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Identiy Crisis - Is it a bike lane or car parking
We have these spaces on many roads that try to be car parking and a bike lane. How can they be both? Let's have a look at these kinds of parking lane/bike lanes and see what the parking rules say and see if they work.
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The City Removed Some Parking and the Sky Didnt Fall In
Переглядів 86016 годин тому
Removing on street parking is often a reason given to not build more bike lanes. Opponents to bike lanes think the world is going to end if just one car park is taken away, and unfortunately elected officials often succumb to this pressure. Where the Southern Bike Link in Geelong, Australia crosses Carr Street, the sight lines were really poor due to parked cars, and had resulted in a number of...
Meaningful Improvement or Half Baked Effort
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There are always cars parked in this bike lane in the centre of Geelong, especially after the parking enforcement officers have finished for the day. Finally after lots of asking, there have been some new bollards installed. Are these a meaningful improvement, or a half baked effort.
Rip out the bike lanes
Переглядів 3,3 тис.21 день тому
The City of Greater Geelong Councillors proposed using 2 million dollars of rate payers money to rip out the newly installed bike lanes in central Geelong. They also voted at the last minute to cancel the Southern Bike Link stage 2 through the Geelong Suburb of Belmont. Let's take a look at the bike lanes and the councillors involved in those motions.
Train, Bus Bike or Car
Переглядів 852Місяць тому
I had to make a long trip from Geelong to the other side of Melbourne, a journey of about 110km. Let's look at getting there by Train - Train - Bus, by Car and by Train - Bike. We compare the times, cost and convenience, and how the bike infrastructure stacks up.
Victoria's Newest Regional Railway Station - By Bike
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Regional Rail Victoria have just opened Victoria's newest regional railway station, South Geelong (along with Marshall a few km down the track). Let's see how modern standards of railway construction cater for people choosing to travel to the station by bike. We examine the connections and the bike parking facilities.
Bicycle Infrastructure - Geelong Vs Bendigo
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Let's compare some observations of bicycle infrastructure in Bendigo to my home town of Geelong. I spent a few days in Bendigo and noticed some differences and similarities to what I see in Geelong. Some things were better in Bendigo, some things much the same, and some things worse. Both cities seem like pretty typical Victorian (or even Australian) car focussed towns.
How safe is your town/city for bike riders
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People who never ride a bike just never believe you when you tell them how many near misses you have with cars when you are riding your bike around town. Let's visit a some incidents that I have recorded in my home town over the last few months, and show just how challenging it can be to safely get around town by bike. I provide some commentary, and you will be shocked with some of the crazy th...
Bike Lanes to Nowhere
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Disjointed, disconnected bike lane networks are a big barrier to those wanting to safely travel around their city by bike. We take a look at 10 bike lanes to nowhere in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, where bike riders are thrown out into traffic lanes and busy roads to complete a trip. In many cases the missing bike lane may only be a block or so before it restarts.
Is Your Train Station this Hostile to People on Bikes?
Переглядів 2,5 тис.2 місяці тому
There has been talk about upgrading the car park at the local train station to accommodate more car parking. Is this a good investment, or could the problem be solved by investing in alternative ways of getting to the station? We have a look at the bike infrastructure and bicycle networks around the Geelong Train Station, and see what kind of experience it is to do the bike train combo.
Getting to a Geelong Cats Home Game
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Let's take a look at the different transport options promoted for getting to a Geelong Cats home game at GMHBA Stadium situated in Kardinia Park. Not surprisingly, cycling to the game is not supported or promoted.
Kardinia Park Stand Construction and the Adjacent Bike Lanes
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The Southern Bike Link in Geelong has endured disruption from the construction of the new Joel Selwood Stand at Kardinia Park for nearly two years. Let's investigate how the bike lanes immediately in front of the construction site were managed during this construction, and take a look at the final product, including the crossover for the maintenance access.
Why are cars always prioritised? Even on main bike routes?
Переглядів 3,3 тис.4 місяці тому
We ride the Bellarine Rail Trail near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is a main bike route, yet every road crossing prioritises the cars crossing the trail. We look at the differences between the roads, the crossings, the safety of people using the trail and discuss some ways to improve the crossings. Come with us on a journey from South Geelong Railway Station to the old Drysdale Railway Stat...
Bike Parking in High Street
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The bike parking in Belmont High Street seems to be under utilised. We take a look at why there are not many bikes parked in the bike racks along this busy shopping strip and make some suggestions on how to attract more bike riders to use the bike parking.
What is the appropriate speed for this street?
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We take a look at Moorabool Street in Geelong where the Southern Bike Link follows on the western side. There are businesses on both sides of the street and many residences on the eastern side. Moorabool Street has long sections with no safe crossing points, so it makes it difficult for bike riders and pedestrians to access the businesses on the eastern side, and it can be challenging for resid...
Keeping cars out of bike lanes
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Keeping cars out of bike lanes
Bridges where cyclists (and walkers) are marginalised
Переглядів 2,7 тис.5 місяців тому
Bridges where cyclists (and walkers) are marginalised
Is this the biggest missed opportunity for bicycle infrastructure in history?
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Is this the biggest missed opportunity for bicycle infrastructure in history?
15 Reasons I may not be riding in the bike lane
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15 Reasons I may not be riding in the bike lane
Barwon Heads Road Shared Path to Warralily
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Barwon Heads Road Shared Path to Warralily
Geelong's Top 10 Car Door Zone Bike Lanes
Переглядів 3,4 тис.6 місяців тому
Geelong's Top 10 Car Door Zone Bike Lanes
Geelong Basketball Stadium by Bike
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Geelong Basketball Stadium by Bike
Geelong - Are the bike lanes killing the CBD?
Переглядів 4,3 тис.6 місяців тому
Geelong - Are the bike lanes killing the CBD?
Geelong - Moolap Station Road Update
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Geelong - Moolap Station Road Update
Geelong's Ten Worst Pieces of Bike Infrastructure
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Geelong's Ten Worst Pieces of Bike Infrastructure
Spirit of Tasmania Terminal by Bike
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Spirit of Tasmania Terminal by Bike
City of Greater Geelong Cycling Strategy
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City of Greater Geelong Cycling Strategy
Geelong - Pakington Street - minimum passing distance
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Geelong - Pakington Street - minimum passing distance
Super Tuesday Bike Count - Geelong
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Super Tuesday Bike Count - Geelong
Geelong - Crossing Melbourne Road
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Geelong - Crossing Melbourne Road

