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LIFE IN THE RAW SAYS NO CARS
By John Masanauskas
"DEVELOPERS of a planned inner-city (DC - Melbourne) apartment block are offering exposed concrete slabs instead of granite features to lure potential buyers.
In what could be the nation's greenest residential building, ubits in the Brunswick project will also dispense with aluminium and chrome surfaces in favour of raw copper taps and sinks.
The Commons, a five-storey 24-unit development in Florence St, has been approved by Moreland council.
When built, it is likely to be the first apartment block with multi-bedroom units not to have any car parking.
Architect Jeremy McLeod, from Breathe Architecture, said yesterday residents would get annual myki cards (DC - public transport passes), 70 bike racks (DC - bicycle) and access to a share car parked at the front.
'This building is about people, not about cars,' he said yesterday. 'It's the way of the future. ...'
... the price of one-bedroom apartments would start from $375,000 ..."
No mention of parking for motorcycles or scooters. Powered two-wheelers are very green and can do a lot that bicycles can't. Bicycles are in planning regulations. Motorcycles and scooters aren't. Why?
Ask Victoria's Planning Minister Matthew Guy - matthew.guy@parliament.vic.gov.au
Cc the Minister for the Environment Ryan Smith - ryan.smith@parliament.vic.gov.au
Included in the Independent Riders' Group (IRG) submission to the Parliamentary Road Safety Committee's (RSC) inquiry into motorcycle & scooter safety is "THE SECRET GREEN ALTERNATIVE". The paper was written by Michael Czajka with special thanks to Professor Marcus Wigan and Guy Stanford then Chair of the NSW Motorcycle Council. It should be available through the RSC at http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/ click on committees.
Damien Codognotto OAM
Independent Riders' Group
MRA HLM
Melbourne
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