Podcasts about VicRoads

Listen to SBS Sinhala interview with VIC Roads project engineer Sisira Dissanayake, who introduced a new system to the Australian road system to prevent cyclist accidents on Australian roads. - ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ මහා මාර්ග වල සිදුවන පා පැදි අනතුරු වැලක්වීමට ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු මාර්ග පද්දතියට නව ක්‍රමයක් හඳුන්වා දුන් VIC Roads හි ව්‍යාපෘති ඉංජිනේරු සිසිර දිසානායක මහතා සමඟ SBS සිංහල සිදුකල සාකච්චාවට සවන්දෙන්න

A bungle from VicRoads sees motorists sent wrong registration bills, Victorian landlords threaten mass exodus over proposed rental rule changes. Plus, the UK's productivity plummets amid record immigration numbers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CEO of Vic Roads Giles Thompson joined 3AW Drive this afternoon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

คุณณลิณช์ภัฏ ทองรัตนาศิริผู้ จัดการฝ่ายลูกค้าสัมพันธ์ประจำสำนักงานใหญ่ VicRoads อธิบายการทำใบขับขี่แบบดิจิทัลที่รัฐวิกตอเรีย ใช้อย่างไร ใครใช้ได้บ้าง ปลอดภัยหรือไม่ และมีบริการออนไลน์อะไรอีกบ้าง

"I remember sitting at VicRoads, back in 2012, telling our CEO at the time, cooperative ITS is here, autonomous vehicles are going to be here," comments Dean Zabrieszach of HMI Technologies in Australia and New Zealand on this week's Highways Voices, "We need to deploy equipment all over the countryside, because they'll be here in two or three years - and here we are in 2024, and we haven't quite got there!"Dean joins Paul Hutton to discuss a new driverless pod project in Milton Keynes which brought him from Melbourne in Australia to the UK, and to consider what the autonomous vehicle industry has achieved since the hype of a decade ago, and how the "The biggest hurdle has been the safety aspect that all the agencies, all the authorities, all the jurisdictions want to actually nail down completely."Passengers in Milton Keynes will be able to use the Ohmio self-driving shuttles from as early as October, and Dean discusses why the last mile, slower speed pods have been successful when deployed, while fully automated Level Five vehicles haven't become quite as widespread.He also talks about the technology from the viewpoint of his time as Director of Roads Operations at VicRoads in Victoria, Australia, and whether he'd have embraced the technology: "I think it would have been a tough discussion," he admits. "But if it was a discussion that was seen as being something that was good for Melbourne, good for Victoria, that could ultimately lead to better safety outcomes, I would have had a try - I would have had a go at it."You'll also hear latest news about the ALARM survey, about the traffic signals funding announcement from the Government, and why friends of Highways Voices VESOS and Valerann are among this week's winners of "Adrian's Accolade".

We try to figure out a colour code system for our arrival times and Belle is a little bit annoyed at VicRoads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police are at the scene of a protest on Melbourne's Westgate bridge, which has closed three inbound lanes of the road and caused major traffic jams.VicRoads says delays on the city's road network now extend back approximately 30 kilometres, as far as Hoppers Crossing on the Princes Freeway and the Deer Park Bypass on the M80 Ring Road....etc - 気候グループの抗議行動でウエストゲートブリッジの３車線が閉鎖され渋滞は30キロの長さになりました。他

On todays program we take a audio journey, riding out west on Friday 23 February 2024, with Critical Mass, Bike West, Kidical Mass Melbourne, Joseph Road Precinct Action Group, Snuff Puppets, Extinction Rebellion and over two hundred of their best friends to demand safer pedestrian and cycling environment in Melbournes western suburbs after decades of neglect, under funding and industrial areas now becoming residental, demanding the Franco Cozzo Link be built and good news with in principal support from Maribyrnong Council and VicRoads to lower the speed limit on Hopkins Road, Footscray.Thank you to Freya Clough Good for recording the audio (and excellent vibes), interviews include numerous Critical Mass participants pre and post ride, Pierre Vairo, Joseph Road Precinct Action Group, Kim from XR Victoria, David Ettershank, Dr Tim Read and Cr Bernadette Thomas.Program musicShonen Knife, Cycling is funTycho, Montana

Former VicRoads CEO David Anderson joined Nick McCallum to talk about the road toll and what can be done in 2024 to help lower it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this weeks program Chris talks to Cate Hall from Safer Murray Road about creating a safer, more inclusive shared environment for a narrow shared path on Murray Road, Coburg that's heavily used by students and residents. Cate discusses designing surveys, working with residents, councils, VicRoads and local MPs about getting a better outcome for a particularly dangerous area. Follow Safer Murray Road on facebook, twitter and instagramLocal news includes Unofficial official opening of the St Kilda Road bicycle/mobility lanes, The Age: There's a key to getting more people on bikes – but motorists hate it, Faiths letter in swift response via The Age letters 'The benefits of bikes', Friends of the Earth Transport Equity Week (17-23 September) and ensuring how you get to the train station is included in the 'Car Parks for Commuters' survey - fill in that text box! 

Another fun show, today live from the Emerald Hotel - always great when we do the show from a pub. Couple of quiet beers, bit of a chinwag, how good.Last week we tried to get Seb Costello from A Current Affair on the phone, has he called Marko back? We find out on the pod today.Ox starts banging on about silverside (again). Marko isn't a fan. Ox reckons silverside is one of the great meals. Ox has a Twisties update, and the boys discuss the new flavour - donut twists - however Ox's update is not good. He may have fallen off the wagon, but there is a plot 'twist', and he has a big announcement. Ox tells a funny story about a mate who overdosed on oysters in Robe in South Australia.....didn't end well, as you might imagine.Marko asks for your input. When have you OD'd on something? Nothing bad, but fun stuff - food OD's. Which reminds Ox of a bad smartie situation when he was a kid.Couple of weeks ago, Ox had a business idea about scented Bicarb soda, and he explores this further today - but he's got a new business idea that he thinks could make millions, and capitalises on a current trend. We're not sure if it will work. You be the judge. Keen on your thoughts if you have any suggestions on how this could work let us know on the socials.Ox went into the local VicRoads department a couple of days ago, and he was amazed to find that he was served immediately! Never happens!Plenty of feedback again this week, some good, some giving the boys a whack, but all in good fun. Marko gets a real spray from Richard, and Ox lines up the boss of Fox Footy Leigh Carlson for some ordinary work on the logo of the footy coverage.Bruce from Port Douglas calls up with an alien story. Marko loves it, Ox reckons it's rubbish. It's a fun story either way. And Ox gives us an update on Wayne Carey joining the show for a chat - we're a couple of weeks away, but it's a lock. Marko has heard a rumour about Duck that he's going to put to him live on the show.Ox names the dirtiest players that he ever played against for the Dees, and a few that he played with. And Marko has an idea to chat to players who got smashed - not the players who did the smashing.Follow a Couple of Blokes, Couple of Beers and get involved with the show on social media here: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. We'd love you to subscribe, rate and review the podcast - and if you feel like helping out a couple of mates, tell a friend about the podcast and help spread the word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RBA Governor Phillip Lowe suggested more people live together to remedy Australia's housing shortage. It's been a week of consequence in Australia's legal system with the Ben Roberts Smith Defamation verdict and Bruce Lerhmann breaking his silence. I'll break down all the facts and disputed facts on Tim's News Explosion. Melbourne experienced two aftershocks following last week's Sunbury-centred earthquake, there weren't any aftershocks in Melbourne after Victoria's 2021 earthquake. Following backlash, Dan Andrews has backed away from one of his new budget measures to remove the payroll tax exemption for private schools. VicRoads has ordered a motorist to hand back his Dan Out numberplates deeming them inappropriate. Victoria Police had to turn off social media comments on its advertisements for its Public Order Response Teams that brutalized Victorians during lockdowns. The suggestions from Reserve Bank Governor Phillip Lowe before Senate Estimates that Australians should work longer to lessen the blow of inflation and more people should live in the same household since the housing supply isn't keeping up with demand were not well received by the public. Hancock Prospecting owner Gina Rinehart has been named the 2023 Western Australian of the Year for her philanthropy. Roger Cook will replace Mark McGowan as WA Premier. The West Australian newspaper published an op-ed about how residents can grieve the loss of their state daddy. Airbus Albo travelled first to Singapore for Shangri-La Security Dialogue then onto Vietnam to drink beer with the locals. The latest Newspoll has the Aboriginal voice referendum at 46% Yes and 43%. Clearly the race blackmail is having the opposite effect on voters. Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith lost his defamation case against Nine, Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters with Federal Judge Anthony Besanko ruling they proved their accusations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Roberts-Smith has not been found guilty let alone charged with any war crimes. He was backed in his defamation case by his employer Kerry Stokes at Channel Seven. Bruce Lehrmann the man accused by Brittany Higgins of raping her in Linda Reynolds's office in 2019 gave an interview to Liam Bartlett on 7News Spotlight. Featured in that interview was CCTV footage from that night in Parliament House where Brittany Higgins looked excited to be there. Also aired was Lisa Wilkinson and her producer's pre-project interview chat with Higgins and her boyfriend David Sharaz where Wilkinson suggested things for Higgins to say during the interview. The four former Hawthorn Indigenous players who accused former coaches Alistair Clarkson and Chris Fagan of mistreatment have outed themselves and launched a Human Rights Commission complaint. One of the former players is Cyril Rioli whose wife Shannyn Ah Sam-Rioli believed a joke by former President Jeff Kennett about her ripped jeans was racist. Two National Socialist Network members Michael Nelson and Nathan Bull performed the Nazi salute with t-shirts that said 6 million a bit much at an Iranian protest in Melbourne? The Andrews Government is planning to outlaw the salute. The Queensland Government's proposed Criminal Code (Serious Vilification and Hate Crimes) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 increases the penalty for “bigoted public statements” from six months in prison to three years. Former Vice President Mike Pence is set to announce his 2024 campaign for President. Pence was cleared by the FBI for mishandling classified documents, but Donald Trump has not. Joe Biden fell when after speaking on a stage but was uninjured.  The Daily Wire gave away Matt Walsh's What is a Woman documentary free for the weekend on Twitter. Twitter originally threatened to limit its reach because the documentary features misgendering. But the weekend ended up with Twitter owner Elon Musk pinning the documentary to his account stating it was a must watch for all parents. The British mainstream media continue to platform TikTok social terrorist Mizzy. Phillip Schofield has gone on the PR offensive claiming he's the victim and that his affair with former ITV This Morning runner Mathew McGreevy was something that just happened, he didn't groom the teenager. Schofield said to the BBC he felt like killing himself as Caroline Flack did. Email: me@timwilms.comMessage: https://t.me/timwilmsWebsite: http://timwilms.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfrontMinds: https://www.minds.com/timwilmsGab: https://gab.com/timwilmsTelegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Support the Show:Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membershipDonate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Other Unshackled Links:Website: https://www.theunshackled.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackledTwitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackledGab: https://gab.ai/theunshackledTelegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox HigginsVoice Over by Morgan MunroSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's key takeaway: A deeper look into the towing industry with Sheen Towing   Episode intro:   We thought it was about time we tackled the important matter of towing: a fundamental pillar of the collision-repair service.   We speak to Scott Douglas, GM of Sheen Towing, who have a whopping 25 tilt trays (soon to become 33!) and 26 body shops across Victoria. Scott has a unique insight because he has been on both sides of the fence, having been Manager of Investigations at Vic Roads before going over to the other side to be where he is today.   Listen up and learn about all-things towing, as well has how Scott combines the towing service with his own body shops to offer a 360° service. Maybe you could do this yourself?   In this week's episode you will learn:   -How Scott finds the right personnel   -Why being able to tow gives you an edge in the marketplace   -The operational challenges of towing   -How the dynamics of the industry have changed   -Why diagnosis has become increasingly important   -What body shops ought to know about the life of a tower   -The public's fear of what might happen to the car on a tow truck   Show links:   ** Sheen Group website: https://sheengroup.com.au/towing   ** Do you have something unique you want to share with us? Contact Paint & Panel editor Sam Street at: [sam@yaffa.com.au](mailto:samstreet@yaffa.com.au)   ** Go to [www.paintandpanel.com.au](http://www.paintandpanel.com.au/) to sign up for our weekly E-newsletter   ** Go to [www.paintandpanel.com.au/podcast](http://www.paintandpanel.com.au/podcast) to catch up on past shows and access show notes from every episode.

