"]21st July - Interested in Starting your own Bike Bus? There will be a training day for Bike Bus "drivers" and "conductors" (leaders and sweeps) on Saturday 21st July at Sydney Olympic Park. Email Fiona at [email hidden] to register your interest. See http://www.bikebus.org.au for more about the Bike Bus project."
and the whole thing has me intrigued. Anyone have any experience with this? Anything like this in other cities?
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Got this little announcement from BicycleNSW:
"]21st July - Interested in Starting your own Bike Bus? There will be a training day for Bike Bus "drivers" and "conductors" (leaders and sweeps) on Saturday 21st July at Sydney Olympic Park. Email Fiona at [email hidden] to register your interest. See http://www.bikebus.org.au for more about the Bike Bus project."
and the whole thing has me intrigued. Anyone have any experience with this? Anything like this in other cities?
Like a bus that has a timetable and runs the same route,the bikebus consists of other people with bicycles who can wait and meet the "bike bus" and then ride in the pack as a passenger only that they don't sit on a seat and be taken to a destination but they have to ride their own bike and can branch off from the closet area to their work/home destination. It's a great idea for those who want to commute by bicycle but are a bit scared of doing it on their own amongst the peakhour traffic and heavy areas.The 'Driver' is the leader of the bus at all times and steers (leads) the bikebus to it's destination and the 'Conductor' is the nominated rider who sits at the back of the group to make sure nothing happens from behind or if anyone has a stack and takes note of who leaves and branches off during the course of the trip.Everyone must abide by the road rules as if they are in a motorvehicle and will/can be chucked out if they misbehave although this i beleive might be a little difficult as anyone can barge into a group of cyclists whether they are welcome or not whereas with a real bus,once they are out and the bus has moved on,they can't get back on when the doors are closed. In all, I reckon though it's a great idea but it has to rely on the reliability of it's volunteer drivers and conductors sticking to the same schedule.
It's kinda based around the BUG (bike user group) regular club/group rides principles.
"]21st July - Interested in Starting your own Bike Bus? There will be a training day for Bike Bus "drivers" and "conductors" (leaders and sweeps) on Saturday 21st July at Sydney Olympic Park. Email Fiona at [email hidden] to register your interest. See http://www.bikebus.org.aufor more about the Bike Bus project."
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and the whole thing has me intrigued. Anyone have any experience with this? Anything like this in other cities?
Like a bus that has a timetable and runs the same route,the bikebus consists of other people with bicycles who can wait and meet the "bike bus" and then ride in the pack as a passenger only that they don't sit on a seat and be taken to a destination but they have to ride their own bike and can branch off from the closet area to their work/home destination. It's a great idea for those who want to commute by bicycle but are a bit scared of doing it on their own amongst the peakhour traffic and heavy areas.The 'Driver' is the leader of the bus at all times and steers (leads) the bikebus to it's destination and the 'Conductor' is the nominated rider who sits at the back of the group to make sure nothing happens from behind or if anyone has a stack and takes note of who leaves and branches off during the course of the trip.Everyone must abide by the road rules as if they are in a motorvehicle and will/can be chucked out if they misbehave although this i beleive might be a little difficult as anyone can barge into a group of cyclists whether they are welcome or not whereas with a real bus,once they are out and the bus has moved on,they can't get back on when the doors are closed. In all, I reckon though it's a great idea but it has to rely on the reliability of it's volunteer drivers and conductors sticking to the same schedule.
It's kinda based around the BUG (bike user group) regular club/group rides principles.
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That sounds like fun. I've been wanting to do something like this in Perth. Anyone south of the river interested?
these are positive safety initiatives for commuters, especially newbies.
It wouldnt hurt if those commuters willing to help a few BikeBus routes get started kicked in and outlined their routes taken and got responses from those wanting to catch the bus.
Easy to build a blog or a twitter group to keep in touch, outline the timetables , timing points and routes.
From little things big things grow...(thanks Paul Kelly)
"]21st July - Interested in Starting your own Bike Bus? There will be a training day for Bike Bus "drivers" and "conductors" (leaders and sweeps) on Saturday 21st July at Sydney Olympic Park. Email Fiona at [email hidden] to register your interest. See bikebus.org.auforbikebus.org.auforOpen ↗ more about the Bike Bus project."
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and the whole thing has me intrigued. Anyone have any experience with this? Anything like this in other cities?
Like a bus that has a timetable and runs the same route,the bikebus consists of other people with bicycles who can wait and meet the "bike bus" and then ride in the pack as a passenger only that they don't sit on a seat and be taken to a destination but they have to ride their own bike and can branch off from the closet area to their work/home destination. It's a great idea for those who want to commute by bicycle but are a bit scared of doing it on their own amongst the peakhour traffic and heavy areas.The 'Driver' is the leader of the bus at all times and steers (leads) the bikebus to it's destination and the 'Conductor' is the nominated rider who sits at the back of the group to make sure nothing happens from behind or if anyone has a stack and takes note of who leaves and branches off during the course of the trip.Everyone must abide by the road rules as if they are in a motorvehicle and will/can be chucked out if they misbehave although this i beleive might be a little difficult as anyone can barge into a group of cyclists whether they are welcome or not whereas with a real bus,once they are out and the bus has moved on,they can't get back on when the doors are closed. In all, I reckon though it's a great idea but it has to rely on the reliability of it's volunteer drivers and conductors sticking to the same schedule.
It's kinda based around the BUG (bike user group) regular club/group rides principles.
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That sounds like fun. I've been wanting to do something like this in Perth. Anyone south of the river interested?[/QUOTE] If it was a nice day, I might forget to get off the bus.
I live in Kensington and my office is in East Perth - my commute is mostly a tootle around the river path, so I doubt I would be on your bus route.
Like a bus that has a timetable and runs the same route,the bikebus
consists
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of other people with bicycles who can wait and meet the "bike bus"
and then
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ride in the pack as a passenger only that they don't sit on a seat
and be
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taken to a destination but they have to ride their own bike and can
branch
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off from the closet area to their work/home destination. It's a great
idea
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for those who want to commute by bicycle but are a bit scared of
doing it on
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their own amongst the peakhour traffic and heavy areas.The 'Driver'
is the
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leader of the bus at all times and steers (leads) the bikebus to it's destination and the 'Conductor' is the nominated rider who sits at
the back
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of the group to make sure nothing happens from behind or if anyone
has a
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stack and takes note of who leaves and branches off during the course
of the
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trip.Everyone must abide by the road rules as if they are in a
motorvehicle
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and will/can be chucked out if they misbehave although this i beleive
might
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be a little difficult as anyone can barge into a group of cyclists
whether
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they are welcome or not whereas with a real bus,once they are out and
the
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bus has moved on,they can't get back on when the doors are closed. In
all, I
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reckon though it's a great idea but it has to rely on the reliability
of
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it's volunteer drivers and conductors sticking to the same schedule.
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It's kinda based around the BUG (bike user group) regular club/group
rides
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principles.
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That sounds like fun. I've been wanting to do something like this in Perth. Anyone south of the river interested?
If it was a nice day, I might forget to get off the bus.
I live in Kensington and my office is in East Perth - my commute is mostly a tootle around the river path, so I doubt I would be on your bus route.
Pity though
SteveA.
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Reminds me of my ride to work last week. I took the long way (50km) into Perth and did a couple of laps of Kings Park before heading along Mounts Bay Rd from UWA to the city. I got caught by a group of about 8 riders who I think were just about to start a multi-hour training ride. Man, it was so tempting to follow them south down the freeway instead of heading to the office...
