-----Original Message-----
From: mccofnsw.org.au On Behalf Of Guy Stanford
Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2008 11:51 AM
To: MCC-Delegates
Subject: [Delegates] National Transport Plan - WRITE A LETTER !!!!


We need riders to stand up, by writing a letter to the Federal Minister
for Transport.

The recently released new National Transport Plan makes no mention of
motorcycles.
Neither do the State Transport Plans anywhere in Australia.


A new National Transport Plan
http://www.ntc.gov.au/NewsDetail.aspx?page=A0240030550000002000259
NOT ONE MENTION OF MOTORCYCLES


Write to:

The Hon A (Anthony) Albanese MP
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local
Government Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600

AND

copy the letter to your favourite local Ministers on this page:
http://www.atcouncil.gov.au/about_us/membership.aspx


Please ask ALL riders to write a letter.
The new Fed govt tells us it will listen if we speak.

It's the right time to SPEAK UP!


Ask Albanese to provide an answer of WHY NOT????

Why no mention of motorcycles as a valid and explosively growing mode of
transport?
Have the administrators failed him?
Why this blindness? Is it ignorance, or prejudice, or incompetence?
Which?

With fuel prices skyrocketing, motorcycle and scooter numbers will
continue to grow.
Failure to include them in planning means INAPPROPRIATE strategies for
transport and safety will arise from ill-informed ignorance Failure to
accommodate motorcycles and scooters in planning will increase crash
risks

Motorcycles and scooters are environmentally sustainable, frugal users
of fuel and the only class of road transport that has REDUCED its
contribution to greenhouse gas emissions
http://www.mccofnsw.org.au/a/207.html


Why have motorcycles been forgotten in Transport Planning? Yet again????
This marginalises motorcycle riders, making motorcycles subject to
ill-informed prejudices by administrators.

e.g. tolls - why are motorcycles charged the same as cars?

Can he provide any better answer than "we forgot", (so bikes just got
reclassified as cars ) Motorcycles were not considered at all in the
planning for private toll roads under "PPP" arrangements

Inappropriate technology for tolling means riders are inconvenienced by
masses of paperwork and forced to pay for a failure that is not their
responsibility.

Can he tell us why bicycles are not charged a toll?
Under the National Road Rules, applicable in ALL States and Territories,
a bicycle is "a vehicle" and hence is liable to pay a toll

Can he, as the new Minister demonstrate some leadership, or will he
abandon his responsibility and force riders to take extreme actions
through protests?

The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce makes excellent points in
their press release of 2 June 2008 here: http://tinyurl.com/5do26z



Guy Stanford
Chairman
Motorcycle Council of NSW
0417 661 827
www.roadsafety.mccofnsw.org.au
www.mccofnsw.org.au
www.pleaselooktwice.com

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