Cleveland Street a "deathtrap" for pedestrians and cyclists: Locals

Rat-runners in streets around King Street made it unsafe for pedestrians and there was a sorry lack of motorcycle parking in the entire area.

The meeting in Camperdown aimed to gather local input into a traffic, bicycle and pedestrian plan for the Darlington, Erskineville and Newtown area.

Locals wanted safe cycleways, quiet one way streets, vibrant main streets such as King Street and Erskineville Road and more pedestrian crossings.

They liked the city’s pocket parks and local traffic areas.

Parking was a perennial issue.

The council will incorporate the comments into a traffic plan for the area and will lobby the State Government to make necessary changes.

Sydney Council plans to install 35 kilometres of separated cycleways over the next three years.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the city must move beyond ``engineered responses’’ to traffic and must ensure that streets are safe places for people to meet, talk to neighbours, plant a vege patch and cycle.

Councillor John McInerney said Sydney University generated more traffic every year and the problem was ``not fading away’’. Kim Shaw

Source: http://sydney-central.whereilive.com.au/news/story/cleveland-street-a-deathtrap-for-pedestrians-and-cyclists-locals/