Dr Ferghal speaks with Dr Matthew Frei, an addiction medicine specialist who specialises in providing written reports in the field of addiction medicine. There are many agencies or entities that might request a formal opinion from an addiction medicine specialist. These include Vic Roads, insurance companies, AHPRA and the coroner's court. When writing reports for Vic roads one must bear in mind the private and commercial driving standards. Such reports usually are requested after a patient has tested positive for a prohibited substance, or because they have tested positive for a blood alcohol concentration in excess of the legal limit (0.05%). Reports may be requested by insurance companies regarding the suitability of ongoing high dose opioid prescribing, usually in the context of chronic pain. Court reports usually are requested in the context of alleged medical error or negligence. Dr Frei's advice to anyone considering writing a report is firstly to maintain impartiality, and secondly to be aware that the report will be scrutinised by all parties with a material interest in the matter at hand. For those starting out it is useful to bear in mind that language does not have to be literary, and that it is more important to be factually correct and fair in providing an opinion.Latest Blogshttps://www.meducate.com.au/blogAbout Meducate ®Meducate provides online education for doctors, clinicians, health professionals and the public.See the website to browse the many different talks and courses available https://www.meducate.com.au

A Victorian man with registration plates DANOUT – in reference to Daniel Andrews – has had them cancelled by VicRoads due to their “offensive” nature.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victorians have been urged not to attend a VicRoads customer service centre regarding the Optus breach.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Val and Faith are in the studio again after having been blown there on their respective bikes by the blustery spring winds. After sharing our bike moments we take a look at some news including plans in Perth to introduce more streets with 30kph speed limits after increases of 300% in cycling participation was counted on streets with the lower limit. The volume of cars in residential streets was also lowered. Moreland Council and VicRoads are currently working to trial 30kph streets at the moment while Yarra ran a trial not too long ago. The Northern Trails Strategy 2022 builds on the 2016 strategy and is currently open for consultation. As a collaborative project between Moreland, Darebin, Banyule, Hume, Whittlesea, and Nillumbik Councils, Northern Trails 2022 aims to ensure integration of planning, advocacy and development efforts, while making recommendations for trail infrastructure, management, marketing and improvement projects. You can find detailed information about the project here as well as a survey to get your feedback in prioritising projects from a ten project short list. Make sure you have your say in getting some of these unfunded cross-council projects to the next stage! 

A VicRoads glitch in processing payments has left some Victorians driving unregistered despite making payments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ယခုအပိုင်းတွင် ထိုင်ခုံခါးပတ်များ၊ ကလေးထိန်းစည်းမှု၊ ယာဉ်သွားလာမှုဆိုင်ရာ စည်းကမ်းချိုးဖောက်မှုများနှင့် ပတ်သက်သည့် ဘုံမောင်းနှင်မှုဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေအချို့ကို အာရုံစိုက်သွားပါမည်။ ယာဉ်မောင်းဥပဒေများစာရင်းအပြည့်အစုံအတွက်၊ သင်သည် VicRoads ဝဘ်ဆိုဒ်သို့ ဝင်ရောက်ကြည့်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။

في هذه الحلقة ، سنركز على بعض قوانين القيادة الشائعة فيما يتعلق باستخدام أحزمة المقاعد ، ومساند الأطفال ، والمخالفات المرورية والمخالفات. للحصول على قائمة كاملة بقوانين القيادة ، يمكنك زيارة موقع VicRoads الإلكتروني. In this episode, we are going to focus on some common driving laws regarding the use of seat belts, child restraints, traffic fines and Infringements.  For a full list of driving laws, you can visit the VicRoads website.

New drivers are causing chaos in quiet residential streets near a newly-opened VicRoads testing centre, fed-up locals say. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you have read a technical paper on road noise in the last 15 years there is a fair chance James McIntosh either authored it or is cited in it. James spent 20 years at GM Holden, working on noise and vibration harshness is vehicle development before running the Crash Test Lab (which sounds like fun to me). He then moved to VicRoads, the Victorian government roads department, and was responsible for the development of much of the noise policy over his time there. In 2021 he left his government role and set up his own consulting firm James McIntosh Acoustics.

Fiona Demark is an inspirational Speaker and Life Coach, who helps people who are stuck and frustrated with their lives to create a new reality. Fiona has been legally blind since birth and loves to share her story of resilience, positivity and life achievements to inspire and motivate others.Fiona knows the importance of a positive mindset and a ‘Can Do' attitude. This has helped Fiona to overcome adversity and think outside the square in order to achieve her dreams. Her interest in natural therapies has led her to study hypnotherapy and reiki to compliment her skills in life coaching and social work.After moving from the Outback to the city to complete her Social Work studies at University, Fiona has worked with a range of people to support her clients through significant life changes. Fiona is the proud mother of two teenage daughters, works a full time job at VicRoads, and manages her own business.Fiona loves adventure, often being pillion passenger on her husband's motorcycle. “Riding around Phillip Island at 300kmph was something I will always remember.”Fiona lives her life focusing on her main four senses that now work more efficiently than if Fiona could see. “I love the smell of rain, clean clothes and the bookstore. (Yes, I go to the bookstore and smell the books – even though I use audio and eBooks to read!) I love the touch of the sun on my skin, the wind in my hair and hugs from loved ones. The taste of a great meal or glass of wine are things I savour. And, of course my hearing. I enjoy reading audio books, chatting with friends and listening to a wide range of music.”Fiona never says “No.” to a challenge or opportunity, never letting her disability prevent her from achieving the things she sets her mind to.Fiona speaks to community groups, job seekers, and corporate organisations to share her story of inspiration, motivating others to set goals and achieve their dreams. She also works individually with clients to provide one-on-one support and coaching.Socials:Website: fionademark.com.au FB: Fi Demark Insta: Fiona Demark @fiona.demark_blind_inspiration LinkedIn: Fiona Demark Enjoy the visual here on Youtube

Highlights of Oxford Metrics' full year results for the year ended 30 September 2021. This illustrates the technology, the 5 year growth strategy to achieve 2.5x revenue and to return adjusted Pre Tax Profit to 15%, and closes with the shorter term outlook. 00:11 - Period overview 01:11 - Five-year growth plan & the technology 02:36 - Sensing capabilites, analysis & embed technology 03:09 - Financial aims 03:45 - Outlook: Vicon, Yotta & the group Oxford Metrics develops software that enables the interface between the real world and its virtual twin. Our smart sensing software helps over 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including all of the world's top 10 games companies and all of the top 20 universities worldwide. Founded in 1984, we started our journey in healthcare, expanded into entertainment, winning an OSCAR® and an Emmy®, then moved into defence and engineering. We have a track record of creating value by incubating, growing and then augmenting through acquisition, unique technology businesses. The Group trades through two market-leading divisions: Vicon and Yotta. Vicon is a world leader in motion measurement analysis to thousands of customers worldwide, including Guy's Hospital, Industrial Light & Magic, MIT and NASA. Yotta's cloud-based infrastructure asset management software enables central and local government agencies and other infrastructure owners to digitally manage their assets. Yotta has a large number of high-profile clients including VicRoads in Australia , Auckland Motorway System in New Zealand, and, in the UK, National Highways and over 160 local authorities.   The Group is headquartered in Oxford with offices in Leamington Spa, Gloucester, California, Colorado, and Auckland. Since 2001, Oxford Metrics (LSE: OMG), has been a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange.

The next episode of the FreeThinking podcast has arrived and today we're speaking with Sally Curtain; board member, leader and current CEO of Bendigo Kangan Institute. Sally has an impressive background in enacting innovation and major reforms in public arenas – such as City of Casey and VicRoads – making her an expert in strategy development and implementation. Sitting smack bang in the middle of one of the most successful innovation districts on the planet – Sally tells us about the neighbourly unicorns and principled policy-makers that have forged this highly creative and democratic education campus. Listen to Episode 13 with Sally Curtain below, and subscribe to FreeThinking wherever you get your podcasts!

