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2103 Swanston Street
07-Jun-2022: Yeah, I know just another perfect photo of a B class, this time B2.2103 heading for Melbourne University on a route 64 service with the Prince Alfred's (clock) Tower atop the Melbourne Town Hall and the two spires of St Paul's cathedral further south along Swanston Street.
But what's also really interesting is the placement of a mat of LED-lit studs in the footpaths at the pedestrian crossings for Swanston and Little Collins Street. They match the Don't Walk/Walk traffic lights - green, flashing red, solid red - and provide a very obvious indication to pedestrians. My son reckons they're placed thus as most pedestrians walk the streets looking at their phones and these lights (in their line of sight) alert them to the risk or otherwise of walking under a car or tram.
This got me thinking...... why not use something similar on our tram stops, especially the Vienna-style stops in several suburbs and places like Macathur Street (near St Patrick's cathedral)? A bright red mat of lights would certainly have a better chance of alerting a motorist that he needs to stop as a tram stops. I do remember seeing a row of flashing red lights embedded in the roadway in front of a tram stop somewhere in Europe, but cannot for the life of me remember which city nor can I find any photo I might have taken.
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- 7 June 2022
- Photo: Yuri Sos
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