Your perspective on a good outcome depends on who you are or who you represent.
WATAG believes that Community amenity shouldn’t be overwhelmingly influenced by Traffic Engineers – as is often the case these days. They tend to call on Austroads Guides or other car-centric resources to support their rather technocratic views rather than look for creative solutions to meet the needs of everyone in the community.
Check out the Global Designing Cities Initiative “Change Streets, Change The World” and be refreshed.
We CAN do better. It just needs a change of mindset.