhaps...but it makes sense and will revolutionise bike/motorists interaction and make darn sure that the pollies and other head-in-sand decision makers have to work harder to improve road safety and driver attitudes and behaviour.....because it is so darn obvious and so darn beneficial to increasing cycling numbers and reducing motorised road traffic.
Slow Bus, Express Bus, Shopping Bus, School Bus, WetBus, RoadieBus, Hybrid Bus, LateBus, BroomWagon...all valid, all have a place and across Melbourne could be filled on all the major ( and minor) commuting routes...
I dont ride to the city to commute to work ( I walk in my slippers from the kitchen to my home office with java in hand) but I would certainly do this Bus trip daily from Beaumaris to Southbank every day of Mon to Fri ( I need the workout and it would add 72klms daily to my weekly training (2x36klm per day)...
Route 1 : Beach Road express Bus:
Timetable Weekdays except Pub Hols:
Dep 7-30 Black Rock LeKnicks arrive Southbank Eureka Tower 8-15am...(back at Black Rock at 9 to clock in) -after shower and a juice of course!
Afternoon Bus, depart 5:30 Eureka, Arrice 6:15pm at Black Rock.
what say you...anyone...anyone?...Bueller???
What about other routes ??
Route 2: Dingley Vill to St Kilda,
Route 3: Baldwin to Carlton
Route 4: a)Werribee to Footscray (pheeeeuw)
b)Footscray to Swanston Street mall
Route 5: Mt Waverly to East Melbourne
Route 6: Bell Street, Coburg to University
and a Country Express Route "B-Line" - Sunshine or Bulla to Essendon Pick Up Route 3:b)
ah, we could put Metlink out of business, better still get a subsidy from Bracksie for shower facillities and secure parking at CBD locations..lots of room in Flinders Street Station's cavernous building to do this easily...and other half used city public buildings...
go team...you got homework!!
(PS: I decided this needed a Thread of its own, so its copied here...
what say you commuters across the world..this isnt just for Melbourne, it exists already in some very innovative and practical groups, and it is a solution to bringing confidence to cyclist who dont like to commute without others to share visibility and presence on the road...)
