Re: Swanston Street

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au>]

Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > As for the tram passenger safety concerns, maybe they should just
> extend the
> > curb out to meet the trams at tram stops?
>
> Which is inconsistent with reopening the road so I assume you want it
> closed as I do.

I don't think opening the road to cars is going to achieve what they want.
If they want nightlife, they need to make sure there's cafes and bars and
restaurants and all the other things that actually attract people to a
street at night. Well, something more than a 7-11, anyway!

Does anybody remember what Swanston Street was like before it was ever
closed to cars?

> Bourke & Swanston could probably do without traffic lights too (give
> way to trams on right or something - any tram drivers on this list?
> would it work?)

What if you got four at once?  Would Swanston and Yarra drivers play chicken
with each other?  :)


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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