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @stuartlinton2692
    @stuartlinton2692 Годину тому

    Would you please do a review of the new bike lanes that follow the train line from Waurn Ponds to Geelong? The new bike lane is open between Gundog road to South Geelong. However it emerges onto Breakwater road and stops between the Geelong Show grounds and Fyans Road. It is another Geelong bike lane to nowhere! Love the videos!

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy Хвилина тому

      I did some filming down there last week, but the section from Barwon terrace to the river wasn’t open yet. Once that is open, I will complete the review.

  • @mudelta4068
    @mudelta4068 Годину тому

    Your vid pretty muvh sums it up. If the authorities think that just stencilling bicycles on the roadway everywhere will placate cyclists , they are wrong. At least for me, they only serve to remind how lacking the bicycle infrastructure is over all. It is also disheartening to realise that most of the "better": infrastructure-e.g. the Copenhagen lanes appearing around Melbourne-is also often poorly designed and stinks of being a token gesture.

  • @oplkfdhgk
    @oplkfdhgk Годину тому

    Schrödinger's road infrastructure.

  • @rubecube5218
    @rubecube5218 Годину тому

    Nice vid

  • @adrian_zombturtle148
    @adrian_zombturtle148 2 години тому

    The main problem is that there isint enough room to see him coming on his bike, that or hebis ridingnhis bike too gast for them to react

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 2 години тому

      Cars travel much faster than bikes, so the the drivers can’t react to the speed of a bike, good luck reacting to the speed of a car.

