Sandor Horvath is seeking expressions of interest from cargo bike owners and riders who might be able to participate in gathering for a small event on World Environment Day, Wednesday June 5th, 2013.

The location would be in the gym of Thebarton Senior College from about from 9:30 - 12:30. Please contact Sandor if interested at: sandorhorvath07@gmail.com

If you are interested in advocacy and other everyday cyclist issues please come along to the Bicycle Institute's AGM on Wednesday, May 8 and 7pm (details). Our guest speaker is Colin Maher from DPTI presenting  on 'All Things DPTI: Greenways, Bike Lanes and Bike Boulevards'. Colin in a cycling planner whose background is as a planner in Portland OR and is in Australia for a contract to work with the Office of Cycling and Walking. So if you want to learn more, and put some questions forward, please come along and also consider joining the Bicycle Institute as well.

The madness that is March in Adelaide is fast receding into memory. The warm nights and hot days are flowing into the autumnal cool that promises winter soon. For us more hardened transport cyclists, the arrival of the cooler weather and all it brings does not mean hanging up the bicycle for another ‘season’ or turning to indoor ‘training’ to keep fit and in shape. What happens is that our clothes become an embodiment of memory, with winter clothing suited to the bicycle percolating to the surface again, wardrobes being arranged to suit. The bicycle is a transport of delight, a counterpoint to the speed and disassociated dislocation of a city experienced within the passive confines of automobility.

April Pedal Update is available now to read online here or via the flip-magazine below. Printed editions will be mailed out in the next week.

 The Bicycle Institute AGM

Our AGM will be held on Wednesday 8^th May at 7pm at the Conservation Council, Level 1, 157 Franklin Street, Adelaide. Members and other interested parties are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Ian Radbone from HubTT, has prepared an observation on the results of this year's Super Tuesday census results. As a background; on the first Tuesday of March a census of cyclists riding between 7am and 9am is carried out by volunteer counters. It's not just held in Adelaide but in other capital cities as well.

With the help of this funny Streetfilms video Hal wanders streets of NY Soho to mark bike locking. Given recent thefts in Adelaide this and his other two Streetfilms videos are compulsory viewing if you want to learn what it takes to make your bike secure. http://www.streetfilms.org/hal-grades-your-bike-locking/

This informative video from Mike Rubbo of http://www.situp-cycle.com/ shows how the Northen Territory have taken a different path than the rest of Australia on helmet laws and footpath sharing. It reminds of a recent trip to Alice Springs and being surprised by the number of cyclists on a typically hot summer day and the number not wearing helmets and the good network of pathways provided to cyclists. Mike travelled to Darwin in 2010 to produce this video on the way they provide for cycling in the Northern Territory. http://www.situp-cycle.com/2010/09/16/darwin-shows-the-way/

News released today from City of Marion.

“Railway Terrace will be transformed into a people-friendly street that promotes healthy lifestyles by encouraging walking and cycling and use of public transport while accommodating the needs of motorists,”

http://makingmarion.com.au/railwayterrace

MEDIA RELEASE
Tuesday, February 26 2013
$1.8m streetscape puts walking and cycling first

 We have received the following notification from the Onkaparinga Council:

In conjunction with the State Government, the Onkaparinga Council has constructed the Coast to Vines (C2V) Trail.

The section between River Rd and Railway Tce is in poor condition and at the end of its lifecycle.