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Hi Anthony and John ...<br><br>
Anthony, where did you enter/leave at the Indooroopilly end? <br><br>
Did you stay on, or get onto the path to/at its end in Lambert Road up
past the State High School?<br><br>
Or did you get on/off at Indooroopilly Road and not use the path(s)
through Robertson Park?<br><br>
Or did you use Carawa Street via the roundabout on Indooroopilly
Road?<br><br>
John, locals suggest about 20-50 people per day (ie up to 4 per daylight
hour) walk with peaks early morning and early evening. <br><br>
Less than that cycle on the path although for both peds and cyclists,
numbers obviously vary a lot.<br><br>
And yes, the big groups certainly dominate the local (mis)perceptions and
complaints esp about shouting to each other.<br><br>
But up to 1 or more cyclists a minute in the morning cycling peak use
Carawa Street as individuals (ie as commuters) in the morning ... then
split routes ... a majority use Hillside but a surprising number use
Highland then presumably Hawken Drive to UQ ... and the extent to which
UQ is no less a destination is important given the layout at UQ required
by the BCC bridge designers <br><br>
Whether this choice between Hillside or Highland and/or the number of
cyclists has changed since the Schonell Bridge is an interesting question
given it is increasingly difficult to cycle into and therefore through UQ
(so it is a barrier) from Hawken Drive. <br><br>
Individuals often can advise whether they have changed eg from Coro Drive
shared path to Schonell Bridge and this forms reliable "case
study" results especially if they also know of others who have done
the same.<br><br>
All feedback welcomed ...<br><br>
MY........................<br><br>
At 12:37 PM 7/10/2009, Anthony Lee wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi John,<br><br>
When I rode my MTB and when I was living in Corinda I did it a couple of
times. <br>
<br>
Anthony Lee<br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size=2><b>From:</b> John Nightingale
<adsliif2@iinet.net.au><br>
<b>To:</b> Michael Yeates <michael@yeatesit.biz>;
bikeqld@bikeqld.org.au<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wed, 7 October, 2009 9:13:33 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bikeqld] St Lucia bikeway consultation<br>
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<font face="Verdana">Has anyone seen a bicycle on the already completed
section? I’ve seen a couple of walkers over the time it’s been
open.<br><br>
Presumably this pathway is all about student and staff commuters to and
from UQ. But the great volume of cyclists are the bunch riders early each
morning and at other times on weekends. The one way option means that
counter-clockwise River Riders will have a faster run along the
Esplanade, and then run into traffic calming on Hillside Tce. Clockwise
bunches will choose alternatives, probably using Hawken Drive and the
shopping strip. That should be fun, shouldn’t it?<br><br>
I guess Council regards bunch riders as merely a nuisance and not genuine
cyclists who ride for a ‘serious’ purpose. But even these commuters
don’t seem to be using the Hillside Tce path... I wonder if there is a
traffic counter on it.<br><br>
J. <br><br>
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On 7/10/09 8:35 AM, "Michael Yeates"
<michael@yeatesit.biz> wrote:<br><br>
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<dd>Then add in that Council is again "promising" to install
the BAZ on The Esplanade while despite similar previous
"promises" when Carawa Street was widened some 2 years ago and
as part of Stage 1 of this "bikeway" along Hillside Terrace
(the 20 year "bike route") which Council says is completed in
2008 ... where NEITHER have the BAZ despite regular requests and
reminders.<br><br>
<dd>It is also worth noting that this work is in the Ward of Councillor
Prentice who is well aware of the issues involved (the more so now she is
the BCC Chair of cycling) yet still Council refuses to
"complete" work that was "promised" ...! <br>
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