http://www.wrongway-goback.com There's a better way to cut traffic congestion and make Melbourne a Greener city. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:33:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The latest detail to emerge is that in order to build the East West road tunnel, we first need to compensate the owners of the Citylink toll road for lost revenue. The estimate? $100 million. These 'no compete' guarantees of up to 30 years are common with ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/08/26/rising-cost-of-the-tunnel/ An SBS Lateline program about Curitiba, Brazil. Mayor Jaime Lerner was elected in the 70s and faced a proposal to demolish buildings on his main street to east traffic congestion. Instead he did the opposite, he turned the city's main spine over to a pedestrian mall and busway. Most ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/06/09/inspiring-cities-1-curitiba-brazil/ Hundreds of The Greens' "No Road Tunnel" triangles made their way to Melbourne City Council's Planning Committee meeting last night, in the hands of angry Kensington, North Melbourne, Carlton and Parkville residents. (Above: residents in the council chambers building foyer queuing to get into the meeting) The Planning Committee met in ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/06/04/mcc-committee-rejects-tunnel/ A report by the State government's own Victorian Competition and Efficiency commission on Making the Right Choices : Options for Managing Transport Congestion pointed out the peril of clearways as a solution to road congestion.  It said (at page 295): The impacts that clearways have on congestion are not straightforward.  Clearways ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/05/28/government-report-slams-clearways/ By Colleen Hartland, Greens MLC and shadow Minister for the Western Suburbs.  "The Westgate Bike Punt is the missing link in this plan." "It would take peanuts to run, and could potentially be self-funding after a few years," said Ms Hartland " I welcome the new shared bike and walking path along Whitehall ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/05/27/westgate-bike-punt-the-missing-link-in-bike-budget/ The recent state government decision to extend clearways in Melbourne's inner suburbs is completely wrong-headed.  Protests have broken out in Bridge Road, Richmond and Stonnington. Extended clearways will not reduce road congestion or assist trams or buses or their passengers to get to their destinations more quickly or more safely.  Clearways will simply ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/05/27/clearways-no-way/ The government has announced that all inner city clearway times will be extended to 630am - 10am city bound and 3pm-7pm outbound.  Strip shopping traders know full well what this will do their business.  The renaissance of strip shopping will be reversed and the big box centres like Chadstone will be ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/05/27/massive-expansion-of-inner-city-clearways/ San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway was planned and construction was started during the highway-building frenzy of the 1950's. But when San Franciscans got a look at the huge concrete-and-steel structure blocking the "city by the bay" from its bay, they stopped it in mid-course along its planned waterfront route to a connection ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/05/27/its-never-too-late-to-stop-a-freeway/ Some of us got together on the corner of Nicholson Street and Alexandra Pde.  For those who don't know, the grassy park there used to have a large heritage building on it - till VicRoads came in and blew it up early one morning as part of an road widening ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/05/27/launch-of-our-no-road-tunnel-campaign/ A little while back the Age newspaper wrote a small piece about PR consultants Futureye having been hired to develop an 'outrage mitigation' strategy for the Department of Infrastructure, who'd been stung by anger against overcrowding and poor performance in the running of public transport State tried to quell transport critics, ... http://www.wrongway-goback.com/2008/05/26/what-is-outrage-mitigation/