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Fact check: Has Frome St bikeway been a “massive failure”?
Frome Street bikeway has been a political disaster for the Adelaide City Council – but what does the evidence say about the bikeway itself?
Last week, city councillors declared the $1.6 million Frome Street bikeway had been a “massive failure” and a waste of ratepayers’ money, removing any lingering doubt about the council’s intention to demolish it.

It was catharsis for the council, which after years of vitriolic debate had come to something like a consensus – the bikeway had failed, and it needed to be “fixed” (read: dismantled and replaced).

While all councillors have been at pains to emphasise their support for cycling infrastructure generally, they are no-longer willing to tolerate the protected bike lane and the connected parking lane – framed by cement curbs – occupying one former driving lane on each side of the road.
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But before jackhammer meets cement, and despite the politics, it must be acknowledged that the bulk of available empirical evidence and expert opinion shows Frome Street bikeway to have been an overwhelmingly successful piece of public infrastructure...

mshagg wrote:Enzo's automotive?

Work has begun on developing a new parking app and smart-parking technology that will help people find available on-street car parks in Adelaide's CBD.

The Adelaide City Council has budgeted almost $3 million to develop the app and install in-ground sensors under all 3,200 on-street car parks throughout the city.

Those sensors will be able to detect when vehicles enter and exit the parking spaces and measure how long vehicles remain in the parking space, vacancy rates and the turnover.

mshagg wrote:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-27/a ... ns/7969160

Work has begun on developing a new parking app and smart-parking technology that will help people find available on-street car parks in Adelaide's CBD.

The Adelaide City Council has budgeted almost $3 million to develop the app and install in-ground sensors under all 3,200 on-street car parks throughout the city.

Those sensors will be able to detect when vehicles enter and exit the parking spaces and measure how long vehicles remain in the parking space, vacancy rates and the turnover.

Good to know there's always money in the banana stand for making it easier for people to park their furniture on the street.

monotonehell wrote:

mshagg wrote:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-27/a ... ns/7969160

Work has begun on developing a new parking app and smart-parking technology that will help people find available on-street car parks in Adelaide's CBD.

The Adelaide City Council has budgeted almost $3 million to develop the app and install in-ground sensors under all 3,200 on-street car parks throughout the city.

Those sensors will be able to detect when vehicles enter and exit the parking spaces and measure how long vehicles remain in the parking space, vacancy rates and the turnover.

Good to know there's always money in the banana stand for making it easier for people to park their furniture on the street.

Nothing mentioned about how the sensors will help locate overstays...

Ben wrote:What a complete joke the ACC is. This is laughable. Look at the hoops you have to jump through and the fees you need to pay to but balloons on a bus stop...

Adelaide City Council will formally acknowledge Colonel William Light’s “vision for Adelaide” at the start of every future meeting, despite complaints the current length of meetings was already ruining councillors' dinner plans and sapping their “will to live”.

monotonehell wrote:

Ben wrote:What a complete joke the ACC is. This is laughable. Look at the hoops you have to jump through and the fees you need to pay to but balloons on a bus stop...

Because people should be able to attach advertisements to public structures for free and at will?