- : Of 58 pedestrian streets created in Australia in the last quarter of the 20th century, 48 remain today, ten having re-introduced car access between 1990 and In Australia, the Elizabeth Street Strategic
Opportunities Plan proposes to prioritize pedestrian, bicycle and public transport traffic by removing all or most vehicle lanes. The Future Melbourne Committee voted in favour of its adoption at a meeting on 21 May. The plan specifically calls for the two blocks that contain tram stops – between La Trobe and Little Lonsdale streets and between Little Bourke and Bourke streets – to be completely closed to non-tram traffic. It comes after the council published the Melbourne Transport Strategy 2030, which envisions the eventual pedestrianization of much of the Melbourne CBD.
Pedestrianism was a 19th-century form of competitive walking, often professional and funded by wagering, from which the modern sport of racewalking developed. https://architectureau.com/articles/melbourne-council- continues…
