Victoria Street at Beaconsfield

This Wednesday, we visited Alexandria and Beaconsfield with our professor.

Right now, I prefer to  introducing an interesting street I found during the field trip- Victoria Street.

At the corner of Victoria Street and  Reserve Street, there is a signal STOP to warn drivers to reduce the speed and look at two directions of Reserve Street. This signal is really significant to avoid traffic accidents.

At the same time, there is a strange situation for parking area, one side of the road requires car must have 60 degree angle parking. This side, cars are required to be parked front to kerb. I think it is so hard for some drivers, and also sometimes drives cannot get off the cars successfully. On the other side of the street, parallel parking is required. I just wonder why on the same road but two different types? In my opinion, 

Moreover, the surface of the street is not flush, the middle of the street is higher than two sides. The reasons for this design, I think, not only because this design is easier for rain water to  fall into sewages; and also, this type of road side is convenience for people to get off from cars.

This street is combined with commercial and residential, but still very peaceful.  The local community has done something useful and  important in order to create this nice street.