  • @qazatqazah
    @qazatqazah 2 години тому

    Shocking.

  • @alexwilder8315
    @alexwilder8315 3 години тому

    When marked parking completely overlaps with a bike lane that is also immediately next to the kerb, would this kind of count as a subtype of this phenomenon? Example ///entertainer.news.yarn

    • @alexwilder8315
      @alexwilder8315 3 години тому

      (it's a what3words location on Mt Alexander Rd)

  • @tangiers365
    @tangiers365 3 години тому

    We have these lanes everywhere in Adelaide, in fact one local was killed on Duthy St in Unley earlier this year because of these parking/bike lane hybrid. The council of Unley has done nothing since his death and it was not the first one on that stretch of road in Adelaide's inner south.

    • @alexwilder8315
      @alexwilder8315 3 години тому

      Very sad and absolutely unacceptable. Maybe you can remind them with a question that will be read out loud at the next meeting and over livestream. I don't know if Unley do this but my council do.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 3 години тому

      I always compare that with workplace safety laws. No road would ever be able to operate if we applied the same workplace rules to roads!

    • @tangiers365
      @tangiers365 3 години тому

      @@alexwilder8315 Unfortunately I live in the bordering council with Unley and they will not take comments from those outside the council, even though it is on my daily commute

    • @alexwilder8315
      @alexwilder8315 2 години тому

      @@tangiers365 hmm maybe someone in your local FB bike groups is a resident and would consider it. A bit hard I know

    • @tangiers365
      @tangiers365 2 години тому

      @@alexwilder8315 There is an Unley BUG(bike users group) which do great things for the community. I have to focus on my own council area because of where I reside unfortunately. Thanks for the tips

  • @tangiers365
    @tangiers365 3 години тому

    This is obscene! Imagine a car lane that was also a parking lane . no one could move! think its so the council or whomever could tick off covering 'active transport'

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 3 години тому

      Just an exercise to get the bike lane stats up!

    • @alexwilder8315
      @alexwilder8315 3 години тому

      Be quiet and accept what your big brother gives you 👺

  • @jeremylukedominicbate7482
    @jeremylukedominicbate7482 4 години тому

    Ha ha! I like the idea of parking my bike in a car lane! It's a wonder how entitled car drivers can be.. Maybe the police can enforce parking rules instead of just the helmet laws.

    • @tangiers365
      @tangiers365 3 години тому

      🤣🤣 the amount of times I call the police to report cars blocking the bike lane which is a clearway yet they tell me they don't care about this offense. This is SApol btw. I imagine if I 'park' my bike in a car lane I would be arrested.

    • @alexwilder8315
      @alexwilder8315 3 години тому

      I wonder if we could install three bolted-down bike parking hoops in the adjacent lane one night to make a point 😅😂

    • @alexwilder8315
      @alexwilder8315 3 години тому

      ​@@tangiers365hmm report to the council might go further. Some councils are super hungry for parking fee revenue. 🤑🤑🤑

    • @tangiers365
      @tangiers365 2 години тому

      @@alexwilder8315 Yeah the problem is the council and all of them here in South Aus will only do something about cars in bike lanes if its between 9-5 monday-friday and they have staff to visit which they never do. Many local drivers know this and park in bicycle clearways all weekend and after 5pm knowing they can't be fined.

  • @mikewatson1105
    @mikewatson1105 4 години тому

    Oh wow, that's jaw-dropping. I ride in the ACT and when I occasionally think its getting too hard I come and look in your channel for a sanity check!! Thanks for sharing what I sometimes find quite hard to believe.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 3 години тому

      It astounds me what I see now. So much goes unnoticed and is accepted out there in the road!

  • @Servergmr
    @Servergmr День тому

    Geelong is such a weird city honestly.

  • @Servergmr
    @Servergmr День тому

    Delineators and bollards are technically distinct.

