Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:02 pm
From 31/08/2017. New red/yellow 'partial' traffic lights have been installed.
I wonder what they're for?
I wonder what they're for?
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Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:19 pm
Probably yellow to indicate congestion and red to indicate closure of the tunnel.
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:09 am
This project has a lot of (over) engineered safety features. I don't know how the final design turned out, but they were considering everything from pop-up bollards to automated gates. Hopefully the simple lights are where they ended, as anything else would be soon cleaned up by an errant motorist.The Scooter Guy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:02 pmFrom 31/08/2017. New red/yellow 'partial' traffic lights have been installed.
I wonder what they're for?
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 4:46 pm
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:22 pm
I wonder how long until the first idiot drives down there. 6 weeks? To be honest in a way being the first would be a badge of honour for some.
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:24 pm
Given how bad Adelaide drivers are I think it'll be closer to 3 weeks after opening.Nort wrote:I wonder how long until the first idiot drives down there. 6 weeks? To be honest in a way being the first would be a badge of honour for some.
Might have been worth costing up those retractable bollards spoken about earlier and giving bus drivers a "garage door key" like fob for access? 
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Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:08 am
Is it that big a problem if a car ends up somewhere it is not authorised to be?
Cars can drive on the wrong side of the road and cause crashes or just drive across the parklands, is it a badge of honour if you do that?
Cars can drive on the wrong side of the road and cause crashes or just drive across the parklands, is it a badge of honour if you do that?
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:37 am
the tunnel isn't using o-bahn tracks so there's probably less of a risk of them getting wedged in there and shutting the whole thing down for a few hours... but I'm sure someone will still manage
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:51 am
What about the guiders though? Cars don't have those special guided wheels on them so I imagine they'd still get stuck on the track eventually?
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 7:49 pm
Is it school holidays or something 
By the looks of all photos submitted to the thread it looks like concrete pavement with a concrete kerb, what exactly what they get stuck in/on? Hell. Does my car need to be fitted with guide wheels when I'm driving down a road with a stand up kerb either side....
By the looks of all photos submitted to the thread it looks like concrete pavement with a concrete kerb, what exactly what they get stuck in/on? Hell. Does my car need to be fitted with guide wheels when I'm driving down a road with a stand up kerb either side....
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:18 am
A car in the tunnel would be a safety hazard to busses travelling at speed behind. If a car entered the tunnel, they'd have to shut it(the tunnel) down until they got the car out.Tonsley213 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2017 7:49 pmIs it school holidays or something
By the looks of all photos submitted to the thread it looks like concrete pavement with a concrete kerb, what exactly what they get stuck in/on? Hell. Does my car need to be fitted with guide wheels when I'm driving down a road with a stand up kerb either side....
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:23 am
You obviously fail to understand the concerns of people accidentally driving into the tunnelTonsley213 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2017 7:49 pmIs it school holidays or something
By the looks of all photos submitted to the thread it looks like concrete pavement with a concrete kerb, what exactly what they get stuck in/on? Hell. Does my car need to be fitted with guide wheels when I'm driving down a road with a stand up kerb either side....
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:36 pm
The biggest concern seems to be the bus priority tunnel would be a car tunnel if cars were not prohibited.
Cars will be prohibited so im sure very few will go in the tunnel and buses will not be impacted much at all. Similar to the bus lanes on East/Grenfell/Currie, cars are prohibited and mostly obey so buses get a benefit.
This new tunnel doesnt seem to be constructed like the main O-Bahn track which for what i assume was cost saving was built with an open pit middle.
The open pit is a huge concern for cars which can "derail". The new tunnel doesnt appear to have the open pit so the risk to/of cars is not the same.
Cars will be prohibited so im sure very few will go in the tunnel and buses will not be impacted much at all. Similar to the bus lanes on East/Grenfell/Currie, cars are prohibited and mostly obey so buses get a benefit.
This new tunnel doesnt seem to be constructed like the main O-Bahn track which for what i assume was cost saving was built with an open pit middle.
The open pit is a huge concern for cars which can "derail". The new tunnel doesnt appear to have the open pit so the risk to/of cars is not the same.
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 2:16 pm
There is going to be possibly some means of deterring cars. For me, special raised islands with convex sides like this:bits wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:36 pmThe biggest concern seems to be the bus priority tunnel would be a car tunnel if cars were not prohibited.
Cars will be prohibited so im sure very few will go in the tunnel and buses will not be impacted much at all. Similar to the bus lanes on East/Grenfell/Currie, cars are prohibited and mostly obey so buses get a benefit.
This new tunnel doesnt seem to be constructed like the main O-Bahn track which for what i assume was cost saving was built with an open pit middle.
The open pit is a huge concern for cars which can "derail". The new tunnel doesnt appear to have the open pit so the risk to/of cars is not the same.
Or maybe diagonally shaped pits like these:
Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:48 pm
Heard today that later in the year when the O-Bahn tunnel opens that the Clarendon Street Bus terminus(layover area) will close as the University intends to build on that site. There will be a new set down bus stop opposite,before buses terminate at a yet to be advised location!