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Cr Cassidy criticises the inability to use e-scooters for last mile trips in the bayside areas. "Almost no one" is using them for that purpose in the two bayside areas, he says "it's been confirmed".
He says they've worked on improving where they get parked so they don't get in people's way, but he hasn't seen any wider footpaths or dedicated parking areas in his area (Deagon).
Cr Massey speaks in favour of their ability to get people out of cars and also for tourism. She's frustrated at how poor the connectivity of paths can be and how dangerous it can be when active transport users are on a path and then get to the end of the safe path. There needs to be a greater focus on these missing links. She also emphasises the problem with where they get parked, particularly on the riverwalk around Kangaroo Point.
Cr Griffiths is concerned about their safety. He saw a scooter user on the road without a helmet. Sure whatever. "What concerned me most was the baby that was strapped to his back."
He mentions concerns about pedestrian safety on footpaths. "We haven't really thought this out. We aren't seeing the spend in infrastructure that I think that we as a city need to do." He's worried particular about the outer suburbs away from the CBD. In his ward he has 100 footpaths waiting to be built that he doesn't have the budget for.
In summing up, Cr Murphy says that they are spending more on public and active transport infrastructure than they ever have before.
Regarding missing links he says "we know this is a city built for cars, we're retrofitting it for other modes, that's difficult it will take time and significant expense so there are missing links all over the city that we are endeavouring to fix."
I wonder how he would respond if the amount this city spends on car infrastructure is pointed out in comparison to active transport infrastructure? Or if projects like Stage 5 of the North Brisbane Bikeway, the connections on Lambert Rd, and Witton Rd, their recent "upgrade" to the intersection between Fig Tree Pocket Rd and Kenmore Rd, or Moggill Rd, and Council's failure to act on those, was pointed out. NBB was designed and then arbitrarily cancelled. FTP is seeing changes made to the intersection including road widening but somehow there's "not enough room" for safe cycling infrastructure. The Witton Rd link is one they were told was necessary at the time the Indooroopilly Riverwalk it will connect to was being built, but they haven't even started consultation on it yet today, over 2 years after the Riverwalk was completed. Moggill Rd is seeing enormous changes to it and is completely devoid of safe cycling infrastructure (paint is not infrastructure).