  • @Servergmr
    @Servergmr День тому

    I think it'd be better if a lot of the parking was behind buildings and in alleys I guess. That's generally how it is in Japan. And I've seen examples of parallel parking in some New York alleys(likely not Manhattan due to how few it has).

  • @user-fed-yum
    @user-fed-yum 2 дні тому

    The Geelong CBD congestion has been terrible for years, especially during trendy visiting times. Why would anyone want to go there when after you've tried a few times without success. I can't fathom how bike lanes could have made it even worse.

  • @bobburton9936
    @bobburton9936 6 днів тому

    nice. the 1 cyclist per week using this doesnt have to stop or pay attention when crossing the road. fu the thousands of cars that use this road per week and the people wanting to park in those 3 spaces. still no one using the bike lanes in your vids!

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 6 днів тому

      Wondering where your numbers came from. Please let me know your source, or did you make your stats up?

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 6 днів тому

      Thanks for watching again. I notice you keep coming back to watch each week. Maybe you should dust the bike off and try riding into the CBD, it’s way faster and more enjoyable than being stuck in traffic.

  • @derekjolly3680
    @derekjolly3680 6 днів тому

    See where I live in Arizona it's exactly the reverse. There's never anything like a "Give Way" sign to the drivers, only "Yield" signs for the riders. Ass backwards if you ask me. Doesn't matter where either. Most always the same excepting along one short clip of the recreational bike path.

  • @Lady_Caster
    @Lady_Caster 6 днів тому

    Partially related: Did you see the 7:30 report on a couple of deadly cycling intersections that was on tonight? It is up on YT.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 6 днів тому

      Yes, thank you for the reference. The guy speaking on the report from bike west has been very helpful for me with information for the videos, and also for getting Bike Geelong started.

  • @ecopennylife
    @ecopennylife 7 днів тому

    Good change, the removed car spaces would be better if they had some sort of cross thatching paint to make it more obvious no parking there.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 6 днів тому

      You are correct, and extending the kerb would be even better!

  • @tangiers365
    @tangiers365 7 днів тому

  • @untaintedwheelchair
    @untaintedwheelchair 7 днів тому

    Sure, it's a minor improvement. However, the situation is far more grim if instead of following the 'bicycle lane' north, you need to head west, which means connecting onto Kilgour St and then Noble St, which is the only option for some. There is nothing remotely 'bicycle friendly' if one needs to cross Latrobe Terrace/Princes Hwy there unless you head 5km north to Little Malop St, and 5km south again.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 7 днів тому

      I have to cross moorabool street and Latrobe Terrace regularly and neither are fun near Kardinia Park

  • @travisbassett1084
    @travisbassett1084 10 днів тому

    Nice video and advocacy. It’s great to shine a light on local politicians. There isn’t enough coverage of things that affect our everyday life. Best of luck in Geelong. I’m from Brisbane but only recently realised some of the comments from local council, like pedestrian crossings are downgrades, who would ride a bicycle etc. like to redo my recent vote 😂.

  • @yaughl
    @yaughl 10 днів тому

    Parking in a bike lane should be immediate towing and license suspension. Those drivers are clearly inept; their inability to manage a parked car raises one question, should they be trusted with a moving one?

  • @almc8445
    @almc8445 10 днів тому

    Hobartian here agreeing with @bobburton9936’s comment. The go to excuse for putting in bike lanes is that they’re used by commuters so it’s good for the environment, but for all but the most central city streets, the bike lanes go entirely unused on weekdays, and only see use from mobs of cyclists on weekends who spill out and take up more than half the car lane anyway. Bikes need to gtfo back to the footpaths. They do NOT belong on roads.

  • @oven4411
    @oven4411 10 днів тому

    because of the bikes lanes and shit i avoid the cbd as much as possible by car. but the biggest thing in killing the cbd was it became shit.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 10 днів тому

      At least COGG are trying to make some changes to improve it rather than leave it as same old and just expecting that it will get better.

  • @chaoticsequencer
    @chaoticsequencer 11 днів тому

    You're a legend mate! Keep up the good work.

