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No, they wouldn't meet disability access standards. They will all need to be full stops with platforms.Splashmo wrote:Do you think if the trams head out to Prospect or Magill we'll ever have Melbourne-style stops where cars have to wait for passengers to get on and off?
Melbourne has been using Czech manufactured special work.Haso wrote:According to the video we might (hopefully) have something like this:
If so, do we have a company in Australia capable of manufacturing switches of this scale (grand union)?
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Does the stop midway down Jetty road (stop 16?) meet disability standards? Could something similar be used on other routes?Norman wrote:No, they wouldn't meet disability access standards. They will all need to be full stops with platforms.Splashmo wrote:Do you think if the trams head out to Prospect or Magill we'll ever have Melbourne-style stops where cars have to wait for passengers to get on and off?
Yes, that stop meets access standards after the platforms were installed a few years ago. It can be delivered in a similar street environment, it depends on the surrounding buildings, streetscape and land use.SouthAussie94 wrote:Does the stop midway down Jetty road (stop 16?) meet disability standards? Could something similar be used on other routes?Norman wrote:No, they wouldn't meet disability access standards. They will all need to be full stops with platforms.Splashmo wrote:Do you think if the trams head out to Prospect or Magill we'll ever have Melbourne-style stops where cars have to wait for passengers to get on and off?
thats asking for trouble... hop off the tram straight into on coming traffic..rubberman wrote:Here's another option shown in a photo taken by Tony Prescott in Vienna. I believe Melbourne has some as well.
http://www.historyworks.com.au/ViennaPlatform2.jpg
Cars must stop for the tramBen wrote:thats asking for trouble... hop off the tram straight into on coming traffic..rubberman wrote:Here's another option shown in a photo taken by Tony Prescott in Vienna. I believe Melbourne has some as well.
http://www.historyworks.com.au/ViennaPlatform2.jpg
It was worse in most Australian cities where the tram stopped in the middle of the road and people had to get on and off at road level. Just imagine ladies in long skirts trying to get on a D class in the middle door.Ben wrote:thats asking for trouble... hop off the tram straight into on coming traffic..rubberman wrote:Here's another option shown in a photo taken by Tony Prescott in Vienna. I believe Melbourne has some as well.
http://www.historyworks.com.au/ViennaPlatform2.jpg
Anecdotally it's my experience that congestion on north terrace is primarily west of king william anyway. It's a poor choice of route for traversing the CBD in a car so not overly sympathetic for any impact the tram extension has.Splashmo wrote:The renders look great. I'm sure this will increase congestion for cars along North Terrace, but drivers will eventually adjust their behaviour.
Thats since the tram extension west...mshagg wrote:Anecdotally it's my experience that congestion on north terrace is primarily west of king william anyway.Splashmo wrote:The renders look great. I'm sure this will increase congestion for cars along North Terrace, but drivers will eventually adjust their behaviour.
It is all pretty bad on North Tce from Hackney Road to Morphett Stmshagg wrote: Anecdotally it's my experience that congestion on north terrace is primarily west of king william anyway. It's a poor choice of route for traversing the CBD in a car so not overly sympathetic for any impact the tram extension has.
