Mar
17
Ban on cars and bikes among council options for Swanston St
ByA PROPOSAL to remove all cars and bicycles from Swanston St will be put to Melbourne City Council this month. The option to make Swanston St a purely pedestrian and tram strip will be added to six options released to council on the future of what Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said was Melbourne’s “main artery”.
- Increasing car and bicycle access through widening Swanston St and providing dedicated a 24 hour vehicle lane and a 24 hour bicycle lane;
- Increasing tram and car access with a larger footpath and raised platforms for tram stops, with dedicated bicycle lanes;
- Decreased car access with wider footpaths and out of hours delivery access, with dedicated bicycle lanes on the footpath.
1 Comments
April 9th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
when will the state government & Melb city council get the cyclists off our city footpaths, everyday I am ‘buzzed’by cyclists ‘flying’along with little regard to pedestrian safety. It is so very dangerous & its about time this practice is stopped. Authorities should not be waiting until someone gets seriously injured from being hit by a cyclist & then beginning to investigate….please help keep the footpath safe for pedestrians.