Comments on: Yarraville and Footscray Residents Perception Survey http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/ Working to ease the increasing truck numbers in Maribyrnong. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:10:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Lilly http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-1372 Lilly Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:44:01 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-1372 Thanks to the trucks, my house has 4cm cracks from the windowcill to the ground. The constant roar or trucks drives me insane. I couldn't bare to think about all of the fumes and toxins we're breathing in. Yarraville could do without trucks! Thanks to the trucks, my house has 4cm cracks from the windowcill to the ground. The constant roar or trucks drives me insane. I couldn’t bare to think about all of the fumes and toxins we’re breathing in. Yarraville could do without trucks!

]]> By: brian http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-539 brian Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:14:43 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-539 Peter. I take offence when you call me narrowminded, this is how truckies are seeing your protest, Francis st happens to be "docklands highway", you already have a curfew in place which from what I can see, I get to break the curfew being a local truck, and the only other trucks I see there are the cootes and toll tankers which unfortunately run all night, as I said above, my back yard backs onto willie road and I hear these trucks all night, but I just accept that theyre a part of life and get on with it. As for the Diesel Is Evil tagline you've been running with, take a look at the figures for the newer EGR and Euro 4 emission regulated engines, I realise they wont be in the older trucks, but as time goes on, and operators upgrade, all the trucks that go up and down francis st will eventually be a lot cleaner and eco friendly. I'm not going to stereotype everybody here but this whole thing to me comes across as yuppies who saw a good bargain in yarraville not so long ago, came over here and made the place nice and trendy and watched the value of their homes skyrocket and now they want to make the place suit themselves rather than adapting to their "new" environment. On the other hand I would readily admit there would be people who have lived here their whole lives and have just had enough of it, but hey, youll get a good price for your house now... Peter. I take offence when you call me narrowminded, this is how truckies are seeing your protest, Francis st happens to be “docklands highway”, you already have a curfew in place which from what I can see, I get to break the curfew being a local truck, and the only other trucks I see there are the cootes and toll tankers which unfortunately run all night, as I said above, my back yard backs onto willie road and I hear these trucks all night, but I just accept that theyre a part of life and get on with it.

As for the Diesel Is Evil tagline you’ve been running with, take a look at the figures for the newer EGR and Euro 4 emission regulated engines, I realise they wont be in the older trucks, but as time goes on, and operators upgrade, all the trucks that go up and down francis st will eventually be a lot cleaner and eco friendly. I’m not going to stereotype everybody here but this whole thing to me comes across as yuppies who saw a good bargain in yarraville not so long ago, came over here and made the place nice and trendy and watched the value of their homes skyrocket and now they want to make the place suit themselves rather than adapting to their “new” environment.

On the other hand I would readily admit there would be people who have lived here their whole lives and have just had enough of it, but hey, youll get a good price for your house now…

]]> By: brian http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-537 brian Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:06:54 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-537 Belter, I live on Bena St, with my back garden backing onto williamstown road. and my front door spitting distance from francis st. I also happen to drive a semi, and deliver to SA regularly. Belter, I live on Bena St, with my back garden backing onto williamstown road. and my front door spitting distance from francis st. I also happen to drive a semi, and deliver to SA regularly.

]]> By: Richard Bayles http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-534 Richard Bayles Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:02:36 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-534 Oops sorry, didn't realise how old the survey was. Just go with the NEJM bit. Oops sorry, didn’t realise how old the survey was. Just go with the NEJM bit.

]]> By: Richard Bayles http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-533 Richard Bayles Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:56:23 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-533 Why haven't I heard of this survey? This should be mailed to all residents. Just for fun, visit the New England Journal of Medicine website and use the search term "pollution". Why haven’t I heard of this survey? This should be mailed to all residents.
Just for fun, visit the New England Journal of Medicine website and use the search term “pollution”.

]]> By: Belter http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-263 Belter Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:05 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-263 What street do you live in Brian? I will send all the trucks up your street on their way to SA.... What street do you live in Brian?
I will send all the trucks up your street on their way to SA….

]]> By: Peter http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-262 Peter Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:41:03 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-262 Nobody is asking for a ban on trucks with business in the area such as trucks delivering goods to the supermarkets, it's the through-trucks that we want banned. The trucks using our streets as a shortcut to the port make up about 40% of traffic through the inner west. It's you who is narrow minded, you people never listen, you never read what we're saying, if you did you wouldn't try to run this argument. Worse, you never try to imagine what it's like to live with 8,000 trucks a day going past your house like those living in Francis St have to. Your response is just knee jerk and reactive and BORING! Nobody is asking for a ban on trucks with business in the area such as trucks delivering goods to the supermarkets, it’s the through-trucks that we want banned. The trucks using our streets as a shortcut to the port make up about 40% of traffic through the inner west. It’s you who is narrow minded, you people never listen, you never read what we’re saying, if you did you wouldn’t try to run this argument. Worse, you never try to imagine what it’s like to live with 8,000 trucks a day going past your house like those living in Francis St have to. Your response is just knee jerk and reactive and BORING!

]]> By: brian http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-175 brian Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:51:57 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-175 You'd be pretty quick to complain if coles or safeway ran out of stock for your everyday needs, it never ceases to amaze me the narrow mindedness of some people, do you want gliders to carry around your, yes YOUR freight? You’d be pretty quick to complain if coles or safeway ran out of stock for your everyday needs, it never ceases to amaze me the narrow mindedness of some people, do you want gliders to carry around your, yes YOUR freight?

]]> By: Peter http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-13 Peter Thu, 10 May 2007 11:26:29 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-13 Great Al we'll keep you posted. There's plenty coming up that we will need your support for, in the meantime letters to the newspapers and to politicians are invaluable Cheers Peter Knight Great Al we’ll keep you posted. There’s plenty coming up that we will need your support for, in the meantime letters to the newspapers and to politicians are invaluable
Cheers
Peter Knight

]]> By: alan lane http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-12 alan lane Tue, 01 May 2007 04:58:24 +0000 http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/04/30/yarraville-and-footscray-residents-perception-survey/#comment-12 I am a resident of Yarraville and every morning on the way to the city I have to run the gauntlet of those trucks bearing down on my small Lotus Sports Car they drive inches away from my car and think its funny and have forced me to speed up to avoid them and into the waiting Camera Car that lurks deceptively in Francis Street of a morning.. Please get them off my back I will support any move you make.. Cheers AL I am a resident of Yarraville and every morning on the way to the city I have to run the gauntlet of those trucks bearing down on my small Lotus Sports Car they drive inches away from my car and think its funny and have forced me to speed up to avoid them and into the waiting Camera Car that lurks deceptively in Francis Street of a morning.. Please get them off my back I will support any move you make..

Cheers AL

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