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In a bid to boost cycling numbers in Brisbane the city's public transport boss Adrian Schrinner has challenged Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey to make helmets optional. On Thursday morning Cr Schrinner posted on Twitter that he was delighted with the use of Brisbane's CityCycle bike share scheme, with more than 1.9 million trips since its introduction in 2010. A reply from Melbourne PR agency MediaWise said if helmet laws were relaxed trips would soar. "It's not rocket science, just how the rest of the world succeeds in bikeshares," the tweet said.
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Hobo Erotica posted:Could you ride to a train station and then ride to work from there? loving lol if you think I'm leaving my bike at my local train station for any length of time.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:31
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Zenithe posted:loving lol if you think I'm leaving my bike at my local train station for any length of time. You wouldn't though? You'd take it on the train and ride to work, lock it up there?
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Jun 29, 2017 07:33
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I love it when people bring their bikes on the train in the morning rush.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:35
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I'm used to nice V-line trains, I pity you schmucks in the city.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:36
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:You wouldn't though? You'd take it on the train and ride to work, lock it up there? At least in perth, you arent allowed to take a bike on the train during rush hours.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:38
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JBP posted:I love it when people bring their bikes on the train in the morning rush. I did it coming back from the Big Day Out once, that was fun. The solution though is to designate the first carriage for people who are cool enough to ride bikes, and have hooks to hang them on vertically if you have to. WhiskeyWhiskers posted:You wouldn't though? You'd take it on the train and ride to work, lock it up there? And yeah this is what I meant
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Jun 29, 2017 07:39
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NPR Journalizard posted:At least in perth, you arent allowed to take a bike on the train during rush hours. Last time I checked in Sydney you had to buy it a ticket (that was a while ago, though)
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Jun 29, 2017 07:40
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https://twitter.com/jdude924/status/879667134309289985
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Jun 29, 2017 07:41
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Like so:
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Jun 29, 2017 07:43
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That doesn't seem real.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:44
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Zenithe posted:loving lol if you think I'm leaving my bike at my local train station for any length of time. And again, Perth transport best transport, because there are bike lockers at a lot of train stations, including ones you can only access through your smart rider, which you have to register to allow use of the bike lockers, so they know who and when people access it.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:45
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Hobo Erotica posted:Like so: You could fit 50 people in that amount of space.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:45
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I have 3 offices, 2 that are 40km from home and 1 that is 70km. all three are near train stations. currently its on average 1hr 15min drive to each office from my house in the morning and evening. google maps tells me it is 2hr 47min to cycle directly to my main office, 2hrs to cycle to second office and 4hrs to the third office. if I throw in public transport the travel time for each office is 3 hours. Sometimes I even have to visit all three in the same day! edit: I am a 30min Drive from my nearest train station. Laserface fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Jun 29, 2017 |
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Jun 29, 2017 07:47
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open24hours posted:That doesn't seem real. It's not, apparently a youtube parody account.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:47
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Laserface posted:I have 3 offices, 2 that are 40km from home and 1 that is 70km. Drive a loving car then, no one cares about your very specific personal hurdles.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:48
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quote:The Daily Telegraph columnist (Devine) is a practising Catholic and has characterised the investigation of Pell as a witch-hunt of Catholics in particular and Christians in general and has used the hashtag #HuntingCatholics. Get used to being a minority Miranda. 
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Jun 29, 2017 07:49
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JBP posted:You could fit 50 people in that amount of space. If we're going to do the numbers, you could fit maybe 15, and the point was to keep those bikes from annoying passengers in other carriages, by consolidating them and stacking them in such a way that they take up the least amount of space. If the alternative is that those cyclists drive to work instead, it's still a net gain for society.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:50
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JBP posted:Drive a loving car then, no one cares about your very specific personal hurdles. you asked the question champ.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:52
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I was being flippant, but space is at such a premium on Melbourne trains already that bringing that in would cause average motorist seeing a bicycle level consternation. I've thought about it before and seems cool though.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:53
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Laserface posted:you asked the question champ. Oh did I?
