Slowing down the Laman Street racetrack is a great idea (Council set to put the brakes on 'rat run', Herald 2/12). Losing two car spaces is fine and a pedestrian crossing near Auckland Street is long overdue.
But if council is really concerned about safety, how about also looking at the intersection of the tiny Charles Street intersection and Laman Street? If ever there was an accident waiting to happen, this is it. The corner is completely blind. Cars exiting Charles Street can't see anyone using the Laman Street footpath until they've actually driven onto it, while many pedestrians don't even realise there's a road there. I've seen way too many cars exit that alley carelessly and pedestrians ignore it blithely, especially schoolchildren. That part of Charles Street should be closed as a road and improved as pedestrian access.