VicRoads เปิดตัวข้อสอบ Hazard Perception Test แบบออนไลน์ เอสบีเอสไทยถามคุณณลิณช์ภัฏ ทองรัตนาศิริ ผู้จัดการศูนย์ VicRoads ที่ คาร์ลทัน (Carlton) ถึงขั้นตอนและตอบคำถามจากชุมชนไทย

Fiona Demark is an inspirational Speaker and Life Coach. She helps people who are stuck and frustrated with their lives to create a new reality. Fiona has been legally blind since birth and loves to share her story of resilience, positivity and life achievements to inspire and motivate others.Fiona knows the importance of a positive mindset and a ‘Can Do' attitude. This has helped Fiona to overcome adversity and think outside the square in order to achieve her dreams. Her interest in natural therapies has led her to study hypnotherapy and reiki to compliment her skills in life coaching and social work.After moving from the Outback to the city to complete her Social Work studies at University, Fiona has worked with a range of people to support her clients through significant life changes. Fiona is the proud mother of two teenage daughters, works a full time job at VicRoads, and manages her own business.Fiona loves adventure, often being pillion passenger on her husband's motorcycle. “Riding around Phillip Island at 300kmph was something I will always remember.”Fiona lives her life focusing on her main four senses that now work more efficiently than if Fiona could see. “I love the smell of rain, clean clothes and the bookstore. (Yes, I go to the bookstore and smell the books – even though I use audio and eBooks to read!) I love the touch of the sun on my skin, the wind in my hair and hugs from loved ones. The taste of a great meal or glass of wine are things I savour. And, of course my hearing. I enjoy reading audio books, chatting with friends and listening to a wide range of music.”Fiona never says “No.” to a challenge or opportunity, never letting her disability prevent her from achieving the things she sets her mind to.Fiona speaks to community groups, job seekers, and corporate organisations to share her story of inspiration, motivating others to set goals and achieve their dreams. She also works individually with clients to provide one-on-one support and coaching. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ในเดือนตุลาคมนี้ ผู้ที่ถือใบขับขี่จากต่างประเทศในรัฐวิกตอเรียทุกคนต้องเปลี่ยนมาใช้ใบขับขี่รัฐวิกตอเรีย คุณณลิณช์ภัฏ ทองรัตนาศิริ ผู้จัดการศูนย์ VicRoads ที่ คาร์ลทัน (Carlton) ให้สัมภาษณ์เรื่องนี้ พร้อมตอบคำถามจากชุมชนไทย

On this weeks program Chris chats to Alex Dyer, co-chair of Cycle Wellington, Aotearoa. Alex provides an overview of local cycling advocacy, dealing with Wellington City Council, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, attitudes to cycling, Urban Repair Crews guerilla bike lane, Wellington City Council approving 147km citywide cycling network, the need to lower transport emissions, COVID19 response, Liberate the Lane with Bike Auckland, plans to build a dedicated active transport connection, Wellington City Councils Parklets program, shifting house by cargo bike and Cycle Wellingtons activities during the last 12 months.News & events includes AustRoads Webinar: Cycling for Sustainable Cities, 12 - 1.30pm. Tuesday, 19 October 2021 with Ralph Buehler and John Pucher, newly completed separated cycling lanes at Whiteman Street, Southbank (scroll down) and works commencing on Footscray Pop-up Links (scroll down) as third stage of the projected 100km of VicRoads pop-up bike lanes.

This morning on the show, Nick has a crack at VicRoads new P Plate driving test, we hear about some Melbourne trespasser tales, Fev's new obsession, and so much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning on the show, Fifi tries VicRoads new driving test, Anastacia reveals all about her time on The Masked Singer, the Facebook meltdown falllout, and so much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Mandy is joined by Jack Quick and Tony Crawford, with William Stopford and Mike Costello chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what's happening at CarExpert's offices around Australia. In car news this week, the Kia EV6 GT is still 12-18 months away, pricing and specifications for the 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 have been released, the 2022 Mazda 2 has received some small updates along with a new trim level, and VicRoads is offering $22,000 bonuses to keep employees in a switch to a partially private operation. William Stopford dials in to discuss his time with the Jeep Compass, while Mike Costello chats to us about his time with the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV and how Australians don't understand what plug-in hybrids are. Where to find the CarExpert Podcast You can find the CarExpert Podcast on your favourite podcast platform. If in doubt, simply click on the RSS feed below, or follow the links to the Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts applications to subscribe. CarExpert Podcast RSS Feed CarExpert Podcast on Apple Podcasts CarExpert Podcast on Google Podcasts CarExpert Podcast on Spotify CarExpert Podcast on Podbean

ผู้จัดการศูนย์ VicRoads ที่ Carlton คุณณลิณช์ภัฏ ทองรัตนาศิริ ให้สัมภาษณ์กับเอสบีเอส ไทย ถึงเส้นทางการทำงาน เจาะประเด็นการบริหารคนและการทำงานในช่วงโควิด และบริการของวิกโรดส์ที่สามารถทำได้ในช่วงล็อกดาวน์

On this weeks program Chris talks to Lucy Maloney who's originally from Melbourne, about her cycling advocacy journey, interest with urban planning, separated cycling infrastructure, riding with children, e-bikes, Vancouvers School Streets program, comparisons with VicRoads roll out of 100km of pop-up bicycle lanes, Yarra Councils previous Making Space projects, Stanley Park temporary bike lane, Comox-Helmcken Greenway, Beach Avenue bike lane and more. Local news includes Australian Walking & Cycling Conference is Global Lessons, Local Opportunities. The online conference will run from the 30 September - 1 October 2021

This episode will give you Mia and Dinah's top hacks for fuelling the admin for your car maintenance and repair. The average two-car household in Australia spends around $17,000 or 13-14% of their income per year on car-related costs, so keeping on top of all your car admin not only saves you money but also gives you peace of mind that your car is in good repair. In this episode Mia and Dinah discuss:  Car registration (“rego”) Insurance Service and repairs. In recent years, all states of Australia have abolished car registration stickers and so it is important to ensure you have a good system to make sure you receive your registration payment reminder so you don't inadvertently drive without. You can set up your preferred method of bill notification by logging into your state's vehicle registration organisation, such as Vicroads or Transport for NSW. When thinking about car insurance, Mia and Dinah discuss the things you need to consider: if you need comprehensive or third party insurance if you want to insure for agreed value or market value cover for personal property (eg child seats in the car) road assistance to be included how far you will drive as you may be able to get a cheaper premium if choice of repairer and provision of rental car is important to you who will be the primary driver - this does not need to be the owner increasing your excess can be a great way to reduce your premium paying annually in advance is another good way to reduce your premium. The comparison sites Mia and Dinah recommend to compare car insurers are Canstar, Choice and Finder. When getting your car serviced things to keep in mind are: you don't need to go to the authorised dealer to get your car serviced - any qualified mechanic can service your car and fill out the log book as long as they're using quality parts it is important to do your regular service to keep your car in good working order and save $ in the long run even if you aren't regularly using your car add a reminder to you to-do list for 6-8 weeks before the service is due to book your car in so you can get the day/time of your choice and have the best chance of securing a loan vehicle (if available)  capped price servicing often does not include critical service items and may not provide the best value. For regular car maintenance: check your car owners manual to see how often and what regular checks you should do on your car (eg checking oil, tyre pressure, tyre tread) establish a system of when you will check, consider pairing it with something else or adding it to a to-do list buy a tyre pressure gauge so you can check you pressure at home and it will be more accurate that the gauges available in petrol stations consider getting your tyres rotated and balanced every 5,000kms to lengthen their life. You can also consider if you need to own a car or have two cars in your household. Car share services like GoGet, Flexicar, Popcar and ride share services like Uber may provide a viable alternative for you. RESOURCES Get Reminded App - App to set reminders for when bills are due Choice Canstar Finder Stella - Car Insurer for Women SHARE Please head to the Life Admin Life Hacks Facebook or Insta pages to connect with listeners and share your thoughts, questions or suggestions.

In this episode we are going to focus on some common driving laws regarding use of seat belts, child restraints, traffic fines and Infringements.  For a full list of driving laws you can visit the VicRoads website.

Now we are entering 'Covid Normal', what do we want it to be? Do we even have a choice? Richard Riordan MP joined me to discuss as many aspects of Covid Normal as possible: Medical martial law States running out of money Businesses choosing Sydney and Adelaide over Melbourne A 2-tiered society (mandatory vaccinations) Making life easy for government (but not for you) VicRoads being flogged off Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Hg8fGB5OkDk ------------------------------------ 1:46 Shifting Goalposts – ‘the beach is unsafe…go to Bunnings' 3:00 Anzac Day Hypocrisy 2021 5:05 The Colac Community Beat Covid-19 without Government 5:53 Shifting Goalposts – vaccines no longer our saviour 9:26 Medical Martial Law 12:27 States running out of money 14:58 Pulling out of Victoria – it's not safe for business 16:18 COVID-23 (The Songbird Movie) 22:37 NSW Hotel Quarantine Sets the Standard 23:33 A 2-tiered society (mandatory vaccinations) 28:14 Disenfranchised citizens 29:34 Easy for Government (But Not For You) 32:35 Service NSW vs VicRoads 35:01 Vaccine Passports Around The World 39:25 Getting rational with Australia's state borders 42:28 Liberals suck at elections 44:52 Calling for Smarter Government 47:06 Richard's Magic Wand 47:42 Geelong's Rebound Proves you Don't Need Government to Succeed 51:53 How We Should Get to ‘Covid Normal' ------------------------------------ Subscribe to Discernable on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/discernable?sub_confirmation=1 Join the Discernable Crew (email list) to never lose access to our content: https://www.discernable.io/crew

On this weeks program Chris chats to Ruth, a Darebin resident about safer local walking and cycling and how you can support Darebin Councils Streets for People Preston Activity Link that involves Cramer and Gower Street, other projects such as Streets for People Croxton West Place-Making Project, Streets for People (Northcote, Croxton and Thornbury) and improving integration with state government projects like the recently announced better bike links included in four level crossing removals in Oakover Road, Bell Street, Cramer Street, and Murray Road, Preston and VicRoads Strategic Cycling CorridorsAlso refer to Change.org petition: Safe pedestrian crossing for Elizabeth Street (between Bell street and Murray road)Ruth suggests that anyone living in near Cramer Street, Preston who supports safer walking and cycling, to attend the next Darebin Council meeting on Monday 26 April 2021 (Agenda of Council Meeting, refer to Item 9.1 Cramer Street (West) on page 982), appear in person, submit a question (Public Questions can be made online by noon on the day of the meeting) and contact Darebin councillors.You can join the Darebin Bicycle Users Group facebook group to stay in touch.Local cycling-themed news includes Yarra Council voting to proceed with southbound seperated bicycle lanes from Brunswick Street to Victoria Parade as a partnership with Department of Transport (Item 8.4 in CoY 20 April 2021 minutes), Victoria finally falling into line with other Australian states and territories with Mandatory minimum passing distances for bicycles and vehicles, Amy Gillett Foundation: A Metre Matters Everywhere, additional updates on Victoria State Government pop-up bike lanes project, news about Darebin-Yarra connectors, St Georges Road Link and a e-scooter trial in three local council areas later in 2021. 

