OLYMPIC CITY: a weekly feature in which we air a reader's suggestion for a modest initiative to make Sydney a more appealing place in the run-up to the Olympics: The ubiquitous Harold Scruby, wearing this time his Pedestrian Council hat, suggests:

Sydney would be a nicer place now and in 2000 if everyone walked more." Pour encourager les autres, Harold and chums, including superfit Premier Bob Carr, will hotfoot it to the office on Walk to Work Day next Friday, October 9