On this weeks program Chris interviews Robert Lechte about his recent Crikey article: Cyclists’ road deaths are a national health emergency. Where’s the outcry?(link is external) including issues in the aftermath of Angus Collins death at Footscray Road, normalising of road violence, prioritising traffic throughput over human life, reactionary attitudes, parking use, ABC Melbourne: What can we do to create a safer cycling infrastructure?(link is external) and working towards visionary solutions on our streets(link is external)

Local news includes welcome return of the College Street Cycleway in Sydney(link is external) which took eight years (previous YarraBUG Radio programs: 16 Feb 2015, 22 June 2015, 1 Feb 2016) City of Yarra bike maintenance workshop(link is external), Bike Garage Sale(link is external) at Park/Canning Street (18 Feb) Bike Rave Melbourne: Monster Parade(link is external) (18 Feb) and World Naked Bike Ride(link is external) enjoying a lovely Sunday roll through narrm/Melbourne streets

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Program music

Cycling is fun - Shonen Knife(link is external)

Parallel 6 - Four Tet(link is external)

Cycling - Sonia Killmann