Saturday 19 September 2009

a city for people

hands up like astroboy if you're massively frustrated and angry about the state of affairs with regards to cars cars cars in melbourne?
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consensus.
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you ring up the local fishmonger to find out how to get there, and she'll tell you where to park, but she won't tell you which tram to take - even though there's a fucking tram stop right outside her fishmongery! what's wrong with this picture?
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living next to the freeway, i have spent many a choking minute gazing down from above upon the endless tide of cars flowing into and out of our great city, wondering what life could be like in a modern metropolis built for people - not for cars. and then: tokyo!
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what boundless joy to be in a city with public transport infrastructure! where humans dominate the landscape, and suburban roads are so narrow and inconvenient that cars are too frightened to come out, and only do so under exceptional circumstances, blushing with irrelevance. c'mon melbourne - we can do it! let's build up some density and make our reliance on private vehicles a dirty joke from the past!

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