this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
18 points (100.0% liked)
Melbourne
1902 readers
48 users here now
This community is a place created for the people of Melbourne and Victoria. We are a positive, welcoming and inclusive community. We might not agree about everything, but we always strive to stay civil and respectful.
The focus of our discussions is based around things that affect Victoria, but we are also free to discuss our local perspective on wider issues. Or head to the regular Daily Random Discussion thread to talk about anything.
Ongoing discussions, FAQs & Resources (still under construction)
Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I feel like it doesn't get said enough so I need to reiterate this to the universe but the lanes on Bell St west of Sydney Rd are TOO DAMN NARROW
The entire Sydney Road area up and down is farked up. Narrow, old, janky-ass roads and footpaths. Roads narrow and tight, with parking, bikes, trams, and pedestrians smushed in with cars trying to use it as an arterial road. Which it is, but's it's fucking old and bad. Harrowing to drive in and around.
Designed for horses and carts. Which have a built-in collision avoidance system, so to speak.
The original self-driving cars
They managed to expand it to three lanes east of Sydney Road presumably ages ago, but alas, the west is always left behind...