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Yani, you could design a yellow and black cautionary sign in the style
and size of the official road signs which read "Cyclists and
Pedestrians Beware Stupid Design" or design a good pictorial graphic
one showing a stylised cyclist cracking their scone or crashing and
then paste these on all the obstacles you meet on a shared path.
Council could hardly object to this service of warning shared path
users of dangers but they would get pretty tired of scraping them off.
Even better if they were retro-reflective to highlight/advertise the
dangers at night.<br>
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Yani wrote:
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Did you think that was too
strongly worded? I had to
re-read it to take on what you are saying...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><i><font color="maroon" face="Courier New"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: maroon; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-AU">If there is
a choice between free clean bus shelters and pathway incidents only <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">idiots</span></b> would choose the former
while promoting
cycling.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Idiots was polite as really I
think they are fheads
with shite for brains whose sole interest is making the job as big a
public con
as possible while spending millions of dollars with contractors that
are known
to pay backhanders to both political parties and individuals. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Frankly I think they are just
plain avoiding
maintenance. I don't think they give a damn at all. If they did they
would have
a website where complains were reported in the open and resolutions
tracked.
Most of these areas mentions need maintenance at regular intervals. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">They have subcontracted
responsibility to the lowest
quote and they are getting exactly the service they pay for. In fact
they have
community groups who pull together on weekends to pick up the slack. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">They have had great advice which
they ignore both
internally and externally.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">And a situation which should be
getting better is
getting worse. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">The whole thing is based on
doing it on the cheap,
being non-responsible and having no strong specifications. This is
coming
directly from elected councillors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Sure it’s much cheaper to hire a
contractor that
pays minimum wages and casual rates than to have real council
employees. They
had major theft at council yards and some pretty shifty unsakeable
workers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Let the councillor go down there
herself and think
about how to manage her electorate. Even if that is by photo only. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Adshells will be removed or more
correctly positioned
with some consideration when there are sufficient accidents for what
I’ve
been saying not to be ignored. Almost every installation could be just
fine if
a little thought was used. Sure there might be a need to compromise
advertising
slightly but with intelligent design that is doable. They built bus
shelters
for 100 years without rooting up the path. This is nothing more than
advertising mafia greed and council ‘can’t be arsedness’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Yani<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Peter Whittle [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pjl.whittle@optusnet.com.au">pjl.whittle@optusnet.com.au</a></st1:PersonName>]
<br>
Sent: February 6, 2009 10:34 PM<br>
To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:akayani@aapt.net.au">akayani@aapt.net.au</a></st1:PersonName>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bikeqld@bikeqld.org.au">bikeqld@bikeqld.org.au</a><br>
Subject: RE: [bikeqld] Footpaths again</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Yani<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Have you ever called the BCC
hotline 3403 8888 open
24/7 and asked them<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">nicely to prune the offending
garden? A polite request
works pretty well, in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">my experience. These are your
neighbours doing their
job. Frankly if some<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">yob wrote offensive letters to
me or anyone who worked
for me, I would<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">down-prioritise him or blacklist
him.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">As to the Ads-hells, you have a
point, but abuse will
get you nowhere.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU">Pete<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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