[bikeqld] Coro Drive - oh goody

[Michael Yeates]

Wow ...!

That actually seems OK ... except that if the pedestrians are now 
supposed to use the footpaths on Coro Drive, then presumably the 
temporary path works for cyclists?

So why the need for controllers?

Complaints by cyclists against other cyclists?

Is there really a speeding problem to justify the complaint of 
excessive "speed along the bikeway" ?

Is there a 15km/h speed limit as on the Goodwill Bridge or in South 
Bank? If not, why not?

Is there any evidence?

Or is this a convenient concoction?

Or is it as it appears rather excessive concern for cyclists ... 
suddenly ... and only here?

Surely the path isn't being used by "workers" as a convenient part of 
the construction works site?

If so, perhaps that should be drawn to the attention of the 
appropriate WH&S people?

IF the temporary construction is the 2.2m width as reported by 
Council (see the BCC web pages in my previous email), then the 
Council is suddenly choosing to be extremely concerned about cyclists ...!

Why?

Perhaps because Council has now realised someone within Council has 
allowed the contractors to breach the alleged contractual 
requirements for the width of the temporary path?

An increasing whiff of "corruption" ?

Can someone who uses the path get a measurement of the actual width 
... preferably a digital photo of the measurement?

Interesting too that this project is yet another to use up the $100m 
... at this rate there will hardly be any funds left for any of the 
many useful "new" improvements needed.

Perhaps that is the idea ... the $100m is simply or mainly for 
maintenance ... like road widening ... except we don't get too many 
"new" roads for cycling ...

MY...........................................

At 07:57 AM 4/05/2009, Sebastian Tauchmann wrote:

>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,25422176-952,00.html
>
>As always, they're asking "commentators" to throw dung at cyclists...
>
>
>"Traffic controllers to restore safety for cyclists, pedestrians on bikeway
>
>By Bruce McMahon
>
>A SERIES of brushes between cyclists and pedestrians has forced a
>stop-go rule on the Bicentennial Bikeway upgrade alongside the
>Brisbane River.
>Brisbane City Council has suspended pedestrian access on a 400m
>section at Milton, in the city's inner-west, sending pedestrians on to
>a narrow footpath along Coronation Drive.
>
>Down below, cyclists - managed by traffic controllers from 5am to 8pm
>- travel on a temporary construction boardwalk, one direction at a
>time."
>
>continues and asks "Your Say: Are cyclists on the Bicentennial Bikeway
>out of control?" - nice priming of the pump there.
>
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