Re: Brisbane Light Rail

["David & Jan Winter" <winterd@icenet.com.au>]

Ahhh! I've got it - enclosed pedestrian bridges! No that seems quite
comfortable to me. Royal Perth Hospital and not a few stores around
Australia also have examples; also several bridges connecting Perth's bus
and rail stations have half-enclosures (west side screened to protect from
prevailing wind and usual source of wind-blown rain - haven't had much of
that lately!).

DW

darrylg@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7asphj$nu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>In article <36d123ff.0@news.highway1.com.au>,
>  "David & Jan Winter" <winterd@nospam-icenet.com.au> wrote:
>> >> >(e) Build overhead tunnels in the CBD and other places to allow
>> pedestrians
>> >> >to cross roads with minimal disruption to themselves and to traffic;
and
>> >> Er, how exactly do the powers that be go about building overhead
tunnels?
>> >Building to building.  It doesn't need to be done at *every*
intersection,
>> >but in a few key places where it would help.  Just an idea, anyway, I'm
not
>> >fixated on it. :-)
>> Er, "overhead tunnels"? Are you trying to describe an "El" (elevated)
>> Chicago/NY style?
>
>Sort of ... there are several places around Brisbane where a building,
>usually a hospital, is across a major road from its associated car park,
and
>a pedestrian tunnel links the two.  There are also a couple of places where
a
>pedestrian bridge has been built to cross a major road.  I think this
>principle could be used more than it currently is.
>
>Darryl.
>--
>Just my opinion.
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