Boxes of goodies are ready for the new volunteers trying out the node setup instructions over at https://lores.tech . This will bring us up to 7 people trying out nodes in their own homes, which gives us some great practice on how to coordinate a digital commons for a region like Merri-bek.
Poster text:
“We are part of Sydney Road Street Party 2026”
#3CR community radio - 50 Years
BRUNSWICK
MUSIC FESTIVAL
1-8 MARCH
Sunday 1st March
Sydney Rd
Street Party
Arts #MerriBek
From A to Bee https://museumsvictoria.com.au/article/from-a-to-bee/
Investigating the value of citizen-led gardens on road verges for insect biodiversity in the City of Merri-bek, Australia
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866725001554
Another thing that the City of Merri-bek passed at the meeting on Wednesday night was a resolution to start participating in a dockless bike hire program (eg. Lime bikes)
The interesting part is that the resolution required that all bike hire bikes be parked in designated areas and that all those areas will be on the road replacing car parking spaces. This means that footpaths won't be littered with hire bikes.
This is going to require hundreds of car parking spaces around the city to be converted in to bike hire parking space.
This is a great move and other city councils should do the same.
Last night the Merri-bek City council approved the "Streets for People plan" that provides a master plan for a network of streets across the city that will be targeted for upgrades to make them better for people walking and cycling.
It's a big vague plan that will be implemented on a street by street basis over decades but will hopefully allow consultations to be done in the context of a larger transportation network. It's hoped that people will be better able to see the benefits when they see how a project on their street connects in to a wider network.
The plan also includes upgrading entire streets to provide full connections instead of small ad-hoc piece-meal changes to streets that don't connect to anything in the existing network.
https://conversations.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/streets-people-plan
New @3CRMelbourne podcast: Remembering John Englart 1955-2025, Faith & Val speak to Andrea Bunting from @camoreland. A celebration of John's life will be held on Monday July 28th, 12-4pm at St Mark's Church Hall in Fawkner. #merribek #couchpeloton
https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/remembering-john-englart-1955-2025
Jade
Peter Riley
stib
Jesse
Yarra Bicycle Users Group
Merri-bek BUG