Vision : West Terrace

[PeFe]

TODAY it is a vast, bleak slab of bitumen, with 60,000 cars fighting their way each day across 10 busy lanes, isolating the city from the west parklands.
Within a decade it could become an inviting, pedestrian and cycling-friendly green oasis with a vibrant cafe and apartment culture.

These images of West Tce, created by architects HASSELL, show the arterial road's future potential if it was redeveloped to prioritise people, cyclists and public transport, becoming a more inviting place to live and socialise.

The concept is based on ideas and discussions from forums for the 5000+ project, which is run by the Adelaide City Council and State Government and calls on CBD locals, shoppers and workers to submit ideas to help shape a long-term vision for inner Adelaide

Also suggesting an underground city loop and tram extensions into the inner metro area, the HASSELL's design aims to generate debate on ways to enliven city streets, make better use of the parklands and make the CBD an inviting place to live.

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"Wouldn't it be fantastic to live in a city where a koala could walk through the parklands to the River ... imagine how easy it would be for pedestrians and cyclists," HASSELL's response reads.

Integrated Design Commissioner Tim Horton said the image was about "taking steps so in five years' time West Tce can become a desirable place to live".

"At the moment we're hearing people say `who would want to live on West Tce?' ... these images are saying we don't need to see West Tce as it is today, we can change it."

Mr Horton said the design still allowed some car use, but that improved public transport would allow better traffic management and improve the street's liveability.

"By reducing the number of lanes we can buy back footpaths so you can put cafe tables and chairs there, landscape to make it more attractive, drive up property values and interest developers to create not single-storey camping stores, but six-storey apartments overlooking the parklands," he said. Hundreds of ideas have been uploaded by the community to social media sites as part of the 5000+ project, with creating "Great Streets" emerging as a key theme and the focus of this week's feature blog on the project's website.

Other suggestions have included charging a toll for cars entering the city; free public transport for people without vehicles; "bike only" hours on select CBD roads; and converting Hindley and Rundle streets into pedestrian malls.

Mr Horton urged inner Adelaide locals to visit the blog, consider the images, rate ideas and submit their own.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sout ... 6234014708

[Nathan]

Interesting that AdelaideNow is choosing to dig this up now, as its about a month and a half old. What they mention is only a small fragment of the Life On The Edge report, which contains detailed ideas for West Tce and the western parklands from HASSELL, Tridente, and Taylor Cullity Lethlean.

http://5000plus.net.au/assets/f4321011b ... rt_web.pdf

[IAintTouchin]

It actually looks like the majority of comments that were posted were actually from people working in the Advertiser. Has that happened? If so, it's kind of scary how corrupt our media is.

[Nathan]

They rarely publish my comments anymore, although that's probably because I like to point out the things they missed (or choose to omit) in the article.

[crawf]

It would be nice if this did happen, but we need to be realistic here. West Terrace is already home to a permanent massive cemetery, large car showrooms and over 60,000 motorists daily. So it be a extremely hard task to convert a 10-lane highway into a european style boulevard, bordered by cafes and mid-rise apartments.

An extension of the western city bypass would ease the traffic travelling north-south from Anzac Highway and vise versa, but there would still be thousands of motorists travelling into the city from Anzac Highway, Port and Goodwood Roads.

West Terrace isn't that bad really, it looks better since the recent upgrade and serves it's current purpose well by diverting traffic away from the central business district. The Riverbank and CBD core are more important issues at the moment.

[Waewick]

quite frankly one of the more unrealistic of all the dreamings we go through at the moment.

you do need roads in cities, West Terrace is always going to be that major arterial - it just needs to be improved a little (Goodwood Rd, ANZAC highway intergration - I'd even suggest making South Terrace a dead end or oneway off West terrace.

[[Shuz]]

quite frankly one of the more unrealistic of all the dreamings we go through at the moment.

you do need roads in cities, West Terrace is always going to be that major arterial - it just needs to be improved a little (Goodwood Rd, ANZAC highway intergration - I'd even suggest making South Terrace a dead end or oneway off West terrace.

