New @3crmelbourne.bsky.social podcast: The State Transport Budget - Gender lens or rose coloured glasses? News incl Wheel Sisters program in Merri-bek, QLD e-bike inquiry & Yarra Council meeting where Wellington Street proposals will be considered www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

❤️ Save the date 🚲 Next Critical Mass 📌 5.30pm, State Library, naarm Melb 📅 Friday 29 May 2026 ➡️ Follow for more details criticalmass.melbourne

I am disabled and have never been allowed to drive, which is the norm here in Canada. You generally have to fight pretty hard to convince them to let you have a liscense. So when I see people opposing bike lanes and multi-use paths, which I rely in, using me as their example, I am filled with rage.

UPDATE: Critical Mass Sydney Road 🏛️ 1. Meet up @ 5:30pm State Library, Melbourne CBD 🌳 2. Meet up @ 6:30pm @ Park St, The Avenue Reserve, Parkville 🗺️ Bit late? Find us with Critical Maps: www.criticalmaps.net/map#13/-37.7...

$1b a year for free PT is over four times the amount the PBO previously cited ($214m pa) for upgrading all #Melbourne train and tram lines to run every 10 minutes every day, with plenty left for V/Line and buses. Improved services get more people on board than free rides. www.theage.com.au/po...#Melbourne($)

This news from outside the Showgrounds is just awful. #Melbourne

Critical Mass: Sydney Road, Fri 24 April 2026 Meeting at 5:30pm State Library, riding up Sydney Road to highlight lack of safe bicycle infrastructure & accessible tram stops & ending at Bulleke-Bek Park 🔊 Bring your bike, friends, lights and playlists + bluetooth speakers criticalmass.melbourne

They want us to think that Suburban Sprawl is cheap. But the truth is, the costs are FAR too high. #UrbanTruth

Probly LXR should read this.

Density

The best way to help people reduce their fuel use is to give them more options. We look forward to seeing more investment in walking, cycling and public transport in the upcoming Federal and State budgets. #auspol

It may seem like nerdy detail that the increasing weight of cars is worsening potholes, but it matters. The car makers push to sell wider and heavier cars is increasing road maintenance costs and that affects us all. Not to mention worse crash outcomes and less space to pass (wider) parked cars.

Yes, Ride in Victoria Pde/St. How non-existent our "network" of "safe" streets is.

April Newsletter, get it while it's fresh. Also come for a catchup at Mamma Chen's this Friday newsletter.bikewest.org/april-2026/

Interested in saying yes to a new Wellington Street? It's also a strategic cycling corrdor, here's the details to show support and add your name /4 nicer-collingwood.my.canva.site

Albanese telling people to reconsider driving is incredible optics. Mate, you built a country where driving is mandatory. A country where cyclists, pedestrians, and anyone not using a car is treated as a second-class citizen. Car-dependence is baked into every major policy you have architected.

Friday's rainy Critical Mass: www.instagram.com/reel/DWY0EvO... www.instagram.com/p/DWaMXRlAU1D/

Hey Melburnians, HMU if you feel like reducing your monthly petrol spend.

Critical mass is coming west this Friday to ask that #westlink be built. Come join us for a fun ride. The weather looks cold but hopefully dry. Fun for the whole family!

Remembering Yukako, Will, Carolyn & also reminding City of Melbourne that inaction & blame shifting costs lives. Ghost bikes become flashpoint between council and cycling advocates www.cbdnews.com.au/ghost-bikes-...

Yarra Trams are planning roadworks 10pm 10/4 to 4:30am 13/4, Bridge Rd Richmond will be closed. @yarrabike.bsky.social

MELB CBD RIDE - Friday 27 February 2026 Meet 5.30pm @ State Library, ride starts in CBD and heads west, follow for additional details real soon. criticalmass.melbourne

Everyone loves applying research until it takes away a parking space or slows down cars

So that is why City of Melbourne, already a year late, is sending Queensberry St lanes out for ANOTHER consultation with no protected lanes as an option.

Melbourne could learn. Narrow the road for trams, bikes and pedestrians.

City of Melbourne did a good review of the little streets but hasn't followed it up with any action. We suggested opposing directions to eliminate through traffic a long time ago.

Accessible tram stops have to be built so everyone can use the low floor trams. So why not build them on Sydney Road route 19 before the nearby Upfield line closes for months of level crossing removal works?

In mid-February 2026, @cityofmelbourne.bsky.social plans to start works to deliver protected bike lanes in Macaulay Rd from Eastwood Street to Boundary Road, expected to be completed by mid-2026, subject to weather conditions.

If you haven’t seen this before, a warning, you might end up liking Bill Nye even more. x.com/CarsRuinedCi...

Density.

+ Walkable neighbourhoods + Active and public transport + High-density housing forms = Low-emission cities

Do you want to reduce carbon emissions? Try upzoning. Research shows detached houses produce 1.8-2.7x MORE greenhouse gases per person compared to apartments and townhouses.

Normanby Reserve is alongside the Sandridge Trail, city side of the tram depot. @cityofmelbourne proposes to make the reserve larger, apparently by narrowing Normanby Rd. That stretch of path was resurfaced in concrete a few years ago after years of tree-root damage.

Still waiting for Dept Transport and Planning to release emails regarding Queensberry St lanes. Seems as hard to get as fixing a dangerous piece of roadway. "If you agree to this extension, the due date of your decision will be on 11/02/2026."

One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.

Our overview of a busy 2025 for active transport issues in Darebin and across Melbourne, including the good, good but do better, the bad and international good news streetsalivedarebin.org/journal/2025...

SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

New! 3CR podcast: @bikemelbourne.org with Melbourne City Council news regarding funding, planning and transparency surrounding the city's bicycle infrastructure + Handcrafted Bicycles - Builders, Frame Design and Inspiration book review🚲🎄🚲 www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

2025 is the first year ever that Australia has recorded more pedestrian fatalities than vehicle passenger fatalities. Super-sized vehicles seemingly doing a great job at protecting their occupants at the expense of everyone else. www.drive.com.au/news/pedestr...

Unless you are hauling five farm animals, two bedroom apartment and a mobile home there is no need to own this vehicle.

"Council Plan" @cityofmelbourne previous years "5 km of new protected bike lanes". This year "Implement and refine the cycling infrastructure network focusing on safety and functionality of the road network, delivering 5 km of new or upgraded protected bike lanes per year" /2...

Queensberry St protected lanes. City of Melbourne emails show they expected State DoTP approval by November 2024 and construction to start June 2025. We're still waiting (3 months) for State to respond to our FOI.

Good to see Vic govt find a commonsense position on this important issue. E bikes and scooters, when used safely, have huge potential to help people connect to public transport, for example in areas where bus services feeding into stations are inadequate.

Glad the Westgate tunnel fixed traffic in #MelbsWest

Indeed, all across Melbourne.

.@bicycle_network has published a guide to buying an e-Bike. Not product reviews, but how to get a bike that is safe and can be carried on trains. bicyclenetwork.com.au/our-advocacy...

Melbourne doesn't have the first three. bsky.app/profile/will...

Ughhhhh Knew this would happen and it's not great especially when trying to pass the joggers. I've also discovered that some of the expansion joints are so rough they set my bell off when I ride over them. #Veloway

We've had an FOI at Vic DoTP on delays to Queensberry St protected lanes in the works for several months. Keeps getting held up waiting for "executive review". Wonder what they are scared of releasing?