RE: Slow Melbourne trams
Roy Winslow
Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:13 AM
I
too support these notions. Poor Bob must have gotten out of the wrong side of
the bed.
On
the topic of priority, what were the results of the dynamic lane marking trials
down Toorak Road on the No.8?
Roy
Winslow
Town Planner and One-time Transport
Planner
-----Original Message-----Hear, hear! I was staggered by Bob's outburst, particularly when so much of
From: Brent Efford [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [TramsDownUnder] Slow Melbourne trams
what he was rubbishing was self-evident and normal practice wherever city
authorities genuinely want to ease car-dependence and give PT priority in
the inner city.
The slow progression of trams through the city because of lack of traffic
signal priority and traffic calming is probably the greatest handicap to
Melbourne's otherwise wonderful system. This was also commented on at the
Tram and Light Rail Conference in October 2000. Mr Guyot's wish list is very
similar to what Risson was saying in the 1960s and before, and is mainstream
stuff. It deserves respect and action, not rejection.
Cheers,
Brent Efford
TechMedia Services
Co-ordinator, Transport 2000+ NZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bolton [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, 20 May 2002 9:49 p.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Slow Melbourne trams
On Mon, 20 May 2002 11:08:07 +1000, Bob wrote:
> The frog sounds like an idiot to me, Brian.
It sounds like *very good* sense to me, from my observations of the
way that trams are treated by the traffic authorities in Melbourne.
> Most of his stuff if puerile and the person who parroted it in
> the paper is an idiot who does not understand enough about the
> functioning of a city to matter. Chattering classes! The sound
> and the fury signifying nothing.
You need to lay of the "Not Invented Here" pills Bob!
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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