Public hearing recommends 40km/hr for Sydney CBD

27 September 2009 9 Comments

A public hearing was held at NSW parliament into why there has been a forty percent increase in pedestrian deaths in the last year. Experts recommended that the Sydney CBD have a blanket 40km/hr speed limit, and that NSW should re-introduce covert speed cameras. Video report by Rebecca Leaver, Diane Cohen, and Nick Evershed.

Would you sacrifice the speed of your journey through the city for the sake of safety? Or is it slow enough as it is? Will 40km even make a difference? Leave your comments below.

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Natalia Z. said:

Motorists aren’t going to enjoy that during peak hour. But as a pedestrian I don’t have as much of an issue with it.

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# 2 October 2009 at 3:33 am

Natalia Z. said:

Motorists aren’t going to enjoy that during peak hour. But as a pedestrian I don’t have as much of an issue with it.

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# 2 October 2009 at 1:33 pm

Joel said:

Great story guys!

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# 2 October 2009 at 3:39 am

Joel said:

Great story guys!

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# 2 October 2009 at 1:39 pm

Ally L said:

It’s not like you can drive any faster than 20 through the CBD most of the time anyway!

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# 2 October 2009 at 5:44 am

Ally L said:

It’s not like you can drive any faster than 20 through the CBD most of the time anyway!

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# 2 October 2009 at 3:44 pm

Freddy Finn said:

So we’re all going to have to drive around the city at a snail’s pace to save the lives of a few stupid J walkers.

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# 8 October 2009 at 9:18 am

Freddy Finn said:

So we’re all going to have to drive around the city at a snail’s pace to save the lives of a few stupid J walkers.

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# 8 October 2009 at 8:18 pm

Sarah Brennan (author) said:

As long as pedestrians feel like they can just walk out on to the road whenever they feel like people are going to get hit.

How bout instead of just targeting the drivers they also include some pedestrian education in there as well!

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# 12 September 2010 at 11:41 pm