A bit messy, but a cheaper alternative.[Shuz] wrote:Tell you what would be a cheaper option that could offer similar time savings for a fraction of the cost.
Run the buses down Botanic Drive & Frome Road in bus-only lanes similar to the existing 7am-7pm Currie / Grenfell format.
But first, we need special machines to give the O'Bahn a new look!Waewick wrote:http://indaily.com.au/news/2014/02/13/o ... -surfaces/
A 500m tunnel to take buses from Hackney Road to Rundle Road, cutting four minutes off travel time, was promised by the Labor Government today.
Premier Jay Weatherill said a Labor Government “will progress planning in 2014/15 with the aim to complete construction by 2017?.
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Grinding concrete is unlikely to make it look better and is likely to damage wet weather performance.The Scooter Guy wrote:But first, we need special machines to give the O'Bahn a new look!Waewick wrote:http://indaily.com.au/news/2014/02/13/o ... -surfaces/
A 500m tunnel to take buses from Hackney Road to Rundle Road, cutting four minutes off travel time, was promised by the Labor Government today.
Premier Jay Weatherill said a Labor Government “will progress planning in 2014/15 with the aim to complete construction by 2017?.
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(from the ABC)
A busway grinding truck that will clean & even out the surfaces of the track will do the trick!
...except where they do! And ballast doesn't give a smoother ride at all. Ballast was considered for the O-bahn track, but it would not have worked well on our expansive soils. Instead they put the track on drilled concrete pile foundations, which gives a much smoother ride. Then rather than using ballast for purely cosmetic reasons, they left the track above ground level to make inspection and maintenance easier. And IMO this also makes it look better.We also need to give the track some fine loose ballast too as like on railways gives a smoother ride & weeds don't grow underneath it!
Just build it wrote:Bye Union Hall. I'll see you in another life, when we are both cats.
Are you proposing to construct a new bus only road between the tip of Botanic Drive and Frome Road? There's a little bit of parkland there that would allow it, but you'd also have to upgrade Botanic Road, Frome Road and Frome Street. Also goodbye to holding any events in Botanic Park.[Shuz] wrote:Tell you what would be a cheaper option that could offer similar time savings for a fraction of the cost.
Run the buses down Botanic Drive & Frome Road in bus-only lanes similar to the existing 7am-7pm Currie / Grenfell format.
Yes.Are you proposing to construct a new bus only road between the tip of Botanic Drive and Frome Road?
Why would Frome Road and Frome Street need to be upgraded? All that needs to be done, literally, is to mark the left hand lanes either side, with 'Bus Only 7am - 7pm' exactly as they have done on Currie and Grenfell streets.You'd also have to upgrade Botanic Road, Frome Road and Frome Street.
Why? There's absolutely no reason why events couldn't continue to be held in Botanic Park. If anything, the provision of a bus lanes through the area would only serve to enhance the attractiveness of Botanic Park as an events space, thanks to improved accessibility by public transport!Also goodbye to holding any events in Botanic Park?
Why under the Myer Centre as opposed to Grenfell St? Also, I don't know how deep such tunnels are meant to be, but the Myer Centre has something like 5 sublevels.Aidan wrote:Too unambitious IMO - the buses shouldn't waste time running down Hackney Road at all. We should follow Brisbane's example and build a bus tunnel directly into the heart of the City, with a bus station under the Myer Centre!
Because the tunnel would cross under the Torrens near Kintore Avenue.SRW wrote:Why under the Myer Centre as opposed to Grenfell StAidan wrote:Too unambitious IMO - the buses shouldn't waste time running down Hackney Road at all. We should follow Brisbane's example and build a bus tunnel directly into the heart of the City, with a bus station under the Myer Centre!
Yes. Brisbane had the foresight to include a bus station when they built their Myer Centre. Ours was a poor copy with no bus station, and it would probably be impractical to retrofit one. But it's something to keep in mind for when the former David Jones building is redeveloped.Also, I don't know how deep such tunnels are meant to be, but the Myer Centre has something like 5 sublevels.
Just build it wrote:Bye Union Hall. I'll see you in another life, when we are both cats.
I agree ..... I had to watch the "fly through" several times just to make sure that was all we were getting which is really a north terrace underpass ..... Surely $160m could be spent somewhere else perhaps extend the trams? If it's burning such a hole in their pocketSRW wrote:It's just so confounding a decision when you consider all the other things that $160 million could do...
I'd say anyone who is a rabid Labor voter or doesn't take the O=bahn.zills_86 wrote:This whole project seems like a colossal waste of money.. anyone else with me?
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