Another vote for Anotherjohn's proposals on all fronts.

If I remember correctly, only about half the width of the area outside the Sylvan Post is currently used. I don't think much would be lost by putting in a loading bay, and putting in a nice barrier and more appropriate trees would make it nicer than it is now. But please will no one paint over our faux-Banksy street art (the telephone that looks like the wire comes out of a hole in the wall).

Deano - the point of the footbridge is that it would create a quick link from the large and underused car park in Perry Vale to the middle of Dartmouth Road. However, I agree that a costly footbridge would be using a hammer to crack a walnut. Living on that side of the tracks, I usually park there then walk through the subway. Up and over and down a footbridge further up Dartmouth Road wouldn't save me much time as I usually also need to go to the Post Office, the butchers, maybe the Teapot...