West Terrace is always going to be a busy road, however, it could easily do away with at least with four lanes - making it only 3x3 each direction if the Goodwood Road traffic were diverted into Morphett Street - they had the right idea in the MATS 1968 plan.

[SRW]

I think that's why I found the Hassel proposal particularly interesting. They recognised that West Terrace is an important conduit, but suggested shifting that traffic to an extension of the city ring route along the rail corridor west of the Park Lands. Obviously, this is contingent on under-grounding the rail lines (Hassel's proposal included a city loop) as well as (I assume) a freight bypass. But in this way, the city is better integrated with its parklands and less dominated by the car, becoming more liveable as a result. Then there's the exciting potential for development in the City of West Torrens...

Seriously recommend everyone to have a read of the three visions in the link Nathan posted.

[spiller]

Could be fantastic indeed.

Off topic slightly but was mentioned in the article about "turning hindly and rundle st's into pedestrian malls". That would be a fantastic way to kill off what is our most vibrant street in the city (rundle). And as for Hindly, its dead 90% of the time so I dont see the point.

[Waewick]

quite frankly one of the more unrealistic of all the dreamings we go through at the moment.

you do need roads in cities, West Terrace is always going to be that major arterial - it just needs to be improved a little (Goodwood Rd, ANZAC highway intergration - I'd even suggest making South Terrace a dead end or oneway off West terrace.

West Terrace is always going to be a busy road, however, it could easily do away with at least with four lanes - making it only 3x3 each direction if the Goodwood Road traffic were diverted into Morphett Street - they had the right idea in the MATS 1968 plan.

I like the idea of diverting it to Morphett Street, how that happens I have no idea - and is probably a another tread topic.

[[Shuz]]

quite frankly one of the more unrealistic of all the dreamings we go through at the moment.

you do need roads in cities, West Terrace is always going to be that major arterial - it just needs to be improved a little (Goodwood Rd, ANZAC highway intergration - I'd even suggest making South Terrace a dead end or oneway off West terrace.

West Terrace is always going to be a busy road, however, it could easily do away with at least with four lanes - making it only 3x3 each direction if the Goodwood Road traffic were diverted into Morphett Street - they had the right idea in the MATS 1968 plan.

I like the idea of diverting it to Morphett Street, how that happens I have no idea - and is probably a another tread topic.

Easy. Just imagine a road that goes through the parklands (oh no!) from Goodwood & Greenhill Roads intersection to the Morphett Road & South Terrace intersection. It'd be S-shaped, two curves, to accomodate speed and flow.

[ml69]

Personally I can't see how diverting Goodwood Rd into Morphett St would improve things in the SW of the CBD. It would turn Morphett St into a major traffic artery and make Whitmore Square into even more of a traffic island.

I'd suggest keeping Goodwood Rd linked to West Tce, but divert Anzac Hwy to a new ring road running alongside the train lines. My two cents worth.

[[Shuz]]

Personally I can't see how diverting Goodwood Rd into Morphett St would improve things in the SW of the CBD. It would turn Morphett St into a major traffic artery and make Whitmore Square into even more of a traffic island.

I'd suggest keeping Goodwood Rd linked to West Tce, but divert Anzac Hwy to a new ring road running alongside the train lines. My two cents worth.

Or you can have the best of both worlds, and do both!

[dbl96]

quite frankly one of the more unrealistic of all the dreamings we go through at the moment.

you do need roads in cities, West Terrace is always going to be that major arterial - it just needs to be improved a little (Goodwood Rd, ANZAC highway intergration - I'd even suggest making South Terrace a dead end or oneway off West terrace.

West Terrace is always going to be a busy road, however, it could easily do away with at least with four lanes - making it only 3x3 each direction if the Goodwood Road traffic were diverted into Morphett Street - they had the right idea in the MATS 1968 plan.

I would be interested to know where i might be able to read the MATS Plan in its entirity, not just the routes of the major freeways, but all the minor amendments such as this goodwood road one you just mentioned.

Thankyou

[[Shuz]]

The State Library of SA has a publication or two on the matter. Just go in and ask.