Posted to Herald Sun (28/4/2011) on 28/4/2011 at 3:12 AM
Commenting on “Swanston St to be pedestrianised next year”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/swanston-street-to-be-pedestrianised-next-year/comments-fn7x8me2-1226045923908
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Robert Doyle is full of hot air, promises and a member of NATO – No Action Talk Only. God only knows why he wants to close off Swanston Street from cars, taxis and delivery vehicles. Swanston Street is NOT an alternate road but the main thoroughfare that joins the two end boundaries of the City. Only very idiotic person can strategise in this most ridiculous way. Congestion, if managed properly, leads to vibrancy of a City. Stopping traffic to move through Swanston Street is no different from doing likewise to Glenferrie Road in Hawthorne, or Lygon Street in Carlton. The City blackspot is not Swanston Street, but the intersection of Swanston and Flinders Streets. Pedestrianisation of Swanston Street will not make the CBD safer.
Talking about safety, Robert Doyle was in charge of the Crime Prevention Committee during Kenneth’s time. He is just as bad in crime prevention now as he was then, because the crime statistics is no better now in the CBD than when he first became the Mayor. King Street is still the most notorious part of the City, infamous for Saturday night brawls and arrests.
That's the price to pay for NOT casting your votes with your eyes open. That's the price to pay for voting someone who can do back-flip better than a Chinese gymnast. What’s the price? $25.60 million.
Also
http://sinfongchanleader.blogspot.com/2009/11/swanston-street-shuttle-bus-ban-plan.html
http://sinfongchanleader.blogspot.com/2009/12/melbournes-15-million-party-to-bring-in.html
http://sinfongchanleader.blogspot.com/2010/01/city-flash-mob-worth-25k.html
Commenting on “Swanston St to be pedestrianised next year”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/swanston-street-to-be-pedestrianised-next-year/comments-fn7x8me2-1226045923908
This is the original blog.
Robert Doyle is full of hot air, promises and a member of NATO – No Action Talk Only. God only knows why he wants to close off Swanston Street from cars, taxis and delivery vehicles. Swanston Street is NOT an alternate road but the main thoroughfare that joins the two end boundaries of the City. Only very idiotic person can strategise in this most ridiculous way. Congestion, if managed properly, leads to vibrancy of a City. Stopping traffic to move through Swanston Street is no different from doing likewise to Glenferrie Road in Hawthorne, or Lygon Street in Carlton. The City blackspot is not Swanston Street, but the intersection of Swanston and Flinders Streets. Pedestrianisation of Swanston Street will not make the CBD safer.
Talking about safety, Robert Doyle was in charge of the Crime Prevention Committee during Kenneth’s time. He is just as bad in crime prevention now as he was then, because the crime statistics is no better now in the CBD than when he first became the Mayor. King Street is still the most notorious part of the City, infamous for Saturday night brawls and arrests.
That's the price to pay for NOT casting your votes with your eyes open. That's the price to pay for voting someone who can do back-flip better than a Chinese gymnast. What’s the price? $25.60 million.
Also
http://sinfongchanleader.blogspot.com/2009/11/swanston-street-shuttle-bus-ban-plan.html
http://sinfongchanleader.blogspot.com/2009/12/melbournes-15-million-party-to-bring-in.html
http://sinfongchanleader.blogspot.com/2010/01/city-flash-mob-worth-25k.html
