Someone got killed there not long ago. Ive seen at least 3 accidents and hate going through there.
rnzz on
Bin the Mt Alexander Rd / Fletcher St intersection as well please.
In fact why don’t we just redo this whole section.
Orbital_Dinosaur on
I moved from Tassie last year and I’m less worried about doing a hook turn than trying to work out where exactly I’m going through some of these giant intersections.
Yeah of all the tram roundabouts going up Mt Alexander road, this one is the worst, specifically travelling north up Mt Alexander onto Bulla Toad. Tram can be coming from your left or right and you may not see it til the last minute because of the angle. Thought southbound on Mt Alexander at Fletcher Street is pretty terrible for this reason too.
Kooky-Web-3145 on
I literally live around here and having to take this road irks me. So many people just jump onto the road while you’re trying to turn into Keilor road from Bulla road. This intersection needs to be changed.
Sea-Excitement-3222 on
hook turn gallore
humpjbear on
This is going to the bin snd being redone but as someone who has lived in Essendon for 15 years now, its really not that bad.
However, if you’re not familiar with it, it can be scary
Good riddance, can’t wait for them to fix it up! Here’s a Jimny taking a nap at that roundabout from last year.
snocprocod on
this isnt even close to the final boss that is fletcher st/mt alexander rd intersection, and now there’s a shipping container blocking the sightline 🫡
wholemealbread69 on
As someone who lives in Essendon, when I go past this, I always wonder how first-time-visitors go past this without getting killed.
FizardWizard on
On the topic of nasty tram intersections, one I don’t see mentioned very often is the right turn from the left lane of Hawthorn Rd onto Dandenong Rd/Princes Hwy. The fact that the tram (green) and the car (red) sometimes go on the same green light with nothing but a small “give way to turning trams” sign (yellow) a few metres before the front of the queue seems like a recipe for disaster to me
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Someone got killed there not long ago. Ive seen at least 3 accidents and hate going through there.
Bin the Mt Alexander Rd / Fletcher St intersection as well please.
In fact why don’t we just redo this whole section.
I moved from Tassie last year and I’m less worried about doing a hook turn than trying to work out where exactly I’m going through some of these giant intersections.
Luckily it is being upgraded. Curious to see how much it improves things. [More info here](https://www.reddit.com/r/MelbourneTrains/s/GWolUyHBqI)
Yeah of all the tram roundabouts going up Mt Alexander road, this one is the worst, specifically travelling north up Mt Alexander onto Bulla Toad. Tram can be coming from your left or right and you may not see it til the last minute because of the angle. Thought southbound on Mt Alexander at Fletcher Street is pretty terrible for this reason too.
I literally live around here and having to take this road irks me. So many people just jump onto the road while you’re trying to turn into Keilor road from Bulla road. This intersection needs to be changed.
hook turn gallore
This is going to the bin snd being redone but as someone who has lived in Essendon for 15 years now, its really not that bad.
However, if you’re not familiar with it, it can be scary
https://preview.redd.it/sanni5r4pnvg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57d374491ac8a613eabfa57f325884051477e855
Good riddance, can’t wait for them to fix it up! Here’s a Jimny taking a nap at that roundabout from last year.
this isnt even close to the final boss that is fletcher st/mt alexander rd intersection, and now there’s a shipping container blocking the sightline 🫡
As someone who lives in Essendon, when I go past this, I always wonder how first-time-visitors go past this without getting killed.
On the topic of nasty tram intersections, one I don’t see mentioned very often is the right turn from the left lane of Hawthorn Rd onto Dandenong Rd/Princes Hwy. The fact that the tram (green) and the car (red) sometimes go on the same green light with nothing but a small “give way to turning trams” sign (yellow) a few metres before the front of the queue seems like a recipe for disaster to me
https://preview.redd.it/0pk83t295ovg1.jpeg?width=1168&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73016051805acb26d4623758bb10b2c7cabdd531
Haymarket still does my head in.
And 5 ways with the 3 roundabouts in Mooroolbark is psychelic to drive through.
I ride my bike through this garbage regularly. It’s the most ridiculous brain fart urban designs out there.
Stop lights and roundabouts should not coexist