Peter Keller Wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:20:03 +0000, MoreBikesPlease wrote:
These thoughts are from someone who lived briefly in Melbourne over 20
years ago.
Swanston Street then was basically a place where almost stationary
lines
of cars spent hours not doing much. Even pedestians could use this
"roadway" much better and faster than cars.
Has it "improved"?
The only vehicle traffic allowed on the stretch of Swanston Street I
ride on, between Flinder's Street and La Trobe, are bicycles, busses,
trams, cabs and vehicles engaged in delivering stuff to/from shops on
Swanston Street.

The result is a road which is comparatively lightly travelled by
motorised vehicles. Unforutnately this leads to complacency amongst
pedestrians, I believer that stretch of road has the dubious
distinction of having the most pedestrian collisions in Victoria, if
not Australia.

Bike wise it's fine provided you accept that you may have to stick
behind a tram rather than pass it on the left as parked trucks etc can
make that rather hazardous.


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EuanB