East Ivanhoe Walking Action Group

EIWAG - Victorian Parliament Hansard

The EIWAG Burke Road North Roundabout Pedestrian Safety Campaign in Victorian Parliament Hansard

EIWAG Meeting With Banyule City Council - Friday 5 June 2009

A representative of the EIWAG met with Mayor of Banyule - Cr. Tom Melican, the Councillor for Griffin Ward Jenny Mulholland, and the Team Leader of Traffic, Mr Paul Bellis on Friday 5 June 2009 to discuss the installation of pedestrian activated signals on the Burke Road North roundabout precinct.

Burke Road North Drainage Flow - Vehicle Aquaplane Risk to Pedestrians

Burke Road North Drainage Flow - Vehicle Aquaplane Risk to Pedestrians - A Legacy of 1970s Design

Burke Road North Roundabout - No Pedestrian Activated Signals - The Odd One Out

The Burke Road North Roundabout must increasingly be viewed as the odd one out when it comes to a main road roundabout without any pedestrian activated signals. Why is this the case? Especially when its traffic volume and casualty crash rate surpasses most if not all comparable main road roundabouts in suburban Melbourne.

Senate Inquiry into Obesity In Australia - The Role Of Government & the BRN Roundabout

The recently released - 2/6/2009 - Senate Inquiry into Obesity in Australia - has several pertinent observations about the responsibilities of Government and Local Government in addressing the chronic obesity epidemic in Australia - See Item 3.140.

Pedestrian Safety on Roundabouts - A Tale of Two Cities

Here are a series of links from the State Government & VicRoads concerning a comparable main road multi-lane roundabout in Hoppers Crossing.
The only major differences between the Derrimut Road and Hogans Road roundabout and the Burke Road North and Lower Heidelberg Road roundabout are:
1. The Burke Road North roundabout carries well over TWICE the traffic volume of the...

Check Out Our Constantly Updated Useful Links Page

Check out our new useful links page. Here you will find links to a variety of reports that directly impact Burke Road North, the BRN roundabout and Lower Heidelberg Road. Please avail yourself of this useful and powerful resource.
This page will be constantly updated and if you have any suggestions or material feel free to blog here and report to your WAG.

Banyule BikeScope - help council improve bike facilities - Burke Road North Roundabout Implications

A resident who attend the roundabout rally on Friday 15 May sent this through to me today.

We are members of Bicycle Victoria and they sent this through this week.
I thought it may be of interest from the point of view that cyclists cannot access the bike tracks due to crossing Burke Road North. We will be filling in the survey with that in mind.
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