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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
Hmm! Support seems to be growing and I like the anti-car aspect of
this and the agenda is much less diffuse than with Critical Mass and includes pedestrians and those with disabilities. "Jenny Jones, Green Party leader at the Greater London Authority, has announced that she is joining a cyclists' direct action event at Kings Cross on Monday. The event, initiated by cycling campaign group Bikes Alive, is to demand a change in the balance of power on London's roads and an end to the official policy of giving priority to the speed and volume of motor vehicles above the safety and sanity of everyone else. Jenny Jones said, "London’s roads must be fixed urgently if we are to make them safe for cyclists and all other road users. This is the Mayor’s responsibility, and I hope that if we make a statement through peaceful, direct action he will start to listen." Bikes Alive has called for cyclists and pedestrians to take active steps to calm the traffic outside Kings Cross station from 6pm to 7pm on Monday, if possible by closing the road to motor vehicles completely. DISABILITY CAMPAIGNERS' SUPPORT The priority given to motor traffic affects pedestrians, as well as cyclists, and Bikes Alive demands changes which would improve the safety of all slow-moving and vulnerable road users, including the re- timing of traffic lights at junctions and crossings to allow much longer periods between successive green-for-traffic phases. Lianna Etkind of Transport for All (which campaigns for safe and accessible means of travel for everyone, irrespective of their abilities or disabilities) has also spoken out in support of the demonstration, and will be present with other Transport for All activists. She said, "The Mayor's insidious talk of 'smoothing traffic flow' covers an agenda of prioritising impatient motorists over the safety of pedestrians. Disabled and older people's safety and independence is being put at risk by shortsighted streetscene policies, particularly the removal of crossings." "BRING YOUR DANCING SHOES..." Bikes Alive was set up in reaction to the almost hysterical support, in many circles, for the divine right of motorists to delay, poison and terrorise cyclists and other non-motorised road users. Albert Beale, speaking on behalf of Bikes Alive, said today, "Monday's event is the first step in a campaign to stop - by whatever nonviolent means needed - the completely unnecessary level of deaths, injuries and fear inflicted by motorists on the more vulnerable. I urge cyclists to join us on Monday. And if you don't have a bike, bring your dancing shoes..." ENDS Notes: 1) Media enquiries about this will be dealt with by Albert Beale, on 020-7278 4474. 2) For more details of this initiative, see bikesalive.wordpress.com 3) For the previous Bikes Alive press release on this topic, see bikesalive.wordpress.com/press-releases " |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On 07/01/2012 07:02, Doug wrote:
Hmm! Support seems to be growing and I like the anti-car aspect of this and the agenda is much less diffuse than with Critical Mass and includes pedestrians and those with disabilities. "Jenny Jones, Green Party leader at the Greater London Authority, has announced that she is joining a cyclists' direct action event at Kings Cross on Monday. And the public will think "its that silly cow again, now she's involved with the lycra clad weirdo's". -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster University |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:02:02 -0800 (PST), Doug
wrote: "Jenny Jones, Green Party leader at the Greater London Authority, has announced that she is joining a cyclists' direct action event For heavens sake Doug - she is the token green - she objects to everything and joins anything which generates publicity (as long as it isn't nuclear or practical). |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On Jan 7, 9:28*pm, Peter Parry wrote:
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:02:02 -0800 (PST), Doug wrote: "Jenny Jones, Green Party leader at the Greater London Authority, has announced that she is joining a cyclists' direct action event For heavens sake Doug - she is the token green - she objects to everything and joins anything which generates publicity (as long as it isn't nuclear or practical). Nevertheless she has a voice at City Hall and on the mainstream media. If Bikes Alive is to grow into something it will need all the help it can get. I'm surprised she is supporting a direct action though. -- . UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill. |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On 08/01/2012 07:00, Doug wrote:
Peter wrote: wrote: "Jenny Jones, Green Party leader at the Greater London Authority, has announced that she is joining a cyclists' direct action event For heavens sake Doug - she is the token green - she objects to everything and joins anything which generates publicity (as long as it isn't nuclear or practical). Nevertheless she has a voice at City Hall and on the mainstream media. If Bikes Alive is to grow into something it will need all the help it can get. I'm surprised she is supporting a direct action though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5f2RMc4e5s |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:28:05 +0000, JNugent wrote:
On 08/01/2012 07:00, Doug wrote: Peter wrote: wrote: "Jenny Jones, Green Party leader at the Greater London Authority, has announced that she is joining a cyclists' direct action event For heavens sake Doug - she is the token green - she objects to everything and joins anything which generates publicity (as long as it isn't nuclear or practical). Nevertheless she has a voice at City Hall and on the mainstream media. If Bikes Alive is to grow into something it will need all the help it can get. I'm surprised she is supporting a direct action though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5f2RMc4e5s Stick with it. Excellent. |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On 08/01/2012 12:28, JNugent wrote:
On 08/01/2012 07:00, Doug wrote: Peter wrote: wrote: "Jenny Jones, Green Party leader at the Greater London Authority, has announced that she is joining a cyclists' direct action event For heavens sake Doug - she is the token green - she objects to everything and joins anything which generates publicity (as long as it isn't nuclear or practical). Nevertheless she has a voice at City Hall and on the mainstream media. If Bikes Alive is to grow into something it will need all the help it can get. I'm surprised she is supporting a direct action though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5f2RMc4e5s I nearly wet myself..... ROFLMAO -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster University |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:00:55 +0000, Dave - Cyclists VOR
wrote: I nearly wet myself..... Have you tried incontinence pants? |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:19:12 +0000, Tom Crispin wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:00:55 +0000, Dave - Cyclists VOR wrote: I nearly wet myself..... Have you tried incontinence pants? Have you looked up the word "nearly"? |
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"JENNY JONES TO ATTEND 9 JANUARY "BIKES ALIVE" DEMONSTRATION"
On 08/01/2012 16:19, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:00:55 +0000, Dave - Cyclists VOR wrote: I nearly wet myself..... Have you tried incontinence pants? I wear them whenever cyclists try to deny helmet wearing, or whenever I read posts from ****wits like you & Mason. Its just so funny.... -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster University |
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