#yarra — Public Fediverse posts

‘Taking the mickey’: Inner-city council tears up e-bike deal
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/taking-the-mickey-inner-city-council-tears-up-e-bike-deal-20260714-p60fbu.html

The City of Yarra has ended its farcical, greenwashing, multimillion dollar, six-year, on-and-off "trial" with Lime e-bikes.

Previously, there was a brief suspension of the contract due to Lime failing to pick-up their trash that had been dumped inconsiderately in bad locations by customers, and because Lime got caught saturating the city with more hire vehicles than the contract permitted. And, it's been suspected by some people that Lime had also been dumping e-bikes: trucking them into suburbs and treating public footpaths as their own depot.

This final cancellation of the Lime contract means several inner city suburbs of Melbourne will finally be rid of the problem of shitty people with shitty cycling skills and shitty attitudes to safety, who were riding shitty rental e-bikes and scooters, and making shitty decisions about where to dump them.

#Melbourne #Yarra #Lime #EBikes #Greenwashing

If you're in #MelbourneAustralia and want to learn more about #UrbanAgriculture, check out this free event.

Fitzroy Urban Agriculture Walk

Wed, 27 Nov, 2:15pm - 3:30pm AEDT

198 Napier St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia
Free event (but please pre-register at the link below)

"Join us to learn about urban agriculture activities in and around Fitzroy. Meet the instigators, teachers and growers of the community and how the different sites and organisations work. You will hear about the challenges of growing and composting in the public, supporting children to eat well and teaching members of our community about growing food in Melbourne.

"We will visit Fitzroy Learning Network, Condell Growers and Sharers and Cubbies Adventure playground.

"Please feel free to bring any surplus produce, seeds, cuttings, plants, gardening magazines etc to swap and share!

"Please note that this is an event for Naarm/Melbourne gardeners only. If you live outside this area, please contact your council to find out what free sustainable gardening events are available locally.

"If you have any access or support questions or requirements in order to participate fully (eg. interpreter), please let us know at least two weeks prior to the event and we will be pleased to assist you. Photos will be taken at this event, but there is an option to opt out on the day.

"This My Smart Garden event is proudly presented by Yarra City Council on the land of Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin nation. My Smart Garden pays our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledges that First Nations peoples have cared for Country sustainably for tens of thousands of years."

Register:
https://events.humanitix.com/fitzroy-urban-agriculture-walk

#Yarra #YarraCityCouncil #Naarm #FitzroyVictoria #MelbourneAustralia #MySmartGarden #MySmartGardenAustralia #FoodSecurity #UrbanGardens #Gardening #PlantSwap #SolarPunkSunday #CondellGrowersAndSharers #FitzroyLearningNetwork