Just had a read of the Maroubra Junction masterplan and there are a lottttt of goodies in here 🤩
🚲️ separated cycleways (Anzac Pde & Maroubra Rd)
🧘 slip lane removals
🌳 street closures
🚌 island bus stops
🚶 kerb extensions
🎨 street art
and more 🤤
If it sounds good, have your say - takes 1min to register, you can say something as simple as "I support the cycleways and extra pedestrian space" - https://www.yoursay.randwick.nsw.gov.au/maroubrajunctionmasterplan
This truly is the embodiment of @betterstreetsnsw!
@SydneyCyclewaysFan @betterstreetsnsw Will do, thanks. Lol at all the renders of cyclists without helmets. I'd like to think it's a sneaky statement... but probably just overlooked.
@jroper Hahah yeah, I've definitely seen some renders in the past that didn't have helmets either... Could be them just being clueless but I reckon there's a good chance it's cause they want to make the street look more European or lively
@SydneyCyclewaysFan yeah… I know the people choosing the images aren’t making the laws but as two arms of the same government it’s kinda hilarious.
I think I’m sensitised to this because one of the comments (that may not have made the final version) in a recent walksydney submission on the F6 was about how their renders showed 15 people wandering around the footpaths of President Ave, and maybe 6 cars on the road. If that’s really the expected proportion, why the 6 lanes?
@jroper @SydneyCyclewaysFan To be fair, the biggest threat to cyclists, in terms of deaths and injuries, is from cars.
Build enough protected bike lanes along enough main roads, and that risk disappears.
So Randwick Council's redesign of Maroubra Junction, with the protected bike lanes, is a step towards a future where helmets are redundant.
@ajsadauskas @SydneyCyclewaysFan oh yeah I’m against mandatory helmet laws. That’s why I liked the idea that maybe someone else is too, and is quietly sneaking in images that normalise cyclists in normal clothes and no helmets in their vision of the future.
@SydneyCyclewaysFan and if it’s not (more likely) but you’ve rendered it that way to look more attractive, more likely to appeal to the people etc, maybe you should consider building projects that actually do appeal to the people… even when rendered accurately.