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Joely wrote:I saw a statistic recently that Adelaide spends the least amount of money on cyclist infrastructure in comparison to every other capital in the country. Does anyone know if this is true?

david wrote:Adelaide City Council has recently adopted an ambitious (by our standards) Bicycle Action Plan for 2008 - 2011.
In this 3 year program, which is timed to coincide with the life of the present Council, we will spend $3 million.
An abridged version of the plan can be downloaded from <www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/policy>

Also, there is still time to visit the Danish exhibition "Dreams on Wheels" which is all about cycling and the super bikes that Denmark produces - and uses, in great numbers. Exhibition is on on weekdays 10am to 4pm until 18 September at the Old Methodist Hall, behind 25 Pirie Street and entry is free.

David

Will wrote: Sorry to use you as an example, but having just written about Adelaide's inferiority complex in another thread I could not help but make a criticism of your post. In your post you wrote "(by our standards)". What is the point of this comment? It is a negative comment. Surely we know we aren't a big city, so why do we have to apologise for it?

David, please don't take my comment as a criticism of yourself, because if I had to critically analyse everthing I have written in this forum, there will probably be similar examples of the Adelaide inferiority complex. I am using your comment to identify such comments. The people of Adelaide, even those who like it, nevertheless make such comments. Such negative comments aren't necessary, and when summed up they cause much damage to our cities reputation and self-esteem.

Another example appears in this weeks City Messenger. In the article about the meeting of capital city Lord Mayors held in Adelaide last week, Lord Mayor Harbison is quoted as saying " while we don't have the speed of growth of the other capital cities....". What does such a negative comment achieve? All I can think of, is to confirm the backwater tag.

SRW wrote:

Will wrote: Sorry to use you as an example, but having just written about Adelaide's inferiority complex in another thread I could not help but make a criticism of your post. In your post you wrote "(by our standards)". What is the point of this comment? It is a negative comment. Surely we know we aren't a big city, so why do we have to apologise for it?

David, please don't take my comment as a criticism of yourself, because if I had to critically analyse everthing I have written in this forum, there will probably be similar examples of the Adelaide inferiority complex. I am using your comment to identify such comments. The people of Adelaide, even those who like it, nevertheless make such comments. Such negative comments aren't necessary, and when summed up they cause much damage to our cities reputation and self-esteem.

Another example appears in this weeks City Messenger. In the article about the meeting of capital city Lord Mayors held in Adelaide last week, Lord Mayor Harbison is quoted as saying " while we don't have the speed of growth of the other capital cities....". What does such a negative comment achieve? All I can think of, is to confirm the backwater tag.

I think you've misread his post. The 'standards' that he references is the ACC's history of bicycling policy.

Or, at least, that's what I took from it.

david wrote:
Jan Gehl's report of 2002 has languished on the shelves of the ACC for the last 6 years and some of us are determined to brush off the dust and get on with implementing the recommendations.

David

mattblack wrote:Another submissions doco anyone?

A new Adelaide city parklands management strategy is seeking to establish vision and management directions to shape the future of the parklands and squares.

Feedback forms are available at http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/aplms

Submissions due be 17/10/08

Victoria Park/BAKKABAKKANDI

The Adelaide City Council has revealed a bold new vision for Victoria Park and wants to hear your views.

The proposed Victoria Park Master Plan aims to transform the Park into a "People's Park" rivalling some of the great city parks of the world.

The restoration of the Heritage Grandstand, improved playing fields, the creation of a wetland and new walking and cycling trails all feature prominently in the Master Plan.



Precinct 1 - Woodland Recreation

* Improved shared-use path and trail network
* Expanded exercise track
* Establish picnic settings
* Restoration of the existing creek line and revegetation with locally indigenous plantings
* Improvement to the biodiversity and habitat
of the Park by establishing an urban forest
* Creation of a network of interpretive walking trails around the southern end of the Park and the urban forest area
* Creation of a wetland and aquifer recharge facility which will provide opportunities
for education, exploration, adventure
and interpretation





Precinct 2 - community recreation and sport

* Consolidation and upgrade of existing sports fields into a large open expanse to be used as flexible/multi-use grassed playing areas for a variety of uses, organised activities and community based events
* Development of an informal space for community recreation





Precinct 3 - Grandstand and Premium Field

* A prominent community plaza that will incorporate gardens and
public art
* Retention of the heritage listed Grandstand
* Investigate the retention and reuse of associated complementary structures
* Establishment of a premium grassed playing
field/pitch in front of the refurbished grandstand for sport and recreation event
* Construction of a trail to be used for bike racing and recreational cycling




Precinct 4 - special events

* Retention of the existing motorsport racing track for major events such as Clipsal 500 and Classic Adelaide
* Use of the car racing track as a multi-use surface for a culturally diverse range of activities such as bike riding, rollerblading and pedal prix





http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/adcc ... erplan.pdf

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