Below is a great video and some candid remarks from Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt on bike share and the challenges it faces in Fremantle and Australia. Well worth watching.
Video was created by Mike Rubbo when he was in Perth a few weeks ago. You can see more of his videos and posts about cycling in Australia on his website www.situp-cycle.com
Great work by Tatsuro Kiuchi, you can see more of his work at http://tatsurokiuchi.com and this was republished with his permission.
Past Peak Oil Travelling Towards Transition Animation from Anita Sancha on Vimeo.
Now we need to start making the changes required to ensure the bit where everything crashes is smooth and not a disaster
This is part of an article written for Treehugger, you can see the whole article here -
“A real bike-friendly city requires citizens that understand, and are open to the idea of bicycles being part of the urban fabric,” Notaras writes. “This can only come as more and more people experience the benefits of riding and themselves feel a sense of pride in having a bike-friendly city.”
Cyclists in Shibuya, Tokyo. Photo by neekoh.fi via Flickr.
From the vantage point of this bike-unfriendly city, that seems like a bit of a chicken-and-egg-style conundrum: A city doesn’t truly become bike-friendly until more people ride in it, which they likely won’t do until it becomes more bike-friendly. But change has to start somewhere.
Anyone who wants to see what a truly liveable city looks like should watch the below clip, go away and think of one initiative they can start to change something to work towards this vision. Everyone should watch this clip.
Copenhagen’s Car-free streets & Slow-speed zones from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
Helmets are an issue in bike share operations that work in countries which have mandatory helmet laws. Below is a PDF with a possible solutions. I am still finding out more details (is it legal etc) but it would be great to get peoples feedback on these helmets. What do you thing? would you buy one? is there the possibility to brand it and give it away (advertises pay for them)?
The Folder Brochure Final
Look forward to hearing peoples feedback!
Great article on Treehugger.com that provides an in depth view of Bicycle’s and how they have the ability to improve every aspect of life and real examples from around the world.
The bicycle has many attractions as a form of personal transportation. It alleviates congestion, lowers air pollution, reduces obesity, increases physical fitness, does not emit climate-disrupting carbon dioxide, and is priced within the reach of the billions of people who cannot afford a car. Bicycles increase mobility while reducing congestion and the area of land paved over. Six bicycles can typically fit into the road space used by one car. For parking, the advantage is even greater, with 20 bicycles occupying the space required to park a car.
Few methods of reducing carbon emissions are as effective as substituting a bicycle for a car on short trips. A bicycle is a marvel of engineering efficiency, one where an investment in 22 pounds of metal and rubber boosts the efficiency of individual mobility by a factor of three. On my bike I estimate that I get easily 7 miles per potato. An automobile, which requires at least a ton of material to transport one person, is extraordinarily inefficient by comparison.
The full article can be found here.
As a way of getting as much feedback and support for Cyclefreo as we can we have posted the plan on PlanBig. PlanBig is an initiative by Bendigo and Adelaide bank to facilitate idea spreading and collaboration around ideas.
From the PlanBig website -
Make it happen. Make a difference.
PlanBig makes it all possible.Sometimes it can be tough to find a way to make things happen. It might be that you’d like to get people together to make a difference in a local community. It could be that you have an ‘idea’ but aren’t sure of how to get it kick started.
That’s what PlanBig is all about. Or rather, that’s what you, and thousands of others just like you in communities right across Australia (and the planet) can make it be all about.
Get Involved, get connected, get active
We could call PlanBig ‘the next phase in the power of online communities’, but really it’s just about like-minded people coming together to give each other the support they need to make their dreams reality.