Welcome to another episode of Australian Life, a podcast by AMES Australia.  In this episode we are going to focus on some common driving laws regarding use of seat belts, child restraints, traffic fines and Infringements.  For a full list of driving laws you can visit the VicRoads website.

In this episode we are going to focus on some common driving laws regarding use of seat belts, child restraints, traffic fines and Infringements. For a full list of driving laws, you can visit the VicRoads website.

Back in the 3CR studio for 2021, Chris interviews Jeremy, Emma, Steve and Andrew about their observations and feedback riding the newly Department of Transport installed Heidelberg Road pop up lanes. Thank you for Streets Alive Yarra for permission to use audio from their video. You can also send your feedback to VicRoads here. Cycling-themed news includes a quick recap of Dr Craig Frys interview about the 125th Melbourne to Warrnambool anniversary ride held in December 2020 with Mark Ferguson creating a new video about the event, Canning Street, Carlton to have a 'Green Wave' installed to assist cyclist peak commuter flows, Moreland Bicycle User Group social ride on 3rd February, Big Bike Film Night returns to Melbourne on 10th February and please subscribe to 3CR during February 2021 to keep radical radio on-air.

We did it, we managed to record an episode during the chaos of Christmas week! This week, we talk a little bit of news and Mitch has a small surprise. Mitch kicks off the news with the limited-run McLaren Sabre being launched. Matt then talks about the Apple car coming in 2024. Joseph then talks about Hyundai Australia officially killing off the Veloster in Australia due to lacking sales. Matt then talks about Ferrari's losing their rear windscreens and Toyota making a swan-song final edition for the LandCruiser 200 Series. Joseph then talks about VicRoads overturning the decision to confiscate the rego plate ' WEPN' and have returned them to the owner, and a 2-Door version of the Jeep Rubicon coming to Australia. Matt then talks about his discovery that the rear brake pads on the 105 are non-existent. Then, the big news, Mitch has a surprise for Joseph... Again. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and at www.gearsandbeersmedia.com / www.unashamedlyunprofessional.com We have a merch shop! Gears and Beers Podcast is hosted by Mitchell Denham, Matthew Morwood, Joseph Riga, and Joel McD. Unashamedly Unprofessional

On this weeks program Chris speaks to Roland Postma about the Australian Planners Declare movement, how planning issues intersect with literally aspect of our lives, including proactive responses to climate, biodiversity and transport crises, historical reasons why planning regulations lack commitment and how you can get involved in future actions.Local news includes VicRoads announcement of 100kms of new bicycle lanes across Melbourne, commencing with installation of pop-up bike lanes on Heidelberg Road in Darebin / Yarra Council areas, Abbotsford Cycles Swap meet for Saturday 19 December and Moreland Bicycle Users Group ride to Kew on Wednesday 9 December.

Despite data from the Victorian Department of Transport suggesting people born overseas are less likely to be involved in road accidents, migrant community members are being urged to take road safety seriously. - भिकरोड्सको आर्थिक सहायतामा मेलबर्नका नेपाली समुदायलाई सडक सुरक्षा तथा सवारी चालक तालिम प्रदान गरिँदै छ।

This week on Ararat’s Latest, Jack Ward speaks with the author of a new book about the Aradale Lunatic Asylum, community groups reunite after isolation, a backlog of VicRoads appointments leaves students frustrated and Ararat welcomes its first refugee family. Youth Journalist Jack Ward brings you the latest in Ararat news every second Monday @ 5pm. Ararat’s Latest streams live on Facebook, available for catch-up on your favourite podcasting apps. THEME MUSIC: Merry Go Round by Arnav Srivastav (Approved by Artist) OTHER MUSIC: Limit 70 Music from https://filmmusic.io "Limit 70" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licen…/…/4.0/

International students and other temporary residents in Victoria can now come one step closer to having their overseas licences converted to Victorian ones. From June 15, VicRoads will start rescheduling over 100,000 licence appointments that were suspended in March in the wake of Covid-19 restrictions.

Wherein MB gets a message during the intro, and DI confuses the issue. (DI also spends the whole podcast trying get MB out of his sick cat funk.) We discuss words DI has never heard before, and makes up his own rules, and then makes a weird metaphor. Also; On This Day, the etymology of nylon and canola, the Beatles were a bit sexy, how long it takes DI to co-write a song, And: DI gets deep (and sweet), DI is a smart-arse, MB’s house is haunted by the ghost of Twinkles past, shared melodies, MB tries to make DI write a song - LIVE. Plus: MB gets mind-blown!, DI reminds us that MB’s a jerk (not on purpose), faulty tyre, VicRoads aren’t coming, Aldi knock-offs, Scritchie. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wxepzw/musicians-algorithmically-generate-every-possible-melody-release-them-to-public-domain www.trcduo.comwww.domitaliano.comwww.mattbradshaw.comemail: podcast@trcduo.comFB: facebook.com/trcduoFB: facebook.com/MattyBBradshawFB: facebook.com/dom.italiano.7Instagram: instagram.com/trcduoTwitter: twitter.com/trcduo

On this weeks program Chris talks to Tim Read, MP for Brunswick and Cr Jackie Fristacky from City of Yarra.Since Tim and I first spoke in July 2019 about the Sydney Road Improvement Project, the state government have back tracked on VicRoads survey results and have possibly delayed any trial until level crossing works are finished in 2021. Tim Read talks about taking a proactive approach, working to improve accessibility and allowing Moreland Council to conduct a seperated bike lane trial. Come along to a upcoming public Community Meeting: A Better Sydney Road on Tuesday, 19 November 2019, St Ambrose Community Centre, 259A Sydney Road, BrunswickCr Jackie Fristacky speaks about her observations between 2012 and 2019 on Vancouvers sustainable transport success, how the city achieved mode share goals, strong emphasis upon safety, building seperated bicycle lanes, differences between US and Australian funding mix and Transportation 2040 which sets out a long-term strategic plan for the city that will help guide transportation and land use decisions and public investments.Local news includes Bike Maintenance workshop part of the Community Climate Action Workshop Series, Saturday, 16 November 2019, 20 Murray Rd, Coburg North  

This week with Doc and Beeso: Nancy Drew ARU mysteries, world cup draws, Chinese takeaways, mo' Morey mo' problems, Titman Frittata, chess not checkers, preseason overreactions to preseason overreactions, one year early, not trying to lose turns out to be good for winning, closing all the windows, basketball isn’t football, the Donald Sterlings of T20, big three on big three violence, revisionist Hohnstory, VicRoads do it better, reverse garbage time, Warner home vs a-Broad, Tottenham Hotgarbage, knowing when to walk away, Werner Herzog Space Jam, international over domestic, arguing with pigeons, overperforming mediocrity, looking stupid on the internet, K-Mart bargain buys and NBL owner-operators. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

Vic Roads has implemented a social procurement methodology in their tendering process. How can this be reconciled with merit-based outcomes?

Save Footscray Park: angry Maribrinong residents were shut out of a council meeting discussing the handing over of parts of Footscray Park to the second riches sports club in Australia for a private soccer academy. Djab Wurrung sacred trees: a snap action outside the VicRoads offices in Melbourne brings the fight for the sacred birthing trees on the Western Highway outside modern day Ararat to the city. The local Aboriginal people call on others to come to help out at the three camps that have been set up to protect the trees from destruction.This is the week that was Dr Noah Bassil  talks about the latest developments in Sudan

On this weeks program Chris talks to Tim Read MP about Bikes For Brunswick and the current VicRoads Sydney Road Improvements Survey.It's Tour De France season again, so welcome to three weeks of sleep deprivation, drama and fantastic scenery. On the topic of female participation in procycling, including La Course and the Giro Rosa, Isabel Best writes "Remembering the golden era of the women's Tour de France" about the opposition, politics and what's happened in the last three decades.Local news includes Brompton City Strollers ride this Saturday 13 July 2019 and paying homage to Triple R Melbourne community radio legend, Stephen "The Ghost Who Talks" Walker with the TISM classic, The Mordialloc Road Duplicator, complete with south east Melbourne road references and lawnmowers ;)

Join us on episode 2 of the Real Melbourne Podcast as we talk about the ongoing conflict of the Djab Wurrung people vs VicRoads, Alex Djing for Jaden Smith and the protection of privacy in this high tech era amongst other topics.

Acknowledgement of CountryShantha Rau Barriga, founding director of the disability rights division at Human Rights Watch, discusses the disproportionate rates of violence and imprisonment experienced by people with disability in Australia, and the importance of accountability and allyship. Shantha will be speaking at the Wheeler Centre next Friday 5th AprilExcerpts from the Melbourne solidarity rally to show support for Muslim communities on Tuesday 21 March. Speakers included Roj Amedi from Colourcode, Mohd Halmy from the Islamic Council of Victoria and Husain Al Qatari, union delegate for the Preston Chemist Warehouse StrikeCarolyn Graydon, manager of human rights law program at ASRC, discusses fast track asylum seeker process for people living in community and changes to SSRS payments. Recent updates from the Djab Wurrung embassy: Victorian Trades Hall has come on board and VicRoads has given an undertaking that no work will start until 22 April - however support is still urgently needed! Merret joins us to talk about youth detention in the Northern Territory and new laws that go against Royal Commission recommendations.The original 855am and 3CR Digital versions of this program featured the following music tracks: (Lady Lash, Yadu - new track, check it out!) (Removed from the podcast due to license restrictions) 

