[U/C] Re: Adelaide Botanic High School | Frome Road
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:40 pm
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No. There's just 3 car parks in the basement for disabled parking and a pool car. 170 or so bike parks though.how good is he wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:51 amYes looks great. Btw, anyone know if there is/where there is parking for teachers, staff etc?
Can't they use the high rise car park that was built about 10-15 years ago on the RAH site, or is that coming down as well?how good is he wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:51 amYes looks great. Btw, anyone know if there is/where there is parking for teachers, staff etc?
Parking will be the biggest issue the school faces I think, as there is no nearby public transport (1 bus route, whereas Adelaide High is serviced by multiple routes originating from all over Adelaide, with bus stops right near the front entrance). Cycling will probably be unpopular, as I just can't imagine parents will be letting their kids ride a bike through the parklands to school (I've been cycling to work via the parklands for 15 years and cannot recall ever seeing school kids riding along that stretch of linear path, aside from the rowing coaches who wobble about crashing into pedestrians all the time). Its likely Frome Road will become the school dropoff road from hell.how good is he wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:51 amYes looks great. Btw, anyone know if there is/where there is parking for teachers, staff etc?
It's not exactly a long walk to North Tce, where you've got plenty of bus routes and the new tram line.Listy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:17 amParking will be the biggest issue the school faces I think, as there is no nearby public transport (1 bus route, whereas Adelaide High is serviced by multiple routes originating from all over Adelaide, with bus stops right near the front entrance). Cycling will probably be unpopular, as I just can't imagine parents will be letting their kids ride a bike through the parklands to school (I've been cycling to work via the parklands for 15 years and cannot recall ever seeing school kids riding along that stretch of linear path, aside from the rowing coaches who wobble about crashing into pedestrians all the time). Its likely Frome Road will become the school dropoff road from hell.how good is he wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:51 amYes looks great. Btw, anyone know if there is/where there is parking for teachers, staff etc?
BTW enrollments were finalised a couple of weeks ago, and the school is going to be very popular. Even though it's zoned, applications were in excess of places for primary students starting there next year- some of the applying students at a work colleagues' children's school missed out on a place.
I negotiated (perhaps survived?) that intersection from all directions over the years while working on Frome Rd. The number of cars that ran red lights at the intersection and the pedestrian crossings nearby was staggering, although maybe it's lessened with the hospital & dental school closing.Nathan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:50 amIt's not exactly a long walk to North Tce, where you've got plenty of bus routes and the new tram line.Listy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:17 amParking will be the biggest issue the school faces I think, as there is no nearby public transport (1 bus route, whereas Adelaide High is serviced by multiple routes originating from all over Adelaide, with bus stops right near the front entrance). Cycling will probably be unpopular, as I just can't imagine parents will be letting their kids ride a bike through the parklands to school (I've been cycling to work via the parklands for 15 years and cannot recall ever seeing school kids riding along that stretch of linear path, aside from the rowing coaches who wobble about crashing into pedestrians all the time). Its likely Frome Road will become the school dropoff road from hell.how good is he wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:51 amYes looks great. Btw, anyone know if there is/where there is parking for teachers, staff etc?
BTW enrollments were finalised a couple of weeks ago, and the school is going to be very popular. Even though it's zoned, applications were in excess of places for primary students starting there next year- some of the applying students at a work colleagues' children's school missed out on a place.
To help with cycling though, they need to improve the connections to the linear path around the Frome Rd / Victoria Dr intersection (for those heading to/from the west) — at the moment all there is is a tight set of stairs leading to a path that goes away from the intersection. The intersection has lights for bikes, but a dangerous slip lane that breaks convention and actually gives right of way to traffic turning into the slip lane rather than the bike lane it crosses.
You'd be surprised. My sons are 14 years apart in age, and I am stunned how much more risk averse parents are now that my younger one is going through high school.
So you think primary school children should be riding through poorly lit parks? Interesting...Nathan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:16 pmDon't get me started about the lack of lighting in Bonython Park. I end up having to take War Memorial Dr home during the darker months (which is very poorly lit, but poorly lit is better than not lit at all).
Are parental fears that big of a thing with a high school? I can understand parents of a primary aged kids (although don't necessarily agree with it), but surely high school age kids can handle riding along the Torrens or the Frome St bikeway on their own.