A big congratulations to Moving Byron.
We all dream and hope for a route into the future, without ever quite knowing how. Council’s new transport policy is groundbreaking; it is stripped of bureaucratic ‘blah blah’ to core practical approaches. It speaks clearly to our human, economic and ecological needs, focusing on smart integrated ways to deal with access and mobility for all. It works constructively with our community strengths, while keeping a clear eye on information-driven approaches, or demand management.
It resists the easy binary approaches of cars versus public transport, or bikes versus trains, rather, it challenges us to explore sophisticated approaches. It’s terrific.
Well done to all those who have worked hard to make good, practical, visionary public [transport] policy.
It is a great starting point for our new Council. Hopefully, staff and councillors will see its value and compete to champion the cause.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