Today on the show with Will and Eiddwen [segment times in brackets] ||3CR is proud to acknowledge the Kulin Nations as true owners and custodians of the lands from which we broadcast. We pay respect to their elders past and present and acknowledge that their sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty has yet to be signed || [21:33] - Extinction Rebellion: With a new Australian faction started last October, Extinction Rebellion (XR) aims to generate new decentralised movements of people acknowledging and acting on the climate emergency. Violet and Andy came into the studio to tell us about XR and how you can get involved in pushing for completely renewable energy by 2025. Their next organising meeting is open to all at the Kathleen Syme Library, Carlton on April 6, 2pm. Check out XR's website at ausrebellion.earth or find them on facebook || Muslim solidarity Rally: Last Tuesday, we met on the steps of the State Library to prostest white supremacy and to show solidarity with our Muslim friends and family. In a followup to last week's coverage, this week we heard from [43:34] Trades Hall secretary Luke Hilakari, [54:16] NUW rep at the Chemists Warehouse strike Husain Alqatari, and [59:43] Member for Melbourne Adam Bandt (Australian Greens) || [1:09:20] - Green New Deal? Friends of the Earth member Pat tells us about a recent community forum on the idea of the Green New Deal, a raft of policies and aspirations taking the American left by storm. The Deal includes policies around transition of power sources and the protection of workers' rights in a changing economy. What can we learn from this Green New Deal here in so-called Australia? || The Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy still needs more volunteers to join at camp. Top Camp is located on Warrayatkin Road, off the western Highway between Ararat and Buangor, 2hrs from Narrm (Melbourne). If you can make it, why not head up and show your support? The Djab Wurrung traditional owners are protecting their sacred trees and sites from VicRoads and the Victorian Government, who seek to destroy Djab Wurrung heritage for the sake of your driving convenience

On the show with Will [Segment times in brackets] || 3CR is proud to acknowledge the Kulin Nations as true owners and custodians of the lands from which we broadcast. We pay respect to their elders past and present and acknowledge that their sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty has yet to be signed || [10:21] Excerpts from yesterday's rally organised by Campaign against Racism and Fascism (CARF) in protest against the normalisation of islamophobic and racist hate speech. CARF argues that this climate of racist hatred encouraged a white-supremacist to murder of 50 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, Aotearoa, last Friday || [23:33] The development of Genetic Manipulation (GM) tech like CRISPR continues unabated and some in our government want to deregulate the industry even further. This is why Bob Phelps from Gene Ethics is developing a GM Free school materials kit to give kids all the information they need || [37:58] To protest Government inaction on the Climate emegency, Shannon is walking from Coburg to Canberra with a petition arguing for a switch to 100% renewable energy sources, among other demands. We invite him into the studio to tell us about his walk for climate action and you can find out more at myextremelylongwalk.com and on Twitter and Facebook || [55:20] Blak Betty from Blak Noise Radio speaks to Djab Wurrung elder Aunty Sandra Onus for the latest update from the Djab Wurrung Embassy camp, where VicRoads is planning on destroying sacred and culturally significant trees on Djab Wurrung land. The camp has been running for months and needs fresh volunteers to join: Top Camp is at Warrayatkin Rd, off the Western Hwy between Ararat and Buangor, two hours from Narrm (Melbourne) || [1:06:46] Roj Amedi is a campaigner with Colour Code and spoke yesterday afternoon at the CARF-organised rally in solidarity with Muslims in Australia and Aotearoa || Music:Venus by Peter PeterTree by Deline Briscoe

Show 2 started with a name dropping session and led to Dane reminiscing about visiting Centrelink, the boys take on Jack Watts and non-mate behaviour. Missed phone calls from the club etiquette, hair dressing queries and a serious ending to a fun show   1:00 Scotty name drops Kevin Bloody Wilson 2:30 Swanny name drops Chris Hemsworth and Matt Damon 6:00 Palming off Chris Hemsworth and Matt Damon 9:00 Hollywood Stars >>>>>>> Colac Cup 11:00 Centrelink 13:00 Life Threatening Injury 16:00 Never looked for a job 17:00 Vic Roads 20:00 I'm friendlier on holidays 22:00 Wiesn Pulver 29:00 Faz's Hostage Video 33:00 Missed calls check list 35:00 Ed needs a call back ASAP 37:00 Did I do it? 39:00 Why we are really here 41:00 6 hour hair cut 46:00 The W in AFLW 50:00 Looking for the fight that isn't there 53:00 I had my top off 55:00 Puka Up

Lou Costa and her partner Les live with their new child, Ellis, on a bush block just out of Rushworth in Victoria at the King Billy Retreat.Lou had been a passionate advocate of the environment since being a small girl and that dedication to nature has never left her and has really played a key role in fashioning her life and is no more evident than what you see when visiting her home - Lou and Les "walk their talk".She has made those personal concerns about the environment public being a long time member and past president of the Goulburn Valley Environment Group (GVEG), and when roadside trees near her home were threatened by VicRoads works she reacted immediately and the result saw a change in VicRoads' plans, the preservation of many old trees and the creation of the Rushworth Action Group for the Environment (RAGE).

Tyler O’Hare is in his final semester of a civil engineering degree at Monash. He was on the organising committee of a Student Leadership Summit held recently in Melbourne. Tyler’s experience, his reflections on his degree and the ways in which he is striving to expand his network and understanding of what is involved in traffic engineering and transport planning are an interesting case study on how young people are creating a future in our profession. Tyler is doing an engineering degree but finds he is not “super interested in structures and water”. The Civil course has no specific transport stream although they do a few subjects such as road design including horizontal and vertical elevation. There are some elective subjects and Tyler has used these to dig deeper into the transport engineering field. There are a couple of other ways Tyler found activities that broadened his experience: “In one of my subjects earlier this year I was actually in combination with Vic Roads. We did a massive assignment based on their whole “movement and place” principle which opened my eyes and opened the eyes of the students to focus not just on cars running down the road but making the roads a place for pedestrians and a place for cyclists to be involved as well”. At Monash a lot of people who are doing civil engineering are doing a double degree. Some of the subjects include architecture, sciences, law and the arts. Tyler said “I'm working on a major project at the moment with an architecture student who's doing civil engineering and architecture as a double degree. He's probably focused on going more down the architecture stream but it's awesome to talk to him and get his understanding of how the fields differ, which is really cool”. Like most students Tyler is looking to expand his network of contacts, and events run by AITPM and ITE are very helpful. The most productive step in getting a broader understanding of traffic and transport was having people he could firstly relate to and then that can lead to mentoring.

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program where we take a diverse look at cars and transport. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with David Campbell including: 1. Hyundai Motor and H2 Energy to bring the world’s first fleet of fuel cell electric trucks into commercial operation 2. Stackable 'cars of the future' unveiled in Scotland 3. PEUGEOT e-LEGEND CONCEPT - #Unboring the future 4. Renault-nissan-mitsubishi And Google Join Forces On Next-generation Infotainment 5. Hyundai Santa Fe, Kona and NEXO honoured with prestigious 2018 IDEA design awards We hear about the partnership between the Ford Driving Skills for Life Program and the Amy Gillet Foundation to fill in a huge gap in our driver training and licensing procedures. How to deal with vulnerable road users such as cyclists We have some personal reflections from Anita Curnow an executive with the Victorian road authority Vic Roads about here career as a transport engineer. A Minute of Motoring on the latest Nissan Navara ute And Brian Smith and Errol Smith take a joyful look at some quirky news stories about motoring and transport. 1. PEUGEOT e-LEGEND CONCEPT is presented at the 2018 Paris Motor Show. 2. Grupo Antolin CEO Pascual sees interiors as the front door to the future Originally broadcast 29 September 2018.

EP80 Melbourne Musings Podcast – Brent and special guest Ash Andersen discuss killing eagles and emus, crazy rich asians, Australians politics, instagram, vicroads, all this and many more illogical tangents.

Welcome to episode 13 with our special guest:   Meri Inglis – HART Instructor   Who is Meri? Meri is an avid motorcyclist, and has been working within the MC industry over the last 5 years in various roles. From volunteering, to Officiating,Coaching, working in sales of parts and accessories, and most recently as a Vicroads accredited Assessor for Honda Australia Rider Training.   This show you’ll learn: What is HART Where to go to gain confidence in riding your bike How can more women get involved in motorsport at any level   What to connect with Annabel to find out more about body mechanics? ▶ email: mailto:merUnglis@gmail.com ▶ Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/meriinglis/ ▶ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/meri.moto.craft/ ▶ Website: motocraft.com.au       Reviews: Have some feedback on the show? I would love to hear it! Please leave a review on itunes or stitcher and I will read them out on next week’s show, good or bad! Every review will go in the draw to win a monthly prize.   Recommend a guest: Is there someone you would love to hear from? Is their story inspiring to you? If so, please let us know who and we can try and get them onboard! Email win@motiv8training.com.au   Thank you again for taking the time to listen to the podcast!

In September 2018 students in post graduate and undergraduate courses at Monash University in Melbourne organised a Transportation Engineering Student Leadership Summit. It was done under the auspices of the Australian and New Zealand chapter of the Institute of Transport Engineers ITE. The summit is a scaled version of the model that Student Chapters of the ITE initiated in North America in 2012. It is a chance for students to learn about the profession; and network with their peers and older professionals. But they were also given a project, in this case to look at the Box Hill town centre which is struggling to make the most of its identity and has a large bus depot and train station that are uncomfortably separated by some distance. By developing their ideas, the groups of students got to work in one of a number of teams and to present their results to a large audience . The summit started with a keynote speech from Anita Curnow who is the Executive Director of Access and operations at VicRoads, the road authority for the state of Victoria. Students commented that Anita's presentation was enlightening and encouraging. It was personable, not partronising. Anita graduated as a Civil Engineer in the early 90s and she tossed up between a career in hydraulics or traffic engineering. I caught up with Anita at morning tea and asked her why she went into transportation.

Frank interviews comic creator Khale McHurst. The interview touches on mental illnesss, eating disorders and queer relationships (talk to a friend, or Switchboard's QLife if you need to). Iris also mentions Gary Foley, and his Koori Web website; Djab Wurrung country struggle against Vicroads with project now suspended (check out Protecting country, by Tarneen Onus-Williams); and a disappointing an anti-trans book launch and figure.Upcoming: RISE Ability Rights booklet launch, Tuesday, GLOW IRL.

