When I saw “took matters into his own hands” in the news page’s link to this article, I was expecting some kind of #GuerrillaUrbanism, not an 8 year old child embarking on 7+ years of bureaucratic wrangling with two councils and tte state government. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-24/thomas-street-crossing-bayside-glen-eira-council-teen-advocacy/101828578

#urbanism #VisionZero

Flynn knew this intersection was an accident waiting to happen, so he took matters into his own hands to make it safer

A request to install a crossing to make a busy road safer seemed like a simple enough request to Flynn, but when his local council would not intervene, he took matters into his own hands.

ABC News