The battle for our streets - and not what you think...

An interesting series of articles in The Atlantic by Sarah Goodyear are well worth reading. In one, she looks at the changes that have occurred in Copenhagen and Amsterdam and ponders the reasons. Although there is a bit of teleology involved, the reflections are about timing, political will and seizing the moment. The key idea:

It seems that by seizing a historical moment – the energy crisis – in an era when the power of public protest was arguably at its peak, ordinary Danish and Dutch citizens were able to change the course of development in their urban centers.

So, the question is: has our moment in Melbourne passed or - in the current state of political uncertainty -  is there a chance to build the sort of coalitions that would be needed to make the vision of a safe biking city realised?