7:00 Acknowledgement of Country.7:01 Hellos & coming up.7:07 Alternative News segment and discussion around Voting Age being lowered to 16 and Lebanon move towards legalising Homosexuality.  7:22 Songs of Satire featuring this weeks song “Horror Movie” by Skyhooks discussing the sensationalism of violence within the media.7:34  Public Forum discussing New Caledonia’s independence referendum (to be held later this year) and the future of French colonialism in the Pacific panel with Charles Wea, Nic Maclelan and Helen Gardner on  7.30-9.00PM, Wednesday 1 August  at the Institute of Postcolonial Studies (78-80 Curzon Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051). Charges: Waged: $5, Unwaged: $3, Members free7:36 Alternative News and discussion around ongoing case of Ms Michaela Banerji right to free whilst working for governmental agencies. This has recently resurfaced after the attorney general intervened to reject a Federal Court appeal hearing to send case to the High court.7:40 Featured song of The Senegambian Jazz band with their song Farafina7:45 Interview from 3cr presenter Jazelle Hannah with Aunty Sandra around the removal of Sacred Djap Wurrung Trees by Vic Roads in extension of freeway.7:56 Featured song by artist Hansa8:00 Discussion around the July 11 Protest and three-part demonstration at Melbourne University, BHP and Department of Home Affairs protesting the participation of Universities within the development of military technology, the destruction of the environment by companies in Australia and the current treatment of refugees and asylum seekers within Australia.Will, from Disarm Universities joins us in interview to discuss Disarm Universities role in the Melbourne University protest and the message of this united demonstration as a national campaign of student voice to highlight the series of interlinked oppressions and the destructive system they claim is upheld by Governments, universities and corporations that fuel the neoliberal agenda via corporatism, militarism, the violent oppression of human rights, the abuse of refugees and the deliberate destruction of the environment.8:14 Featured song Haze by Cacartu8:16 Interview with Zianna from Friends of the Earth and Students of Sustainability Summit, discussing the aforementioned July 11th protest by students, providing inisight to the BHP demonstration.8:28 Wrap up

Image of Candy Royalle from: http://www.westwords.com.au/authors/candy-royalle/ Tuesday Breakfast June 26th7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am  News headlines  7.10 am We pay tribute to Candy Royalle, performer, artist, poet and educator who passed away late last week. 7.20 am The crew discuss disgraced gynaecologist Emil Gayed and recent investigations into medical misconduct.  7.45 am George speaks with Rachel Cook, LBQ womens health project leader for the VAC about the LGBTIQ Women's Health Conference which will be held from the 12-13 of July.  8.00 am  Lauren speaks with Kieran Bennett from the Solidarity and Defense Fund to discuss the Fund's efforts to help three residents of the Flemington community who are facing legal issues following protests against Milo Yiannopoulous in late 2017, as well as the Fund generally and why it needs the community's support. 8.15 am We discuss VicRoads' plan to destroy sacred life-giving trees. 8.25 am  Pre-record: Tarneen joins 3CR from outside Planning Minister Richard Wynne's office where protests are happening about VicRoads' plan to destroy sacred life-giving trees on Djapwurrung Country.

Dan Fine is a customer experience professional who has worked on brands like NAB, Telstra, Sensis, and Vic Roads. In this episode you’ll learn how to define the role of a customer experience professional, plus you’ll discover many tips and resources that you can use on your journey to becoming a great CX pro.   Resources mentioned: Service Design Show (podcast). Why Service Design Thinking (podcast). This is HCD (podcast). General Assembly (course). Academy XI (course). Customer Experience Professionals Association This is Service Design Thinking (book), by Marc Stickdorn and Jakob Schneider. The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design (book), by IDEO. The Ultimate Question 2.0 (book), by Fred Reichheld and Rob Markey. Beyond the Ultimate Question (book), by Bob Hayes. Bulletproof Radio (podcast), with Dave Asprey. Influencers (podcast), by Jon Levy Closing the Delivery Gap (research), by Bain and Company   Additional Resources: The Ten Principles Behind Great Customer Experiences (book), by Matt Watkinson. Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business (book), by Harley Manning and Kerry Bodine. Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers (book), by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. Xplaner (website). Strategyzer (website). Service Design Tools (website).   Key takeaways (starts at 30:35): Any CX initiative needs to be driven by the CEO. Present ideas with 51% confidence but 100% conviction. Treat survey data like an asset. Close the delivery gap between what you think you know and what the customer experiences.

This webinar outlines the findings of an Austroads geopolymer concrete project and a current update of the use, monitoring and specification of geopolymer concrete by VicRoads over the past nine years. It covers: • geopolymer concrete, its constituents and how it is manufactured  • formulation and testing of numerous geopolymer recipes, and investigation of workability, strength development, mechanical behaviour, durability properties, abrasion resistance and ductility of reinforced geopolymer concrete  • the introduction of geopolymer concrete into VicRoads with several trial structural applications, general paving works and evaluation of performance. The webinar was presented on 1 May 2018 by Dr Ahmad Shayan and Fred Andrews-Phaedonos.