  • @Harrybollox
    @Harrybollox 11 днів тому

    I unfortunately had to drive to at kilda road the other day, a whole lane gone and not a bike in sight. I found a park, did my business item, walked to a half empty pub, went home, not going back.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 11 днів тому

      There are other options apart from driving to St Kilda Road. Tram, soon a train and bike lanes. Just need to think a bit differently.

    • @Harrybollox
      @Harrybollox 10 днів тому

      @@bikeroutebuddy as I was transporting sensitive company equipment, well, no . Yes trains are coming to that area but it used to be easy by car. Now it’s not, so I just wont if go. Thats even more eco friendly, just don’t go anywhere . The cbd can get stuffed , it was already wrecked by city and state planners allowing redevelopment vandalism anyway. Now even the roads are gone. I’ll spend my money out here in the suburbs and on Amazon

  • @shraka
    @shraka 11 днів тому

    I'd give it a 2/10 TBH. To me 5/10 would be metal bollards protecting both locations. 10/10 would be to fully separate the bike path with both a curb and hip high physical and shrub barrier - maybe move the one at location 3 behind the tree so it acts as extra protection, and have the intersections raised to pedestrian level at the ped / bike crossing.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 11 днів тому

      I thought I may have been a bit too generous!

    • @shraka
      @shraka 10 днів тому

      @@bikeroutebuddy After seeing Amsterdam and Paris bike networks I think I'M still being generous.

  • @bobburton9936
    @bobburton9936 11 днів тому

    I think your video answers 1 very important question about the bike lanes. WHY DO WE NEED THEM ? a 7 minute video about bike lanes and NOT ONE PERSON USING THEM, we get 1 stock photo of bike users and 4 cyclists at 3:42 who aren't using the lanes. stop going to Geelong council meeting and wasting their time and taxpayers money. NO ONE WANTS OR USES THE BIKE LANES YOUR PROVIDING THE PROOF !!!

    • @aquacactuscheeseburger
      @aquacactuscheeseburger 11 днів тому

      The video addresses the lack of usage: The lane ends in a major intersection with no safe way to pass through! Bike lane usage is much higher when the conditions are actually safe. If the Gheringhap St bike lanes connected to the Malop St bike lanes as mentioned in the video, it would allow many more people to safely access the main shopping area. How many people would drive to work if the last kilometre of the road was a steep 4wd track? Usage drastically increases when conditions are safe and when routes actually go places

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 11 днів тому

      It’s pretty hard to use them when they are always blocked with parked cars! I also love the way that when you see something that doesn’t back up your argument you accuse it of being a “stock” photo. By the number of times I have nearly been killed by drivers that don’t see me in the bike lane is an indication that people driving never see people riding in the bike lanes whether they are present or not!

    • @bobburton9936
      @bobburton9936 8 днів тому

      @@bikeroutebuddy the "stock" photo I referred too is at 1:31 but my argument is pretty simple, there no one using the bike lanes. Ive lived in Geelong for over 40 years. I saw them install the first bike lanes, Ive seen all the alterations and accommodations put in for cyclists, In all that time I would estimate (and this is being really generous) I've seen 20 cyclists using it, not 20 per year 20 in total. No one uses em not because there unsafe, Geelong is not a condensed urban city it is a sprawled out country town. most of us dont have the time to waste 2hrs getting around on a bike. There are tonnes of bike tracks around Geelong hardly used, the only group of cyclists I see in Geelong is when the cadel evans bike thing is on and they come out of the woodwork, the rich wankers who ride in from Barwon Heads not using the bike lanes but drifting all over Barwon Head Rd and Latrobe Terrace to get a coffee on the waterfront.

  • @guessundheit6494
    @guessundheit6494 11 днів тому

    The ONLY thing that will get their attention and change their behaviour is having to fix their cars. Jersey barriers and other tall concrete blocks will solve the problem ($$$).

