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From: Roderick Smith [mailto:rodsmith@werple.net.au]
Sent: Monday, 24 April 2017 6:55 PM
To: 'transportdownunder@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: snippets, Thurs.13.4.17
On Wed.12.4, no transport-related tender was called.
The clues for the cryptic crossword:
Across
2) Put down your shovel and take a break (11)
3) Are you authorised to turn the rice off? (8)
4) The Queen left her car along the Cranbourne line (9)
6) You need to be passionate to finish art well. (8)
7) Marooned! Befuddled without my EA! (6)
Down
1) Ask the friendly giant for the code (9)
5) The menace of Hurstbridge (6)
Attached:
170413Th Melbourne 'Herald Sun':
- letters, gas. with tdu.
- route 8 bustitution (full of spin).
170413Th Melbourne 'Age' - station cryptic crossword (smaller of two).
Thurs.13.4.17 Metro Express - 1891 Collins St (SLV).
Roderick.
Melbourne Express: Thursday, April 13, 2017.
Collins Street in Melbourne in 1891. Photo: State Library .
Let's see if we can conquer this cryptic crossword PTV put out. Photo:
Craig Butt, PTV.
Here's something for puzzle lovers: PTV has compiled a cryptic crossword in
which all the answers are railway stations.
<www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-express-thursday-april-13-2017-2017041
2-gvk0l6.html>
April 13 2017 Plan for St Kilda Road bike lanes in centre of boulevard too
dangerous: council . [photo sent with 12.4].
New plans for St Kilda Road bike lanes that would see cyclists riding down
the middle of the boulevard are unsafe and should be dumped, Port Phillip
Council says.
The council says VicRoads wants to move existing traffic lanes from the
centre of the road to the side.
Katherine Copsey, acting mayor of Port Phillip Council, on St Kilda Road.
Photo: Joe Armao.
Those former car lanes in the centre of St Kilda Road would then become a
safety zone for bikes, from Linlithgow Avenue near the National Gallery of
Victoria to just north of St Kilda Junction, according to the council.
The bike zone would then switch to "Copenhagen-style" protected bike lanes
on the side of the road from St Kilda Junction to Carlisle Street in St
Kilda.
However, a VicRoads director said that reducing car lanes would not be a
part of the project.
The council has worked with VicRoads on the project since 2015, but is now
in dispute with the road authority, saying its proposal is not safe.
"We are concerned this design could deter less confident riders and groups
like women, children and older riders," Port Phillip's acting mayor
Katherine Copsey said.
"They may find it challenging to cross over from the centre to the sides of
the road."
Cr Copsey, a member of the Greens, said research had shown women would be
more likely to cycle when there were safe and easily accessible paths.
"St Kilda Road should be a corridor for everyone," she said.
The St Kilda Road bike route falls within both the Port Phillip and
Melbourne City Council areas. It is one of Melbourne's busiest bike routes,
as it is one of the most direct into the CBD from the south.
St Kilda Road also has one of the highest rates of reported crashes
involving car doors and cyclists in Victoria. In the five years to 2015,
there were 122 cyclists recorded as injured on the strip.
Cycling advocates have campaigned for years for safer bike lanes along St
Kilda Road. Along with 122 crashes involving cyclists there were 74
accidents recorded involving pedestrians between 2011 and 2015.
About 3000 people ride along St Kilda Road each day, and it is also used by
41,000 motorists and 200,000 tram passengers.
VicRoads regional director Vince Punaro said the road authority wanted to
ensure everyone's safety, "whether that's cycling, using public transport,
walking or in a car".
"VicRoads has been consulting with local residents and St Kilda Road
business owners about improving safety for cyclists and pedestrians, while
balancing the needs of drivers, public transport users, businesses and the
local community," he said.
<www.theage.com.au/victoria/plan-for-st-kilda-road-bike-lanes-in-centre-of-b
oulevard-too-dangerous-council-20170413-gvkn50.html>