MEDIA ALERT
11.00am, 25th May 2013 Princes Wharf 1 forecourt, Castray Esplanade, just across from Salamanca markets, Hobart [will be some good vision/shots of a diversity of bike riders of all shapes and sizes]
HOBART CYCLISTS CELEBRATE 8-80 CITIES MOVEMENT WITH A CONGA LINE OF 73 RIDERS
Conga line of 73 pedestrians and bike
riders aged from 8 years through to 80 years will gather part of '8-80
cities' movement. The 8-80 city philosophy is that if the city is
designed for an 8 year old and an 80 year old then
it will be people friendly enough for everyone. This liveable cities
movement has spread from the Americas across the world and influenced
cities such as New York, Bogata (Columbia), London and Toronto.
At this event, Bicycle Tasmania is calling for all levels of
government to plan for people. The recent federal and state government
budget announcements are fairly depressing reading for active transport. There was no funding for the university to city links in Nation Building 2, which means
no Battery Point walkway
for the time being. It's important that the roads funding that we did
get should include positive provisioning for pedestrians and bike
riders, so that there is ongoing improvement for
all modes of transport, not just for cars and heavy vehicles. Link to the 8-80 article in yesterday's Mercury
|
Advocacy > Press Releases >