More Sydney Metro photos: Gadigal (Town Hall) station to Martin Place
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From gadgetbahn to museum piece...
You know that self-driving bus the NSW government was trialling back in 2014?
Well, you can now see it in the Sydney Bus Museum.
And not a car in sight...
Laisvės Alėja (Independence Way) is a fully pedestrianised street that runs east-west across most of Kaunas.
It is lined with shops, restaurants, cafe/bars, museums, outdoor dining areas, and historical sites (such as the old Presidential Palace, which was used from 1918 until the 1930s). Three-to-four floors of apartments can be found above the shops.
A small tree-lined park can be found in the middle of the street, with bicycle paths and outdoor dining areas on the sides.
During summer, the bars and cafes fill up as lunch approaches, and they remain busy well into the evening (with twilight sometime around 10:30pm).
Cuisine varies from traditional Lithuanian fare (such as Cepeliniai and Saltibarciai) to modern Italian, Turkish, Georgian, Japanese, American, Thai, and more. (That includes these delicious burritos and nachos.)
The street begins as Vilnius Gatve at the town hall square in the old city, just near Kaunas Castle and the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris Rivers.
It continues for roughly 2.3 kilometres across almost the entire length of the city, to the historic Church of St Michael the Archangel (Sv. Arkangelo Mykolo Baznycia).
It is bisected by a second pedestrianised street running north-south that links it to the war museum, the Zalgris basketball arena, and the university.
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Your local NIMBYs don't like barrier-protected on-road bike lanes?
But you have wide footpaths?
Consider doing what Klaipeda (in Lithuania) did, and put your painted bike lane on the footpath, rather than the road.
Yeah, it's not an ideal solution, but it's better than fighting traffic.
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Dedicated bike lanes, separated from the road and the pedestrian footpath, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
It's a concept many local councils in Melbourne and Sydney are struggling with, apparently.
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Oh sure, these cafes and bars in a public square in Vilnius, Lithuania, attract a great crowd on a weeknight.
But.
Ask any Melbourne shopkeeper and they'll tell you this scene couldn't possibly be real. You know why?
No parking spots out the front.
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Melbourne and Sydney shopkeepers: We need parking out the front of our shops, or else no-one will ever come!!!
Meanwhile, in Vienna (with far fewer people)...
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