  • @yukaira
    @yukaira 11 днів тому

    5:35, to be clear, i am a cyclist and i advocate heavily for protected lanes, but they may have not put them up all the way to the intersection for trucks making difficult turns? (Unless there are already truck restrictions) They should still have installed some form of cyclist protection/something to disincentivise parking there other than paint and it being illegal. maybe some armadillos (like 6:36?) or a short mountable curb, so trucks could still pass over? They did something very similar here in my city, where the curb protecting cyclists drops down to a rumble strip so that trucks have the clearance to perform their turns, while the rumble strip still prevents drivers from cutting the corner, or parking in the bike lane. props to you for showing up and advocating for cyclists where you live, cheers from canada, i hope you can get more protected bike lanes! p.s. happy to be your 999th subscriber :)

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 11 днів тому

      The first on - little malop st - is one way, so vehicles aren’t coming out and turning left into Gheringhap. (We drive on the left). The second one could be for the reason of vehicles turning left into Gheringhap, however they didn’t stop the kerbs short on the other examples

    • @yukaira
      @yukaira 10 днів тому

      ​@@bikeroutebuddy Then I dont see any reason they shouldn't have extended the protection all the way to the intersection. Seems like a half baked bike lane protection plan to me...

  • @PromenadeMTL
    @PromenadeMTL 11 днів тому

    Wow, positive response from the authorities. Congrats, it looks like you will break 1,000 subscribers soon.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 11 днів тому

      Just got to 1000! Need some more success with the authorities!

  • @rubecube5218
    @rubecube5218 11 днів тому

    Doing the lords work brother. You just got a new subscriber

  • @tangiers365
    @tangiers365 11 днів тому

    thank you for your tireless effort against these tyrannical car brained fools

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 11 днів тому

      It’s actually quite fun. There is no shortage of topics!

  • @karenplusrex6407
    @karenplusrex6407 12 днів тому

    7:21 it is interesting that the TAC can pay for 6month motel accommodation for a client while bathroom renovations are undertaken in their home. Would it not be more economical to have safe bike lanes to prevent injury than pay after the event. Hope there is not a conflict of intent......

  • @hsngm33
    @hsngm33 12 днів тому

    Why do municipalities hate free money so much? This is a problem I see in my country as well, municipalities just really seem to hate actually enforcing parking rules with tickets, I just dont get why they cant do enforcement, I think a lot of problems could be solved without any physical infrastructure, just by actually enforcing the rules and getting free ticket money.

  • @hulahoopone
    @hulahoopone 12 днів тому

    You beat me to it with the phrase "half arsed" It looks simply like a box ticking exercise for COGG to say that they are addressing the needs of bicycle users, without actually doing too much about it. I'd suggest everyone takes a close look at their council candidates when voting this week.

  • @jeremylukedominicbate7482
    @jeremylukedominicbate7482 12 днів тому

    Good work.. That's a good point about how these people would view the issue of safety at work, but no concern about where they park..

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 12 днів тому

      I gave them an appropriate google review!

  • @snowleopard9749
    @snowleopard9749 12 днів тому

    This is Australia, it's not CROW manual/international best practises, so it's necessarily quarter-arsed.

  • @bobburton9936
    @bobburton9936 12 днів тому

    your video is dumb and not right. Before any bike lanes were added over 90% of Geelong CBD parking was angled parking not parallel and 2 lane roads. then they added the first round of bike lanes(which was proven no one used). This is when people claimed the blke lanes will be the cause of the CBDs demise, at this time there was barely any empty shops in Geelong. to add this first round of bike lanes is when they halved the amount of parks available when switching from angled to parallel. this also caused the Westfield in Geelong which was free parking for the 1st 2hrs to become the ONLY Westfield in Australia which charges for parking. From then on its been a slow death for Geelong with a corrupt council doubling down on dumb ideas and implementing (at taxpayers expense) all the alterations of moving and adjusting bike lanes to cater for you and about 100 others that will use the system out of 250,000+ population of GGelong

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 12 днів тому

      That is drawing a long bow to blame the bike lanes on two streets in the whole CBD for all the problems you have written here. If lack of parking is the issue, why are there so many empty car parks on every street?

