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by MT269
Thu Sep 26, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Replies: 1847
Views: 511120

Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn

Not just a matter of guide wheels. The axles have to be modified as well. Also, I think radio contact in the tunnel works differently. Permitting CNG buses in the tunnel is asking for trouble, due to them being notoriously unreliable. How many CNG buses would you modify for this, out of the 70 plus ...
by MT269
Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:02 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 502
Views: 161509

[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

I just checked the timetable. This is trivial. But I noticed that trains from Port Dock have 3 minutes from Cheltenham to Woodville Park on weekdays. That is one minute per station in a diesel set. It looks to be exclusive to trains running to PD. This is worse than the stoppers from Noarlunga at ni...
by MT269
Tue Jun 25, 2024 2:47 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: Push For Public Transport To Be Free In Australia
Replies: 20
Views: 5864

Re: Push For Public Transport To Be Free In Australia

Off topic. But if this is the case, then where do the drivers who are given the pre Scania era (2004-present) dinosaurs come from? The extra peak services are largely enabled through the existence of broken shifts. IE often but not always commuting to and from the depot twice in a day. And there is ...
by MT269
Tue Jun 25, 2024 2:36 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [PRO] Grange-Holbrooks-East Ave Dog Leg
Replies: 38
Views: 18864

[PRO] Re: Grange-Holbrooks-East Ave Dog Leg

Drivers often underestimate the speed of a road bike so assume the one the driver overtook five seconds ago is nowhere near them any more, but the back of their car hasn't cleared the bike yet. What I don't understand is why some of them ride against traffic. IE say on Marion Rd, they're heading no...
by MT269
Wed May 29, 2024 12:26 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 502
Views: 161509

[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

Possible? Definitely.

Financially viable, or practical/attractive to voters? Less likely. Enough said.
by MT269
Fri May 24, 2024 11:59 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 502
Views: 161509

[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

With another km and a half added, it could rejoin the current OH line near Glanville with a station like Goodwood to facilitate a change of trains. The old alignment could be used for some loop operation, and to provide express services between the CBD and Alberton. But then who gives a ....what I h...
by MT269
Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 502
Views: 161509

[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

The above is only a link to their FB page. Nothing directly related to progress of the spur line development.
by MT269
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 502
Views: 161509

[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

Being in a museum, it would be fitting to build a short ramp for accessibility instead of a platform, that only enables one door on the train to be accessed. It would be a huge money saver for this joke of a government.
by MT269
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: General Development Discussions
Topic: News & Discussion: Population Growth
Replies: 151
Views: 104390

Re: News & Discussion: Population Growth

Well what's the solution? Castrate folks at birth? It will only take a max of about 100 years to bring the population down by 98% with this method. But it will ruin the economy.
by MT269
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Main South Road & Victor Harbor Road Upgrade
Replies: 129
Views: 56910

[U/C] Re: Main South Road & Victor Harbor Road Upgrade

Actually, the vehicles with the best suspensions in South Australia would have to be the AdMet Scanias from 1973-1045. These can withstand even the most challenging of uneven surfaces, as though they were a maglev bus. You would not even know that you were on a public road after a few seconds.
by MT269
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
Replies: 290
Views: 113012

[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m

Curtis Rd is a car park in peak periods. It seriously needs at least two or three lanes. It's not going to fix itself.
by MT269
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
Replies: 5098
Views: 1311890

Re: News & Discussion: Trams

I am so sick of these stupid consecutive governments believing that intersections provide better efficiency than grade separation. Particular when close to rail crossings. The road network is an absolute mess. It requires billions of dollars, if not trillions of dollars to fix, when at the same time...
by MT269
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:05 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] M2 North-South Motorway
Replies: 6365
Views: 1738213

[U/C] Re: M2 North-South Motorway

From what I heard, the road was a carpark in the late morning today near Regency Rd. Was there an MVA? Overpopulation will continue to provide everlasting reassurance of road congestion, unless it's brought under control.
by MT269
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 502
Views: 161509

[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

I assume you mean Rosewater. Roseworthy is in the lower north of the state. Will be surrounded by shoeboxes within 10 years at the most though. Unless the government wants to solve the housing crisis by decreasing the number of properties. I think somebody needs to have the guts to increase the spac...
by MT269
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6265
Views: 1707886

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

Do the drivers enter the non-paying passengers into the BCU? I'm aware of some that don't. And I'd say that at least 15% of folks out there, if not more have never had a valid ticket in their lives.