Re: Swanston Street

["Rex Manning" <BenKinnear@rocketmail.com>]

i agree. bluck off from spring street down to swanson,
flinders up to the queen vic markets
Steven Hurst <hurste@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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
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> 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
> >
> >
>
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