Crossing quick

The City of Melbourne intends to extend “auto-on” to traffic signals beyond the CBD and into surrounding inner suburbs, including Southbank.

Speaking at a public forum to explain the council’s draft walking plan on June 26, consult David Nash of Traffinity said: “Implementing ‘auto-on’ more widely in the inner suburbs would be a worthwhile thing to do.”

The council’s strategic planning and sustainability manager David Mayes said: “The sort of (pedestrian) activity we are seeing in the Hoddle Grid is going to expand and is already expanding significantly into these areas.”