Save the College Street Cycleway#2: Friday 27/Feb 17:30

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Postby utopia » 26 Feb 2015, 17:33

Date/Time : 27/Feb(Friday) 17:30–18:30
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney
Cnr Bridge & Macquarie Street, Sydney, Australia 2000

<taken and adapted from their event page on FB : https://www.facebook.com/events/1608373542729150 >

On Friday 27 February we will show the state government what it looks like when cyclists who use the College Street Cycleway each day are forced onto the road.

At 5:30pm we will gather and ride, legally filling up the roadway, along Macquarie Street

When we arrive in front of State Parliament we will be holding a 5 minute die-in to protest this government's lack of concern for the safety of Sydneysiders who ride bicycles. The government knows that where separated cycleways have been built in Sydney the rate of reported injury has been halved.

We will then rise from the dead and ride on to College Street, where we will hold another 5 minute die-in.

The government knows that where separated cycleways have been built in Sydney the rate of reported injury has been halved.
Your are encouraged to get dressed up for the ride in your best zombie attire.


Added: Die-In /Stop Killing Cyclists protest have happened in UK .
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... month.html
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/h ... 04488.html


Support this in principal but cannot / do not want to participate in the protest?
Please consider writing to :
Premier: https://www.nsw.gov.au/your-government/ ... outh-wales
Minister for Roads: https://www.nsw.gov.au/contact-minister-roads-freight
Minister for Transport: https://www.nsw.gov.au/contacttransportminister

<sample https://www.facebook.com/savecollegestr ... 40/?type=1 >

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Postby utopia » 27 Feb 2015, 10:09

Per FB update Change in plans : No Die-In

Save College Street Cycleway

The ride is tonight! Meet at 5:30 at the Conservatorium of Music for a ride down Macquarie St and College St on the road. We will then use the bus lane on Oxford St to ride up to Taylor Square and get some refreshments.
An update after conversations with the police this morning: there will be no die-in, we will just be riding.
Even if you can't make the ride, you can make a difference.
Contact the Premier and Ministers and let them know what you think about the plan to dig up the cycleway.


https://www.facebook.com/events/1608373542729150

That is if anyone was hardcore enough to ride to work today in the rain.


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