JesseCritical was a good ride this month. Riding through Yarra to highlight the sad decision the council made not to progress with the Wellington St upgrades.
Nice to have some more new people on the ride.
Critical Mass went really well.
Great turnout, 4 people from the Merri-bek council and the local state MP came along and spoke, and state candidates for the election this year (For Greens and Labor) also came along.
Christian from Sydney Rd Accessible Tram Stops also spoke about the need for accessible tram stops.
We also had someone from Better Buses for the West speak (sorry I forgot their name).
Beers and pizza at the Edinburgh Castle afterwards.
I did a little ground work on the Upfield Path for Critical Mass - Sydney Rd. I talked to four people that went on the Bolte Bridge Critical Mass ride in 2004, haven't been to a Critical Mass ride in 20yrs, and said they'd come this month.
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Allez c'est ce soir 18h30 place Rapp.
N'oubliez pas vos lumière car il fera nuit à la fin !
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Toutes et tous place Rapp le Vendredi 27 mars à 18h30 avec votre plus beau vélo.
Venez avec de quoi faire du bruit, faisons nous remarquer pour le vélo à Colmar.
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xssfox (crossy)Pierre from BikeWest made an excellent speech:
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"Sanguis Ante Actum" - Blood before action
Following last month's tragic death of Will Richter on an unsafe intersection on Macaulay Road, the City of Melbourne and DTP have committed to working together to build safe bike lanes on Macaulay Road, lanes that may have helped avoid the senseless death of a young man who had a bright future in front of him.
We welcome the authorities moving forward with the project, but despair that it required 'Blood Before Action'
In 2024, 5 days after Brett Wallace, 29, was run over & rendered paraplegic by the driver of a semi trailer on a dangerous Dynon Road intersection, West Gate Tunnel Project, along with VicTrack and the DTP began working to complete a short section of bike path that avoided the dangerous intersection altogether.
After three days of work, that safe bike path was completed.
Blood before action
In 2023, after Angus Collins, 22, was killed at a known unsafe intersection on Footscray Road, by the driver of a concrete truck, West Gate Tunnel and the DTP banned left hand turns at the intersection.
Blood before action
In 1986, after 6 year old Anthony Bartl was hit by a speeding car on Macaulay Road, leaving him a quadriplegic, the City of Melbourne made changes to Macaulay Road to make it safer to cross and to discourage speeding drivers.
Blood before action
Does it have to be this way?
Do we need the painful reminder of road trauma to make our roads safer?
Are we unable to make changes to our roads without prerequisite bloodshed?
Does it really have to be this way?
Can we not upgrade our roads before another tragedy?
Can we have Action Before Blood?
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The route for the Critical Mass ride on Friday. We're riding to Kensington to complete the ride that Will Richter didn't get to complete. A ride from his 19th birthday brunch to his university class.
Will Richter was hit by a truck on Macaulay Rd on his 19th birthday.
There are already plans for protected bike lanes for Macaulay Rd that have been sitting with the Department of Transport and Planning for a long time waiting for approval.
Meet at 5:30pm, State Library, Friday 31st October.