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An Australian developer thought his local police force was spending way too much money on their new license plate scanning system. So he decided to build one himself. Here's how he did this, and how he ended up catching a criminal. Written and read by Tait Brown: https://twitter.com/taitems Original article: https://fcc.im/2iJWWuE Learn to code for free at: https://www.freecodecamp.org Intro music by Vangough: https://fcc.im/2APOG02 Transcript: The Victoria Police are the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia. With over 16,000 vehicles stolen in Victoria this past year — at a cost of about $170 million — the police department is experimenting with a variety of technology-driven solutions to crackdown on car theft. They call this system BlueNet. To help prevent fraudulent sales of stolen vehicles, there is already a VicRoads web-based service for checking the status of vehicle registrations. The department has also invested in a stationary license plate scanner — a fixed tripod camera which scans passing traffic to automatically identify stolen vehicles. Don’t ask me why, but one afternoon I had the desire to prototype a vehicle-mounted license plate scanner that would automatically notify you if a vehicle had been stolen or was unregistered. Understanding that these individual components existed, I wondered how difficult it would be to wire them together. But it was after a bit of googling that I discovered the Victoria Police had recently undergone a trial of a similar device, and the estimated cost of roll out was somewhere in the vicinity of $86,000,000. One astute commenter pointed out that the $86M cost to fit out 220 vehicles comes in at a rather thirsty $390,909 per vehicle. Surely we can do a bit better than that. The Success Criteria Before getting started, I outlined a few key requirements for product design. Requirement #1: The image processing must be performed locally Streaming live video to a central processing warehouse seemed the least efficient approach to solving this problem. Besides the whopping bill for data traffic, you’re also introducing network latency into a process which may already be quite slow. Although a centralized machine learning algorithm is only going to get more accurate over time, I wanted to learn if an local on-device implementation would be “good enough”. Requirement #2: It must work with low quality images Since I don’t have a Raspberry Pi camera or USB webcam, so I’ll be using dashcam footage — it’s readily available and an ideal source of sample data. As an added bonus, dashcam video represents the overall quality of footage you’d expect from vehicle mounted cameras. Requirement #3: It needs to be built using open source technology Relying upon a proprietary software means you’ll get stung every time you request a change or enhancement — and the stinging will continue for every request made thereafter. Using open source technology is a no-brainer. My solution At a high level, my solution takes an image from a dashcam video, pumps it through an open source license plate recognition system installed locally on the device, queries the registration check service, and then returns the results for display. The data returned to the device installed in the law enforcement vehicle includes the vehicle’s make and model (which it only uses to verify whether the plates have been stolen), the registration status, and any notifications of the vehicle being reported stolen. If that sounds rather simple, it’s because it really is. For example, the image processing can all be handled by the openalpr library. This is really all that’s involved to recognize the characters on a license plate: A Minor Caveat Public access to the VicRoads APIs is not available, so license plate checks occur via web scraping for this prototype. While generally frowned upon — this is a proof of concept and I’m not slamming anyone’s servers. Results I must say I was pleasantly surprised. I expected the open source license plate recognition to be pretty rubbish. Additionally, the image recognition algorithms are probably not optimised for Australian license plates. The solution was able to recognise license plates in a wide field of view. Annotations added for effect. Number plate identified despite reflections and lens distortion. Although, the solution would occasionally have issues with particular letters. A few frames later, the M is correctly identified and at a higher confidence rating. As you can see in the above two images, processing the image a couple of frames later jumped from a confidence rating of 87% to a hair over 91%. I’m confident, pardon the pun, that the accuracy could be improved by increasing the sample rate, and then sorting by the highest confidence rating. Alternatively a threshold could be set that only accepts a confidence of greater than 90% before going on to validate the registration number. Those are very straight forward code-first fixes, and don’t preclude the training of the license plate recognition software with a local data set. The $86,000,000 Question To be fair, I have absolutely no clue what the $86M figure includes — nor can I speak to the accuracy of my open source tool with no localized training vs. the pilot BlueNet system. I would expect part of that budget includes the replacement of several legacy databases and software applications to support the high frequency, low latency querying of license plates several times per second, per vehicle. On the other hand, the cost of ~$391k per vehicle seems pretty rich — especially if the BlueNet isn’t particularly accurate and there are no large scale IT projects to decommission or upgrade dependent systems. Future Applications While it’s easy to get caught up in the Orwellian nature of an “always on” network of license plate snitchers, there are many positive applications of this technology. Imagine a passive system scanning fellow motorists for an abductors car that automatically alerts authorities and family members to their current location and direction. Teslas vehicles are already brimming with cameras and sensors with the ability to receive OTA updates — imagine turning these into a fleet of virtual good samaritans. Ubers and Lyft drivers could also be outfitted with these devices to dramatically increase the coverage area. Using open source technology and existing components, it seems possible to offer a solution that provides a much higher rate of return — for an investment much less than $86M. Remember the $86 million license plate scanner I replicated? I caught someone with it. A few weeks ago, I published what I thought at the time was a fairly innocuous article: How I replicated an $86 million project in 57 lines of code. I’ll admit — it was a rather click-bait claim. I was essentially saying that I’d reproduced the same license plate scanning and validating technology that the police in Victoria, Australia had just paid $86 million for. Since then, the reactions have been overwhelming. My article received over 100,000 hits in the first day, and at last glance sits somewhere around 450,000. I’ve been invited to speak on local radio talk shows and at a conference in California. I think someone may have misread Victoria, AU as Victoria, BC. Although I politely declined these offers, I have met for coffee with various local developers and big name firms alike. It’s been incredibly exciting. Most readers saw it for what it was: a proof of concept to spark discussion about the use of open source technology, government spending, and one man’s desire to build cool stuff from his couch. Pedants have pointed out the lack of training, support, and usual enterprise IT cost padders, but it’s not worth anyone’s time exploring these. I’d rather spend this post looking at my results and how others can go about shoring up their own accuracy. Before we get too deep into the results, I’d like to go over one thing that I feel was lost in the original post. The concept for this project started completely separate from the $86 million BlueNet project. It was by no means an attempt to knock it off. It started with the nagging thought that since OpenCV exists and the VicRoads website has license plate checks, there must be a way to combine the two or use something better. It was only when I began my write-up that I stumbled upon BlueNet. While discovering BlueNet and its price tag gave me a great editorial angle, with the code already written. There were bound to be some inconsistencies between the projects. I also believe part of the reason this blew up was the convenient timing of a report on wasteful government IT spending in Australia. The Federal Government’s IT bill has shot up from $5.9 billion to $10 billion, and it delivered dubious value for that blow out. Media researchers who contacted me were quick to link the two, but this is not something I am quick to encourage. A Disclaimer In the spirit of transparency, I must declare something that was also missing from the original post. My previous employer delivered smaller (less than $1 million) IT projects for Victoria Police and other state bodies. As a result, I’ve undergone police checks and completed the forms required to become a VicPol contractor. This may imply I have an axe to grind or have some specific insider knowledge, but instead I am proud of the projects we delivered. They were both on time and on budget. Visualizing the Results The following is a video representation of my results, composited in After Effects for a bit of fun. I recorded various test footage, and this was the most successful clip. I will go into detail about ideal camera setups, detection regions, and more after the video. It will help you better understand what made this iPhone video I took from through the windscreen a better video than a Contour HD angled out the side window. An Ethical Dilemma If you saw the hero graphic of this article or watched the video above, you may have noticed a very interesting development: I caught someone. Specifically, I caught someone driving a vehicle with a canceled registration from 2016. This could have happened for many reasons, the most innocent of which is a dodgy resale practice. Occasionally, when the private sale of a vehicle is not done by the book, the buyer and seller may not complete an official transfer of registration. This saves the buyer hundreds of dollars, but the vehicle is still registered to the seller. It’s not unheard of for a seller to then cancel the registration and receive an ad hoc refund of remaining months, also worth hundreds of dollars. Alternatively, the driver of the vehicle could well be the criminal we suspect that they are. So, although I jokingly named the project plate-snitch when I set it up on my computer, I’m now faced with the conundrum of whether to report what I saw. Ultimately, the driver was detected using a prototype of a police-only device. But driving on a 2016 registration (canceled, not expired) is a very deliberate move. Hmm. Back to the Results Of the many reactions to my article, a significant amount were quite literal and dubious. Since I said I replicated the software, they asserted that I must have a support center, warranties, and training manuals. One even attempted to replicate my results and hit the inevitable roadblocks of image quality and source material. Because of this, some implied that I cherry-picked my source images. To that I can only say, “Well, duh.” When I built my initial proof of concept (again, focusing on validating an idea, not replicating BlueNet), I used a small sample set of less than ten images. Since camera setup is one of, if not the most, important factors in ALPR, I selected them for ideal characteristics that enhance recognition. At the end of the day, it is very simple to take a fragile proof of concept and break it. The true innovation and challenge comes from taking a proof of concept, and making it work. Throughout my professional career, many senior developers have told me that things can’t be done or at least can’t be done in a timely manner. Sometimes they were right. Often, they were just risk averse. “Nothing is impossible until it is proven to be.” Many people bastardize this quote, and you may have seen or heard one of it’s incarnations before. To me, it neatly summarizes a healthy development mindset, in which spiking and validating ideas is almost mandatory to understanding them. Optimal ALPR Camera Setups This project is so exciting and different for me because it has a clear success metric — whether the software recognizes the plate. This can only happen with a combination of hardware, software, and networking solutions. After posting my original article, people who sell ALPR cameras quickly offered advice. Optical Zoom The most obvious solution in hindsight is the use of an optical zoom. Though I explore other important factors below, none lead to such a sheer increase in recognition as this. In general, professional ALPR solutions are offset at an angle, trained on where the license plate will be, and zoomed into the area to maximize clarity. This means the more zoom, more pixels to play with. All the cameras I had at my disposal were of a fixed lens. They included: A Contour HD action camera. These came out in 2009, and I use mine to record my cycling commute and to replay each week’s near death experience. The featured test run was recorded on my phone. My only method of replicating an optical zoom was using an app to record at 3K instead of 1080p, and then digitally zooming and cropping. Again, more pixels to play with. Angle & Positioning The viewing angle of 30° is often referenced as the standard for ideal plate recognition. This is incredibly important when you learn that BlueNet uses an array of cameras. It also makes sense when you consider what a front facing camera would generally see — not very much. What a front facing ALPR camera sees — not much. If I had to guess I’d say a mostly forward-facing array would be the ideal setup. It would consist of a single camera pointed dead center as above, two off-center at 30° each side, and a single rear-facing camera. The value in having most of the cameras pointed forward would come from the increased reaction time if the vehicle is traveling in the opposite direction. This would allow a quicker scan, process, and U-turn than if the rear facing cameras picked up a suspect vehicle already ten meters past the police vehicle. A four camera array would need to be angled similar to this. Icons from Freepik. A Gymbal When compositing the video, I thought about stabilizing the footage. Instead I opted to show the bumpy ride for what it was. What you saw was me holding my phone near the windscreen while my wife drove. Check out that rigorous scientific method. Any production-ready version of a vehicle-mounted ALPR needs some form of stabilisation. Not a hand. Frame Rate Both the attempt to replicate my project and my recordings since then explored the same misconception that ALPR sampling frame rate may be linked to success. In my experience, this did nothing but waste cycles. Instead, what is incredibly important is the shutter speed creating clean, crisp footage that feeds well into the algorithm. But I was also testing fairly low-speed footage. At most, two vehicles passing each other in a 60km/h zone created a 120km/h differential. BlueNet, on the other hand, can work up to an alleged 200km/h. As a way of solving this, a colleague suggested object detection and out-of-band processing. Identify a vehicle and draw a bounding box. Wait for it to come into the ideal recognition angle and zoom. Then shoot a burst of photos for asynchronous processing. I looked into using OpenCV (node-opencv) for object recognition, but I found something simpler like face detection, taking anywhere from 600–800ms. Not only less than ideal for my use, but pretty poor in general. Hype-train TensorFlow comes to the rescue. Able to run on-device, there are examples of projects identifying multiple vehicles per frame at an astounding 27.7fps. This version could even expose speed estimations. Legally worthless, but perhaps useful in every day policing (no fps benchmark in readme). To better explain how high-performance vehicle recognition could couple with slower ALPR techniques, I created another video in After Effects. I imagine that the two working hand-in-hand would look something like this: Idea: how vehicle object detection could remove ALPR frame limits by processing asynchronously. Frame Rate vs Shutter Speed A different manifestation of frame rate is largely influenced upon shutter speed, and more specifically, the rolling shutter issues that plague early or low end digital movie recorders. The following is a snapshot from some Contour HD footage. You can see at only 60km/h the rolling shutter issue makes the footage more or less unusable from an ALPR point of view. Adjusting frame rate on both the Contour HD and my iPhone did not result in noticeably less distortion. In theory, a higher shutter speed should produce clearer and crisper images. They’d become increasingly important if you were to chase the 200km/h BlueNet benchmark. Less blur and less rolling shutter distortion would ideally lead to a better read. Open ALPR Version One of the more interesting discoveries was that the node-openalpr version I was using is both out-of-date and not nearly as powerful as their proprietary solution. While an open source requirement was certainly a factor, it was amazing how accurately the cloud version could successfully read frames that I couldn’t even identify a plate on. ALPR Country Training Data I also found that the main node-openalpr package defaults to US country processing with no way of overriding it. You have to pull down someone else’s fork which allows you to then provide an extra country parameter. Slimline Australian plates need their own separate country detection to regular Australian plates? But this doesn’t always help. Using the default US algorithm I was able to produce the most results. Specifying the Australian data set actually halved the number of successful plate reads, and it only managed to find one or two that the US algorithm couldn’t. Providing the separate “Australian Wide Plate” set again halved the count and introduced a single extra plate. There is clearly a lot to be desired when it comes to Australian-based data sets for ALPR, and I think that the sheer number of plate styles available in Victoria is a contributing factor. Good luck with that. Planar Warps Open ALPR comes with one particular tool to reduce the impact of distortion from both the camera angle and rolling shutter issues. Planar warp refers to a method in which coordinates are passed to the library to skew, translate, and rotate an image until it closely resembles a straight-on plate. In my limited testing experience, I wasn’t able to find a planar warp that worked at all speeds. When you consider rolling shutter, it makes sense that the distortion grows relative to vehicle speed. I would imagine feeding accelerometer or GPS speed data as a coefficient might work. Or, you know, get a camera that isn’t completely rubbish. What others are doing in the industry Numerous readers reached out after the last post to share their own experiences and ideas. Perhaps one of the more interesting solutions shared with me was by Auror in New Zealand. They employ fixed ALPR cameras in petrol stations to report on people stealing petrol. This in itself is not particularly new and revolutionary. But when coupled with their network, they can automatically raise an alert when known offenders have returned, or are targeting petrol stations in the area. Independent developers in Israel, South Africa, and Argentina have shown interest in building their own hacked-together versions of BlueNet. Some will probably fare better than others, as places like Israel use a seven digit license plates with no alphabet characters. Key Takeaways There is simply too much that I’ve learned in the last few weeks of dabbling to fit into one post. While there have been plenty of detractors, I really do appreciate the support and knowledge that has been sent my way. There are a lot of challenges you will face in trying to build your own ALPR solution, but thankfully a lot of them are solved problems. To put things in perspective, I’m a designer and front end developer. I’ve spent about ten hours now on footage and code, another eight on video production, and at least another ten on write-ups alone. I’ve achieved what I have by standing on the shoulders of giants. I’m installing libraries built by intelligent people and have leveraged advice from people who sell these cameras for a living. The $86 million question still remains — if you can build a half-arsed solution that does an okay job by standing on the shoulders of giants, how much more money should you pour in to do a really really good job? My solution is not even in the same solar system as the 99.999% accurate scanner that some internet commenters seem to expect. But then again, BlueNet only has to meet a 95% accuracy target. So if $1 million gets you to 80% accuracy, and maybe $10 million gets you to 90% accuracy — when do you stop spending? Furthermore, considering that the technology has proven commercial applications here in Oceania, how much more taxpayer money should be poured into a proprietary, close-sourced solution when local startups could benefit? Australia is supposed to be an “innovation nation” after all.

Faith and Val are joined in the studio this morning by Jonathan Nolan of Melbourne BUG and Revitalise Sydney Road. We kick off the show by sharing our respective bicycle moments before taking a look at local news, including the sad news of another cyclist death at Macedon on the weekend. Conflicted cyclists across Australia woke to the news that the Australian Magpie has been named The Guardian's Bird of the Year, and transport drove Australia's greenhouse gas emissions to their highest point ever. Jonathan takes though some of the many projects around Melbourne that are having an impact on riders, their routes and the potential to encourage new riders to take up using their bike for transport including; the completion of the separated bike lane on Albert St, the development of separated lanes at Southbank and Moray St Sth Melbourne, and the inadequate plans for bike infrastructure around new Melbourne Metro Tunnels at CBD North, Arden and Parkville. With entire roads being redveloped this is the perfect opportunity to build sparated lanes that can cope with increased growth in cyclist nubers yet Melbourne Metro are proposing sub-standard painted lanes that don't meet current VicRoads guidelines. You can have your say on the proposed plans here before Friday December 15th. 

