Last chance to encourage the best outcome on Wellington St Cliftin Hill yoursayyarra.com.au/building-saf...

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths: "It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die." "[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

We're calling on the state & federal governments to live up to Albo's 2019 promise to build safe bike lanes on Napier & Buckley Streets. These lanes would link the Veloway to central Footscray, the new hospital, Vic Uni & the Sunshine Path. Build the missing #westlink

The bike lanes are designed and funded. But the state government hasn’t approved them. Why? No one knows. But they need to approve them. Now. Sign the petition in support here: ellensandell.com/issue/bike-l...

New @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #podcast: The long wait for change: Macaulay Road & Wellington Street, Ellen Sandell about Macaulay Road fatality, lack of protected bike lanes & petition. Local news incl. Bicycle Network 50 Year Celebration, Biketober + more www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

The Telegraph has a headline "Shocking toll of Australia's e-bike and e-scooter crisis spark urgent calls for new national laws" Wait until they hear about the "toll" of cars and trucks!

Words from @bikewestvic on the latest road killing (Kensington) archive.is/7JpRG

Elizabeth St closure at Victoria starts Monday morning. Detour via Bouverie/Therry or Peel St.

Petition asking State Gov to stop blocking safe bike lanes in McCauley Rd. ellensandell.com/issue/bike-l...

📌 SAVE THE DATE - NEXT CRITICAL MASS RIDE - FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 2025 📍Meet: 5.30pm, State Library, Swanston St, naarm Melbourne 🥳 Get ready: Critical Mass celebrates 30 years of riding home together on 28 November 2025 🌎 criticalmass.melbourne

New @3crmelbourne.bsky.social podcast: Talking about St George's Road in Northcote: actions you can take, incl. @criticalmassmelb.bsky.social ride with @darebinstreets.bsky.social this Thur 25 Sep, local news: Wellington St north consultation open to 13 Oct and more! www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

I'm no fan of building inner-city roads, but if we have this new toll-free bypass opening, then it's a good time to adjust King Street intersections to stop giving through-traffic priority over CBD trams, buses and pedestrians on cross streets. bigbuild.vic.gov.au/... #Melbourne

Come on, you can't divide Melbourne up like this. Everywhere outside the red line is uninhabitable.

I’m in a medium sized car right now and I’m still being dwarfed by this Yank tank. It’s so big it’s registered as a literal truck. As a cyclist, this is deadset terrifying. If you care about road safety, if you care about children, you should be terrified too.

New @3crmelbourne.bsky.social podcast: Victoria's new Speed Zoning Policy + Making Moreland Road safer: Angelica & Alex on community concerns, 24 Aug 2025 hit run fatality & petition. News incl 30km/h Speed Zoning Policy & @criticalmassmelb.bsky.social on Thur 25 Sept www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

CRITICAL MASS: ST GEORGES ROAD Meet 5.30pm State Library, naarm Melbourne CBD, Thur 25 Sept 2025 (Grand Final Eve) Ride to St George's Road intersection then post ride drinks and chat with @darebinstreets.bsky.social friends! streetsalivedarebin.org/journal/crit... criticalmass.melbourne

CRITICAL MASS: ST GEORGES ROAD Thur 25 Sept 2025 (Grand Final Eve) 5.30pm State Library, naarm Melbourne CBD, Ride to St George's Road intersection then post-ride drinks and chat with @darebinstreets.bsky.social friends!

Petition for a safe Moreland Road www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...

September newsletter out now before our meeting this Friday newsletter.bikewest.org/september-20...

NSW road fines: Driving 10 km/h over limit : $149 Driving 20 km/h over limit: $345 Cycling without a helmet: $410 Bicycle NSW is right to finally call out these wildly disproportionate penalties. bicyclensw.org.au/disproportio...

Cyclists, don't forget to wear hi viz!

Tax breaks for huge, American-style utes cost Australians over $250 million in foregone revenue in 2023, our research showed. Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/big-ute...

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U. “By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.” This will kill people.

Massive American-style utes that don't fit in most carparks are getting big tax breaks. "They're not being bought by farmers and tradies, they're being bought by people who just want to have a big car to drive around city streets." - Research Director Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

We've heard from so many people that will have their transport accessibility diminished by the proposed e-bike ban. E-bike + train is often what allows people to use public transport; because of failures in PT reach, gaps in the cycling network, disabilities, age or medical conditions.

New! @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #podcast: Future of North Richmond - People, Bikes, Cars & Housing forum + Elizabeth Street protected lanes 'narrowing' + adjacent issues. Local news incl Conduct on Public Transport Regulations & Two Birders, Two Bikes & One School www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

More of the Australian car brain, based on low-density car-based suburbs.

Bicycle Network have a page to help you contribute feedback on the proposed ban on bikes & scooters. Tell anyone you see with an e-device! bicyclenetwork.com.au/our-advocacy...

Big utes and SUVs are a symptom of car-brained Australia, which is a symptom of low-density sprawl. Melbourne keeps on travelling down the wrong road, it's well beyond time to turn around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaSP...

The problem is not legal eBikes, ridden legally "Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said 90 per cent of the time e-bike crashes involved bikes that were overpowered, non-compliant with safety regulations or riders that had flouted road rules." aapnews.aap.com.au/glance/news/...

If you are responding to the Vic Gov proposal to ban e-bikes on trains, here's some background for you: mailchi.mp/weride/unsaf... Make a submission here: engage.vic.gov.au/public-trans... Our take: don't ban legal eBikes - enforce standards before the illegals get to the train!

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

eBike ban on yarrabike.bsky.social radio: www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

Every quiet street in inner Melbourne with a wide median should be made one-way to create a mini-park. So much space is being wasted! bsky.app/profile/heri...

🚆🛴🚲We don't think a blanket ban of e-bikes and e-scooters from trains is the best way forward. A more nuanced approach is needed, addressing safety but not losing the obvious advantages for first mile/last mile connectivity. Have your say: engage.vic.gov.au/pu...

Well, it's that and suburban density.

What has been the impact of Norway’s shift to electric vehicles? New study finds: “… BEV ownership leads to an overall increase in car trip demand in the order of 10–20%. This reflects shifts from ICEV to BEV use, but also sizeable shifts away from public transport use, cycling and walking.”

Night and day

The @cityofmelbourne budget is bad. How to fix it: t.co/5cR5wp4yzk

Listen up Lord Mayor Melbourne.

Tiny utes have as much load space as killer utes www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Increasingly, as cars get bigger, peeps most at risk of dying are outside the car Also, big cars kill peeps in small cars We need people safety commissions focused on humans, not road safety commissions focused on the inanimate #urbanism+ au.news.yahoo.com/calls-to-end...

Tell Lord Mayor Nick Reece and Melbourne City Council to reinstate the $3.5m funding for protected bike lanes in the 2025-26 budget. Closes 5pm 2nd June. participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/budget-2025-26

City of Melbourne bike budget: only $1.5M for 25/26, down from $4M previously. Nowhere near enough to build Macaulay Rd and Queensberry St Lanes. Here's our Lord Mayor pretending to support bike lanes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LqV...

🌃 Announcing ... Critical Mass Big City Lights! 📌5.30pm, Friday 30th May 2025, State Library, Melbourne CBD. 🚴 Route: CBD - Fitzroy 💡Themes: It's dark. Bring your lights. All of them 💯 Image credit + inspiration: technochic 🌐 criticalmass.melbourne