An attempt to turn Melbourne’s “Little” streets into pedestrian-friendly promenades is failing because motorists refuse to share the busy laneways and obey new speed limits.
An attempt to turn Melbourne’s “Little” streets into pedestrian-friendly promenades is failing because motorists refuse to share the busy laneways and obey new speed limits.
@maegul @ajsadauskas yeah the design doesn’t cue this at all. I was on one of them recently too and didn’t notice the signs or realise it was meant to be a pedestrianised street. There was a raised footpath, so I stayed on it. Making the whole street level, probably with discreet bollards to keep some safer space for pedestrians, makes it much more obvious.
@jroper @maegul @ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml An example of somewhere that has done this pedestrian mixed space well in Australia is Hornsby in NSW, along Florence Street.
The street is paved with stone rather than gravel; it’s level with the footpath; the area where cars are permitted demarcated with bollards rather than a gutter, to as well as with seating and planters.
Oh, and you know who is (or at least was) the local mayor of Hornsby Shire Council?
Philip Ruddock.
Yep, that Philip Ruddock.
It’s not that difficult to do a mixed pedestrian space well.
If even someone like Philip Ruddock can figure it out, then frankly Melbourne City Council has no excuses.
#walkability #Hornsby #NSW #pedestrian #walking #cities #urbanism