DANGEROUS BUSES * Australia - Swanston Street death: council knew of
Melbourne,Australia -The Age, by Reko Rennie -September 18, 2008: -- The Melbourne City Council knew of the dangers of buses in Swanston Street and planned to ban them from the largely pedestrian thoroughfare - but not until mid-2009... The revelation comes after a 33-year-old Parkville woman was killed when a bus collided with her bicycle near the corner of Swanston and Bourke streets this morning... The woman died at the scene about 8am after she was struck by a Gray Line tourist bus... About 200 cyclists rallied near the corner tonight to pay their respects and to help other cyclists... Councillor Catherine Ng, the former chair of the council's planning and development committee, today told The Age the council adopted a plan in July last year to relocate buses from Swanston Street to Bourke Street... (Photo by: Craig Abraham - The scene of this morning's accident on Swanston Street)Labels: dangerous buses
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