Re: Swanston Street

["Steven Hurst" <hurste@primus.com.au>]

In my opinion, Swanston "walk" failed because of 2 things...

a) here is an absence of shops to a large extent on the east side of the
street, so there is therefore no reason to use the street other than on the
west side.

b)  It either needed to go the 'whole hog' like bourke st. mall and be
completely unlike a road, or not at all, not the half arsed widened footpath
(and one 'parking' lane abolished) approach that there is currently.
Basically, the street just isn't suited to a malll, it should be a road,
althoguh, noone really would want to use it anyway, because of congestion,
which is why they closed it in the first place right?

THE SOLUTION...

Close off all the inner city streets to traffic and let 'em catch a tram or
train!

regards,

Steven Hurst
Melbourne, Australia

FAI Bathurst 1000 www.fai1000.com.au
11-14 November 1999
FORD - Live It. www.ford.com.au

My Railway Website...
http://home.primus.com.au/hurste/rail
Daniel Bowen <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au> wrote in message
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> Any comments on the re-opening of Swanston Street?
>
> Tonight I took a drive down there on the way home from somewhere; the
trams
> seem to be back. They're obviously keeping a close eye on the 30 km/h
speed
> limit - the police were booking a cabbie. Does this speed limit apply to
> trams???
>
> As for the tram passenger safety concerns, maybe they should just extend
the
> curb out to meet the trams at tram stops?
>
>
> Daniel
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen at custard dot net dot au
>
>