And yet mouth breathers say that people cycling need id plates so they can be identified.
It works so well with drivers doesn't it?

You're definitely allowed to hike to and stay in most of the ones in the Kosciuszko NP in NSW.

Almost 100% of the reason why I go watch stuff at the cinema. Ticket + beer + snacks is way more than at home, but the 110 - 180 mins of just watching a movie is worth every cent extra

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Among many discussions we have with policy leaders at the Grattan Institute, one issue continually comes to the fore: Australia's democracy. But is our democracy really under pressure? If so, how should we respond? This is the topic of our latest Grattan Institute report.

Confront your city council and ask them point blank "Why is it ok for a bike lane to end?"

The core tenet of juat about every kind of nimbyism is preventing your neighbours from doing things you disapprove of. Like cashing in when someone comes knocking offering a bucket load of money

Excuse me while I vomit up my ungovernable rage. I had a funny little column planned for today.

I have published my column. There was some ranting and intemperate language

Ignoring the costs (whether monetary or otherwise) of imposing extra regulation is one of our national hobbies

Relative Injury Risk of E-bikes and Conventional Bicycles findingspress.org/article/157852-relative-...

No! It's very important that we keep the 49,999th, 50,000th and 50,001st functionally identical terrace or California bungalow in the inner west of Sydney

According to the RBA £65 in 1954 is around $2900 in 2025 dollars!

Lilyfield Road bike path concept design and proposed angle parking We're building a two-way bike path on Lilyfield Road, from Iron Cove to Rozelle Parklands and introducing angled parking along Lilyfield Road.

OK, I have annoyed the shit out of the local FB groups this morning with pleas to send in a response to the council's separated cycle path plans - so now it's your turn Bluesky!
If you're in the Inner West or surrounds, please provide feedback on this! yoursay.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/lilyfield-ro...

This is LITERALLY what (almost) every person in Australia says, “We could never do that in our city.”

The ones who don’t say this are friends of mine and can be counted on one hand.

My favourite recent example of this was Darcy Byrne (Inner West Council Mayor) saying in an interview why active transport is impossible: "we have some of the oldest roads in Sydney, they weren't designed for active transport"!!

Falling house prices? That sounds like a good housing market to me...

Live in Brisbane? Join this snap action against the North Korea style attack on ebike freedom in Queensland. 5pm Raymond Park Wednesday April 1 (no fooling). Please share.

Randwick council:

'Perverse': Sydney council wants to ban commercial student housing For every 10 student rooms being built, there is only one residential property in an area of Sydney's east. The mayor says the housing market has been "monopolised".

Perhaps instead of claiming that student housing is crowding out apartments, Randwick council might consider zoning additional capacity in Kensington and Kingsford? They have the ability to do that
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We had the same "bike fines the same as car fines", and ripping out bike lanes, but (at least in inner Sydney) things are going ok. As much as there's been some stupid shit about high powered e-bikes, at least so far the more normal ones are largely being left alone. It had better stay thay way...

This bullshit better never make it south of the Tweed. We've managed to mostly reverse a decade of fuckery in NSW, and this kind of madness would be a massive step backwards.
Best of luck in fighting it!

Parking Reform Down Under · Zoom · Luma Australia is starting to wake up to parking reform. Across the country, most places still have high parking mandates and a parking fee phobia. Outdated parking…

Any Australia-based or Aussie parking reformers here? Join us Tuesday morning 31 March (Australia time zones) for an online @parkingreform.org event.

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Enough with the FALSE CHOICE between increasing infill density or increasing the urban tree canopy. BOTH are not only possible, but absolutely necessary. Good design is the key. The real design challenge isn’t building density or the space needed for trees… it’s the space we still surrender to cars.

Australia has been a world leader in dumb legislation since forever

Systematic change is needed on this issue.
But this also highlights why it's so important for those of us who are both YIMBYs and own an apartment or house to argue in favour of building more housing. Sitting on the sidelines helps the NIMBYs, and I have no interest in that

Parliamentary inquiry into community consultation practices finds that local government ‘opt-in’ consultation is biased against renters and the young →

"A tax on inheritance is double taxation."

No it's not. The person who earned the money gets taxed, and then the person who "earns" the money through inheritance should also be taxed on their "earnings".

And she's asking for something way weaker than an inheritance tax.

Time for Sydney to start turning car parking spaces into bike parking

Picture of Mayor Hidalgo and Brent Toderian in from of the City Hall Exhibition

Exhibition banners on the front of Paris City Hall

Media opening of the Exhibition

Exhibition entrance awaiting the public opening

“The truth is, we tend to think of [the actions of real leaders] as ‘bold’ because not enough cities are doing them, even though they should.”

The night before the Paris election of @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s successor, I’m thankful for my own collaboration with her. momentummag.com/from-paris-t...

Lie: Bike-lanes cause traffic congestion.

Truth: Bike-lanes help solve traffic congestion.

Lie: Bike-lanes hurt street shops if they replace parking.

Truth: Bike-lanes help street shops more than street parking does.

Lie: Bike-lanes cost us too much.

Truth: Bike-lanes save us all public money.