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Jun 29, 2017 07:54
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what the gently caress
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Jun 29, 2017 07:57
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Laserface posted:you asked the question champ. That was me to be fair, but yeah, if your very specific personal hurdles prevent you from cycling then that's fine, we'll solve the problems we can first. A 40 km cycle isn't too huge though, maybe give it a go one day for fun? I kayak to work occasionally, it's awesome.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:58
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Laserface posted:I have 3 offices, 2 that are 40km from home and 1 that is 70km. I wish I could bike or public transport to work but my 27 minute drive would turn into an 1.75 hour public transport or 2.5 hours biking. gently caress Brisbane is terrible for this sort of thing.
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Jun 29, 2017 07:58
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I can ride from my door to the CBD in under 20 minutes so gently caress you all, get better jobs and living situations.Hobo Erotica posted:I kayak to work occasionally, it's awesome. Greens.txt
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Jun 29, 2017 07:58
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iajanus posted:gently caress Brisbane is terrible
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Jun 29, 2017 08:01
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JBP posted:Greens.txt I pick up what rubbish I can on the way, but Sydney Harbour is actually remarkably clean. Also I dead set even got pulled over by a police boat for not wearing a life jacket. He said that in two weeks they were going to give out fines.
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Jun 29, 2017 08:04
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As someone who mostly drives but sometimes walks and sometimes bikes, I'm pretty curious. Do the other regional threads get as many people expressing their fear at how close they are to running over not-cars? Between this and that other guy who went from some mild road rule they mildly dislike straight to how many times they've almost killed pedestrians in shared zones... My mind is blown how quick this stuff escallates.
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Jun 29, 2017 08:08
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Laserface posted:I have 3 offices, 2 that are 40km from home and 1 that is 70km. Yeah, your issues are clearly affordability related, but even if you could afford to live closer to where you work then you'd just encounter all the same lack of bike (and pedestrian) infrastructure that currently exists. Sure, you might be happy to ride on roads where bikes are mixed with cars going 80kmph but a hell of a lot of people want to feel safe while they ride. Overall, if you want to really increase bike mode share rates then you need dedicated infrastructure for them. Just out of curiosity, do you know how much do you spend on car related travel per year?
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Noice.
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hooman posted:Look at this bougie gently caress who thinks you register anything at the tip. you gotta register it so they know how much to charge you mate!! and for you are posts they're gonna charge a shitload
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Jun 29, 2017 09:24
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So the Junkee WordPress theme is custom af so fair go ripped them the gently caress off [Junkee]
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Jun 29, 2017 09:27
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BBJoey posted:you gotta register it so they know how much to charge you mate!! and for you are posts they're gonna charge a shitload Nah, biodegradable waste is hell cheap.
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If you live 25km from your job and can't ride a bike, that's cool because nobody is trying to convince you to. We can still have great public transport and good roads. These things aren't mutually exclusive.
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Jun 29, 2017 09:41
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cyclists are hosed up, though, let's be honest. they're always like haha i'm going forty km under the speed limit on a busy road where no one can overtake me haha i'm saving the environment XD whoops i'm getting on a train now and i need to wedge my bicycle in-- sorry, yes, sorry, yes it's stuck in the door. oof, clipped you with the wheel there mate, haha, no biggie, right? oh you need to get around me and my bike is blocking the door? sure, mate, wait until the bicycle community hears about this they're basically shouting I'M BETTER THAN YOU with every push of those pedals if i'm allowed to poison household vermin with poison i can purchase from my local supermarket, i don't see why i'm not allowed to poison roadway vermin aka cyclists
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Jun 29, 2017 09:50
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Jun 29, 2017 09:52
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Well now I'm picturing milky driving an exterminator van with bike helmets mounted on spikes like skulls in the Mad Max Auspol remake/destined future.
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Milky Moor posted:cyclists are hosed up, though, let's be honest. the hero we need
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