  • @TheHMSBros
    @TheHMSBros 12 днів тому

    Good to see action did get taken at least, I've had MANY experiences of just being ignored by council. I reckon those regulars to those "parking spots" should have a bike lock locked through their wheel, like a wheel boot, that'd get the message across.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 12 днів тому

      I’d thought about that a number of times! I believe the City did follow up with that repeat offender, but it would have just been a nice request, as they won’t issue tickets unless they see them

  • @victorsmith1329
    @victorsmith1329 13 днів тому

    Your videos are fantastic. I would love to try and connect over email as my family begins the moving process. We are heading to Geelong in March and getting a sense of whats happening there is a huge benefit.

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 13 днів тому

      Hi Victor, I think we have already connected through bike Geelong on FB

    • @victorsmith1329
      @victorsmith1329 12 днів тому

      ​@@bikeroutebuddy perfect!

  • @cameronwoodyard2287
    @cameronwoodyard2287 15 днів тому

    "I don't think anyone would argue that all cars should be banned from the CBD" I mean...I would make that argument, while understanding how infeasible it would be.

  • @shraka
    @shraka 15 днів тому

    They can use cameras / induction loop to detect bikes approaching light controlled crossings and triggering them so the bike doesn't have to stop. Though I think they should just put a train back in again - or put in a tram.

  • @just_passing_through
    @just_passing_through 15 днів тому

    6:08 As far as I am concerned every single every single learner driver in Australia should be taught the “Dutch Reach” way of opening their car door. It was drummed into me as a learner some 40+ years ago, and I literally could not count the number of times I have paused to allow a rider to pass after seeing them as I go to open my door.

    • @user-fed-yum
      @user-fed-yum 2 дні тому

      Great for people with disability issues. Not 🤦

  • @Priotech
    @Priotech 17 днів тому

    The main problem with the northern Gheringhap street part is they put several car parks in and removed a lane when it should just be two lanes and the bike lanes, forcing people to merge into one lane for less than 100m just to split back out for the intersection seems needlessly dangerous. Everything else is fine.

  • @tangiers365
    @tangiers365 18 днів тому

    It's literally the exact same with the Adelaide City Council at the moment The ACC canned the only east - west bike link in adelaide city because they would lose 18 paid car parks even though they own all the multi story car parks in the city

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 18 днів тому

      We have got a section at the end of one of the main routes that needs 10 parks removed to connect up the main north/south route to the main east/west route, but city of Geelong won’t remove these parks. We covered it in the Bike Lanes to Nowhere video.

    • @tangiers365
      @tangiers365 18 днів тому

      @bikeroutebuddy omg it's like we live in a parallel universe

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 12 днів тому

      You should hear people complain that the city is dead and no one is in the city, and in the next breath say there are no car parks. If the city is dead, then the car parks will be empty!

  • @tangiers365
    @tangiers365 18 днів тому

    Good work mate. If only more of geelong could see this

    • @bikeroutebuddy
      @bikeroutebuddy 18 днів тому

      Spread the link far and wide on whatever social media groups you are on.

  • @normdouglas
    @normdouglas 18 днів тому

    Thanks for your work mate

  • @EJP286CRSKW
    @EJP286CRSKW 18 днів тому

    I have a bike lane near me in Fitzroy St St Kilda. I even saw a bike in it this week. I only mention it because it’s so unusual. Been there basically unused for 30 years.

    • @Beebee_1984
      @Beebee_1984 18 днів тому

      you done a count 🤡

    • @EJP286CRSKW
      @EJP286CRSKW 18 днів тому

      @@Beebee_1984 Every time I drive through, and that includes rush hour.

    • @Beebee_1984
      @Beebee_1984 18 днів тому

      @@EJP286CRSKW You’re a clown

    • @tangiers365
      @tangiers365 18 днів тому

      Things that never existed. Go off king

    • @tangiers365
      @tangiers365 18 днів тому

      I've literally ridden along there all the time when I lived in Windsor