Princes Bridge - send a letter
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:15 am
The Melbourne City Council has plans to take a lane from traffic and improve the ridiculous bike lane on Princes Bridge. I reckon this is great news, but the Feral Hun and Brian Negus (RACV) are dinosaurs as usual .
My suggestion, if this matters to you, is to write to as many people as possible and tell them why this is a great idea and why the RACV's ideas are ludicrous. Send letters/emails to MCC, RACV, The Age, The Hun ad more.
Here is a letter I have sent:
The proposal by the Melbourne City Council to set aside as a separate bike lane on Princes Bridge is a great step forward in supporting what is the major cycling route in Melbourne, and is a long-needed facility. Thousands of cyclists commute along the very good bicycle lanes on St Kilda Rd, yet when they arrive at the Arts Centre precinct get funnelled into a 30cm wide “bike lane” over Princes Bridge. Creating a separated lane will solve this problem and stimulate great use.
Closing off a lane of traffic will not worsen congestion. The experience of other cities that have closed off vehicle access (eg Seoul, New York) is that traffic congestion does not increase.
Brian Negus’ (RACV) bridge suggestion is simply unworkable on a two-way transport route with large volumes of pedestrians walking over the west footpath of Princes Bridge. Access to and from such a bridge would involve crossing the vehicle traffic and pedestrian traffic twice.
I congratulate the Melbourne City Council on their vision for the future development of this area that is unsuitable for huge volumes of motor vehicle traffic and is increasingly a part of the pedestrian core of the city.
My suggestion, if this matters to you, is to write to as many people as possible and tell them why this is a great idea and why the RACV's ideas are ludicrous. Send letters/emails to MCC, RACV, The Age, The Hun ad more.
Here is a letter I have sent:
The proposal by the Melbourne City Council to set aside as a separate bike lane on Princes Bridge is a great step forward in supporting what is the major cycling route in Melbourne, and is a long-needed facility. Thousands of cyclists commute along the very good bicycle lanes on St Kilda Rd, yet when they arrive at the Arts Centre precinct get funnelled into a 30cm wide “bike lane” over Princes Bridge. Creating a separated lane will solve this problem and stimulate great use.
Closing off a lane of traffic will not worsen congestion. The experience of other cities that have closed off vehicle access (eg Seoul, New York) is that traffic congestion does not increase.
Brian Negus’ (RACV) bridge suggestion is simply unworkable on a two-way transport route with large volumes of pedestrians walking over the west footpath of Princes Bridge. Access to and from such a bridge would involve crossing the vehicle traffic and pedestrian traffic twice.
I congratulate the Melbourne City Council on their vision for the future development of this area that is unsuitable for huge volumes of motor vehicle traffic and is increasingly a part of the pedestrian core of the city.