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Category Archive: Safety

Sydney CBD is bringing back pedestrian “beg buttons”

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Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has recently installed these around the Sydney CBD – a sticker on top of a pedestrian “beg button” explaining the button must be pressed between 10pm and 6am.

Jake Coppinger December 20, 2022 Cars, Crosswalks, Policy, Safety, Sydney, TfNSW, Traffic Signals

Frederick Street pedestrian crossing upgrade

Frederick Street Ashfield, Source: TfNSW
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This is the WalkSydney submission on the Frederick Street pedestrian crossing upgrade. WalkSydney is the peak advocacy group […]

Anna Harvey October 28, 2022 Ashfield, Safety, traffic calming

Who can ride on footpaths and shared pathways and what are the rules?

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Footpaths Unless there are signs that specifically prohibit them, bicycles may be ridden on the footpath by: Children […]

Janet Wahlquist February 15, 2022 Cycling, Road Rules, Safety

For your protection

For your protection: A crash barrier that makes the footpath to narrow to use
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Observed on Hannam Street near Turrella Station:

David M Levinson July 5, 2021 30please, Safety, Turrella

Jailing child-killing drivers won’t stop the slaughter

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Jailing child-killing drivers won’t stop the slaughter. Lower urban speed limits and redesigned streets will.

Christopher Standen April 20, 2021 Enforcement, Good Government, Safety, Speeding, traffic calming

Triangles

At least 20 people, most of them children, queued up like bowling pins, on a refugee island at City Road and Cleveland Street, Sydney. Other groups are held back at the Seymour Centre, or have been already ferried across City Road to Victoria Park. This is typical, but not good, urban design.
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Pedestrian islands exist at intersections only to maximise the flow of cars. To reduce the number of cars […]

Owen July 23, 2020 Safety, Sydney

Traffic-free weekends at Centennial Park have revived the “People’s Park” its founder envisioned

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The centennial parklands trust has been widely praised for its trial of traffic-free weekends. It should seize this opportunity to make them permanent and revive the “People’s Park” its founder envisioned.

Christopher Standen May 15, 2020 Cars, Cycling, Movement and Places, Safety, Sydney

Double Demerits

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We asked the following poll on Twitter With less traffic due to Covid19 comes a rise in speeding, […]

walksydneyadmin March 27, 2020 Enforcement, Safety, Speeding, Sydney

Traffic-free Boxing Day

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Transport for NSW has rolled out traffic-free road changes to support pedestrian safety in the CBD today for […]

Yvonne December 26, 2019 Events, Light Rail, Movement and Places, Public Transport, Safety, Sydney, traffic calming

Pedestrian crossing

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Do you think that there is something wrong with this picture? For me, a potential collision is imminent. […]

Regina Haertsch March 11, 2019 Crosswalks, Safety, Sydney, Walks

The Pits of Communication

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Reporting issues is a quick and easy way to help your local council look after the community.

Yvonne December 11, 2018 Footpaths and Sidewalks, Movement and Places, Safety, Sydney, Technology, Walks

The Double-Cross: Missing Pedestrian Crossings

Wyndham Street and Bourke Street near Green Square. So let's say you crossed O'Riordan on the side of the street with the walk signal, and you are proceeding up Wyndham. Good luck, though there is a sidewalk, the pedestrian indicator is missing. I am not clear where you are supposed to go, back to Botany Road perhaps?
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Every signal controlled intersection should have protected pedestrian crossings on every side of every street. Yet this is […]

David M Levinson November 20, 2018 Crosswalks, Refuge Island, Safety, Sydney, Traffic Signals

Sydney’s Refugee Crisis

At least 20 people, most of them children, queued up like bowling pins, on a refugee island at City Road and Cleveland Street, Sydney. Other groups are held back at the Seymour Centre, or have been already ferried across City Road to Victoria Park. This is typical, but not good, urban design.
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Refugee children, trapped on a small island, trying to get to a better place, are challenged by a […]

David M Levinson November 5, 2018 Refuge Island, Safety, Sydney, Traffic Signals
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