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Posted on May 21, 2013 | No CommentsIn a letter to all MP’s obtained by The Courier Mail Premier Campbell Newman has revealed how this Government’s 30-year vision for the state would become a study topic for... -
Dear Campbell Newman & the Queensland Plan. Cooking up a recipe for success…
Posted on May 17, 2013 | 14 CommentsLast week 400 people, including my colleague Felicity, were brought together by Premier Campbell Newman at the Mackay Summit to discuss challenges and aspirations for Queensland in coming decades: resource... -
Reality Bites. Time 4 Action. #2 Wishing on a Wish List
Posted on May 13, 2013 | 5 CommentsWay back in 2004, when I lived in England and Brisbane was just a place far away with a beach on its river, Campbell Newman was devising his TransApex plan... -
My Brave Idea for Brisbane @BrisbaneInst
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 6 Comments15 years ago you could only buy eggs. Then something exciting happened. You could buy eggs laid by chooks that had broken out… barn eggs. Then things got funky. You... -
MX newspaper reports Rachel’s “Pukka Plan for Cycling”
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsPukka Plan for Cycling -
“We need bold ideas for Brisbane” @AECOM Rachel Smith tells @katherinefeeney @brisbanetimes
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 1 Commenthttp://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/call-for-bold-ideas-to-get-brisbane-moving-20130509-2j9g8.html -
Reality Bites. Time 4 Action. #1 Bicycle Harvesting
Posted on April 30, 2013 | 5 CommentsI’m pretty frustrated right now and to be totally honest so are quite a lot of other people. I guess you’d say I’m frustrated with the ‘lacking-ness’ and the ‘liking-on-Facebook-but-doing-nothing-ness’.... -
America’s best cycling advocacy ideas for Australia
Posted on April 11, 2013 | 2 CommentsAmerica’s best cycling advocacy ideas for Australia. Presented by Phil Latz to the 2013 Asia Pacific Cycle Congress Download here Latz -
‘Reality Bites – Bike Week special’ – Cycling: Where to from here?
Posted on March 22, 2013 | 13 CommentsLast week Tony, my new accountant, asked me where cycling was going and I’ve got to admit I was a little bit stumped. The thing with Tony is he’s always... -
‘Reality Bites – Bike Week special’ – Cycling: Are we pedalling or connecting?
Posted on March 21, 2013 | 5 CommentsLast night I played netball. We didn’t win. The blokes on the competing team were big, tall and they trod on our feet! But for me it’s not about the... -
‘Reality Bites – Bike Week special’ – We need a cycling hero
Posted on March 20, 2013 | 16 CommentsWe are lucky in Australia that most people are so busy mowing the grass of their three acre ‘lifestyle’ block, driving their kids to footie, watching My Kitchen Rules and... -
‘Reality Bites – Bike Week special’ – Can just 6 people transform Australian cities into ‘cycling cities’?
Posted on March 19, 2013 | 10 CommentsYesterday my mates Ben Wilson from Bicycle Queensland and Dr Matthew Burke, a Senior Research Fellow at Griffith University’s Urban Research Program, were on the radio talking about how to... -
‘Reality Bites – Bike Week special’ – We can’t sell cycling how we’d sell soap
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 1 CommentThis last weekend, at a yoga retreat in Springbrook National Park, I met Hughie. I don’t know where he lives or what he does but I do know he is... -
Was cycling the winner? London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games
Posted on March 14, 2013 | 2 CommentsTravel Behaviour Change during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – was cycling the winner? Here’s my take on Rose McArthur’s (SKM Technical Director) absolutely brilliant 60-minute presentation in... -
It doesn’t have to be perfect it just needs to be a start.
Posted on March 14, 2013 | 1 CommentIt doesn’t have to be perfect it just needs to be a start. Potential new cycling strategy created in 40 minutes at #APCC Download here APCC 2013 Report -
#APCC Think Tank creates 3 Cycling Social Media Campaigns for 2013
Posted on March 13, 2013 | 2 CommentsWe worked individually, and once in pairs, to allow everyone to be critical of other people’s ideas without causing confrontation. It also allowed people to think for themselves rather than... -
Gut instincts & immediate intuition. Rating the success of good ideas. #APCC Think Tank.
Posted on March 13, 2013 | 1 CommentOn most projects we spend hours, days and even weeks – and sometimes months – assessing options and solutions using complex multi-criteria assessment and appraisal tools. If you follow my... -
#APCC Think Tank. The popularity contest and ‘Our better ideas’
Posted on March 13, 2013 | No CommentsIn a 3 minute Popularity Contest process we took all of the answers from all the questions… What would you do on a perfect Sunday afternoon in Australia? What will... -
“What would Richard Branson do to get more people cycling?” #APCC Think Tank
Posted on March 12, 2013 | 6 CommentsIf you knew you would not get criticised for your extraordinary ideas, amazing innovations and creative thinking what would you do? That’s why I asked my #APCC Think Tank what... -
#APCC Think Tank “What will cycling success look like 10 years from now?”
Posted on March 12, 2013 | 7 CommentsTo think about our target audiences and what we really want to achieve I asked my #APCC Think Tank what they think cycling success will look like 10 years from...