Parliament House Protest

“Are you going to continue to make sure that Mr Rann redirects the Ministers’ attention so that proper public housing like Sir Thomas Playford wanted  - all South Australians to access - are you going to tell Mr Rann now that you demand he come back  delivering what Sir Thomas Playford set up…?”
Speech by Robert Brokenshire MP (full text here)

“…that affordable housing in this state will now be a tent. Social housing in this state  will now be a tent with a free sleeping bag.”
Speech by Vicki Chapman MP (full text here)

notes from the underground…

WIDENING PARK TERRACE – DTEI:WIDENING
”A section of Park Terrace, North Adelaide, will soon be widened to assist in improving the function, safety and capacity of the Port Road/Park Terrace/Adam Street intersection and supporting the strategic transport accessibility objectives of the Inner Ring Route.
The section of road to be widened is on the southern side of Park Terrace between Seventh Avenue and the intersection of Port Road/Park Terrace/Adam Street.
This project will involve the:

• Installation of a third signalised left turning lane between the Port Road intersection and the Park Terrace level crossing.
• Provision of a second dedicated left turn lane east of the Park Terrace level crossing.
• Installation of a two stage pedestrian crossing across Park Terrace near the level crossing to cross both the east bound and west bound carriageways.”

http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-34.907569,138.578045&z=18&t=m

The priorities of the Government are plain to see here. The very first cabs off the rank - before even a sod is turned on the Clipsal site itself - are the new entry lanes being constructed  to improve car access to the site.  For pedestrian and cycle access, the Government is installing a new crossing next to the train line.


photo: sharing the level crossing

Although it claims to be designing an “Urban Village” which will increase pedestrian and cyclist amenity, the Transport Oriented Development at Bowden is a misnomer and should more accurately be called a “Car Oriented Development”.
A good example for the Government to follow is provided by a land bridge in Vancouver, shown here:

photo from The Seattle Times


 
People Kiosk on Vancouver Land Bridge
Wendy Bumgardner © 2008
“The Vancouver Land Bridge has three kiosks along its length. Each provides benches for resting and contemplating the view. The People kiosk celebrates the Native Americans of the region, with artwork representing their culture”
( http://walking.about.com/od/trailusawest/ig/Vancouver-Land-Bridge/Land-Bridge-Walkers.htm )

URBAN DENSITY

photo: Manhattan Mixed Use
From a very readable exposition of New Urbanism, http://4cities.wordpress.com/

Brompton Company high on ALP donation list

RMG Services Pty Ltd, of 5 Mais Street Brompton
donated $45,000 to the ALP last year, according to documents released by the Australian Electoral Commission today.

Photo: RMG office, Mais Street

The company has interests in the Carrapateena copper-and-gold project in northern SA, and is reported to be courting Chinese buyers for its stake – a move which could require approval by the Federal Treasurer.

Director of RMG Services Pty Ltd listed as:
Rodolfo Antonio Messina Gomez