Val and Faith kick off the show on a glorious winter's morning with studio guest Kat Carter of Rehub Studios. We share our respective bike moments before moving on to some local news including; City of Melbourne to name and shame vehicles parked in bike lanes (and a handy link for reporting them yourself), VicRoads campaign of awareness about laws affecting cyclists use of the roads and Bicycle Network's support for 30kph speed limits.We move onto bike fit and Kate takes us through the important elements of bike fit and how they interact with your own priorities, your body and the bike. We look at the most common injuries or concerns that can arise from incorrect bike fit, how your body works while it is on the bike and the ways in which you can identify that your fit on the bike might need adjusting. Kate leaves us with a couple of handy stretches that most cyclists will benefit from and illustrated in the photos below. You can find more information about bikefit here and a handy measurement process you can follow at home here. The Medicine of Cycling Group(US) also touches on much of what Kat discussed on the show for anyone who is interested in more information.  We didn't have time to run through upcoming events but you can take a look at WOCLE who are running a series of workshops for women in Melbourne's Inner North and also a seminar being presented soon by the Institute for Sustainable Transport.  

In this episode of the Open for Business podcast we are talking to Ben Cherrie, the founder of SirConrad.com, a Melbourne based app and website development company for entrepreneurs and fast growing companies! Ben has been super focused in growing his very own business with co-founder, Simon Rahme, and the rest of the impressive team that makes up SirConrad! After having consulted with Fortune 500 companies and having clients such as Nickelodeon, LinkedIn, Vicroads and GE Insurance, the sky really is the limit! We chat to Ben about how it all started, what’s involved in app development, where the business has taken him and what his plans are for the future! Let’s jump straight into the show! It’s time to become…Open for Business!   TOP LEARNINGS FROM THIS EPISODE: 1.     Learn! Close your knowledge gap to get to where you want to go! 2.     Word hard! It may not be easy but its definitely worth it! 3.     Start when your young! The best time to start was yesterday but today will work also!   What was your top learning? Leave a comment below or send me an email!   RESOURCES AND LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE: SirConrad.com.au – Visit the beautifully designed home of SirConrad! SirConrad Facebook page! Books recommended by Ben for anyone wanting to create a Startup!  1.     Steve Blank – The Startup Owner’s Manual 2.     Steve Blank - 4 Steps To The Epiphany 3.     Eric Reis – The Lean Startup   MENTIONS: Intro & Outro music thanks to Bensound – bensound.com Voice overs thanks to the Aussie Video Guy, James Tew – jamestew.me     WAS THIS EPISODE SUBSCRIBE WORTHY? If so, just click here to subscribe and never miss another episode! YOUR THOUGHTS? Please let me know in the comments section below! If you didn’t like it, let me know that too! Constructive feedback and suggestions are always welcome!   LET’S MAKE THIS GROW! If you enjoyed this episode, the biggest complement you can give is to leave a rating and review in iTunes for Open for Business! Reviews are extremely helpful to boost the shows ranking, plus, I read each and every review out on the show! P.S. Here’s a ‘how-to’ if your note sure?   IT’S MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF YOU! Thank you again for joining me again this week. There are so many other podcasts that you could be listening to instead, but you have shared some of your precious time to listen to this episode and I truly appreciate that!  Without you as a listener, the podcast goes nowhere! That’s it for this episode! Thank you again and remember you can get in touch with me anytime on Snapchat, Instagram or Twitter via my username - anthonygmurphy or via email anthony(at)openforbusiness(dot)net(dot)au! 

Its a long weekend for some but not for Faith and Val as we kick off this episode of the Yarra BUG Radio Show with studio guest, Anna Haygreen, Sustainable Transport Officer at Darebin City Council. We share our bike moments before looking at some news including an interview with John Merritt, CEO of VicRoads about transport modes in general and Sydney Rd in particular, the City of Melbourne Draft Bicycle Plan and fundraising with the Great Southern Crossing.Anna takes us through Darebin's campaign based around the St George's Rd Shared Path which will be asking users of the path over the next month to contribute ideas about how pedestrians and cyclists can better share the path. These suggestions will be taken to the wider community for consultation to develop an etiquette about path sharing for Darebin.We finish up with a quick look at some local events, rides that will fill your Cup Day with bicycle joy. #ridebikesnotponies

Our first interview is with Helen Van Den Berg who is a long-time community activist from Tullamarine. She's fighting Vic Roads on a proposal to widen the Tullamarine Freeway by taking away the emergency lanes. She also continues to campaign around the environmental standards and safety of Tullamarine toxic waste dump.Next we talk to Peter Yacono about his documentary 'Our Power' about the disastrous brown coal fire at Morwell power plant. The documentary is almost finished and strongly advocates for methods of power generation and employment options for the Latrobe Valley.

On today's program Chris talks to Senator Janet Rice about recent leadership shuffles in Canberra, a new Minister for Cities, Greg Hunt trying to reheat East West Link, the Western Distributor and the launch of a Bike Black spot app and Bike Meet up this Saturday 17 October in Carlton North. Local news includes a short Melbourne Brompton Urban Challenge recap, news about an amendment passed at last weeks Yarra Council meeting to get the Wellington St seperated lanes finished and Yarra Ride to Work Breakfasts. Other news includes one-metre passing laws in South Australia, Australia Post launching new stamps with Australian-designed bicycles, "Grinding to a halt: rethink needed on Australian urban transport" report from Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA), parts of Yarra Trail closed for maintenance near Cremorne Rail bridge, a petition to Build a Bridge over Merri Creek between Ceres and Beavers Road and VicRoads Community information sessions on Chandler Highway in Fairfield/Kew. Keep up to date for more upcoming events at yarrabug.org/events 

We discuss general transport issues with John McPherson. We also heard from Louise Costa from the campaign group RAGE Rushworth Action Group for the Environment. They are concerned that Vic Roads hasn't consulted their community, or even their shire council, before starting a project to widen the road in and out of town. To address the safety concerns the community would prefer to reduce the speed limit rather than remove trees.

Today we're looking at a highway duplication between Beaufort and Ararat. Vic Roads completed an environmental effects statement that said they would cut down 221 large old trees in this project. Later the estimate went up to 1635 of these valuable trees. Vic Roads argues that this is for safety, but campaign group Western Highway Alternative Mindsets says that both the construction and the destruction are excessive.But this isn't just about 1600 trees. The duplication works are happening between Melbourne and Adelaide. This discrepancy shines a light on the lack of enforceable environmental regulation for these sorts of projects.Guests:Helen Lewers from Western Highway Alternative MindsetsGreg Moore senior research associate at the University of Melbourne specialising in trees Mick McCarthy Acting Executive Director of Regional Operations for Vic Roads

A planning blunder led to the destruction of almost 900 towering old native trees after VicRoads severely underestimated the environmental impact of a highway project it is managing.  WHAM (Western Highway Alternative Mindsets) is a community campaign pushing back and asking why. Dirt Radio talks with Wham's spokesperson about how it happened.Coal is cheap, renewables are expensive: the Abbott government mantra heard with monotonous regularity when future energy needs in Australia get a public airing. This sham claim is pulled apart in the second part of the show.

Interested in responsive design? Richard and Jolanda will share their key insights in redesigning one of the most highly trafficked Victorian Government websites into a smart, engaging experience. Learn about the challenges of responsive design for large websites and how they resolved them. The VicRoads website will go live one month before the conference.

On todays program Chris has interviews with George Mihailides, Charlie Farren and locals that Steve recorded at last weeks No Boulie Tacks Protest Ride on Yarra Boulevard,  Adam Bandt speaking at The Fox Hotel to celebrate the demise of the East West Link, plus news of the all new blinky-dink bike glove from The Bicycle Channel and a word from Murphy Slaw on important news about Bicycle Infrastructure - Australian style. I hope to have an in depth interview with Mr Slaw in the next few weeks, and his creator. Local news includes works on the Merri Creek shared path at Northcote, Commuter Cycles Garage Sale, Cycling and Traffic Safety Public Forum organised by Moreland City Council and VicRoads and Cycling and Wrenchworthy Bicycle Shed launch and fundraising tea party.

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People are redefining the relationship they have with the organisations they interact with, empowered by social technologies. They are seeking: - Human-ness: as organisations have grown in size and become more and more depersonalised, people are wanting more human interactions and personal response - Trust: from greenwashing to the GFC, the market's trust has been eroded - people are looking for organisations to say what they mean and mean what they say - Co-creation: people are taking a more active role in developing the products and services that they use. And if they don't find what they're looking for, they will often create it themselves - Responsibility: people want to engage with organisations that are genuinely addressing the complex issues of sustainability and wellbeing Building a brand, service or product offering that resonates in this new "economy of meaning" requires a rethinking of an organisation's relationship to the "market" - their customers, stakeholders and the environment. In this presentation Grant Young will examine how innovative organisations are using social technologies and design methods to create multi-dimensional value - both for the organisational and community - and will explore the themes that underpin the examples with a view to applying them in your context. Grant is founder of social innovation consultancy Zumio. In this role he combines his 15+ years' experience in online and social technology with his passion for sustainability to help organisations harness these increasingly prominent market forces. Zumio helps its clients - spanning the commercial, government and non-profit sectors - build platforms for social engagement that simultaneously deliver organisational value while increasing societal wellbeing and sustainability. Zumio has recently undertaken projects for the Cancer Institute NSW, the Inspire Foundation, VicRoads and Saasu. Prior to founding Zumio, Grant produced projects for award-winning sustainable design agency Digital Eskimo and managed online communications and social media strategy for conservation organisation WWF-Australia, including for the inaugural Earth Hour (2007). He has also developed web applications for the business sector in the areas of financial and carbon accounting (Saasu, Climate Friendly). Follow Grant on Twitter: @grantyoung Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

This week we talk to Dan Ilic about the ads he created for the VicRoads road-safety campaign. You probably would have seen them referred to because of their controversy. Also, Dave Bloustien discusses writing for Good News Week and the Glass House. RSS feed iTunes or listen to 218 in your browser Maybe after listening […]