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muzzamo wrote:requiring special busses,

muzzamo wrote:not allowing vehicles to pass each other,

muzzamo wrote:and not allowing emergency vehicles are 3 things that come to mind

muzzamo wrote:But the concept of a busway in general was waaay ahead of its time for Australia, and many, many years on we are still reaping its benefits

monotonehell wrote:

muzzamo wrote:requiring special busses,

Not that special.. just some little wheels.. and a floor that doesn't vibrate ...

Cruise wrote:A new model articulated bus is being designed for the O-Bahn and its not far away now, that is all i will say

monotonehell wrote:

Omicron wrote:I for one would like to purchase an asshat and wear it out this weekend.

You do that (just remember that it's V8 weekend).

Norman wrote:

Cruise wrote:A new model articulated bus is being designed for the O-Bahn and its not far away now, that is all i will say

Thanks Cruise. That's one good thing about you working at your place of employment

Cruise wrote:

Norman wrote:

Cruise wrote:A new model articulated bus is being designed for the O-Bahn and its not far away now, that is all i will say

Thanks Cruise. That's one good thing about you working at your place of employment

Well if i must be good for one thing

monotonehell wrote: I'm sure you're good for at least two things...
(I have no idea what that means )

Thanks Cruise, this is interesting news, hopefully a solution can be found soon.

I'm feeling generous tonight - OBahns for everyone!

Cruise wrote:I am interested in finding out the second thing

Anyway i know more than i will tell you all, i feel so powerful!!!

Norman wrote:

monotonehell wrote:

muzzamo wrote:requiring special busses,

Not that special.. just some little wheels.. and a floor that doesn't vibrate ...

Actually, it's a little more complicated than that. They also need to be powerful enough to make any hills at speed (such as the climb at Hope Valley Reservoir) and need to be a right length to combat skidding or whatever problems they had again.

Cruise wrote:Actually its not, all they have is a guide wheel bolted on each side.

AtD wrote:

Cruise wrote:Actually its not, all they have is a guide wheel bolted on each side.

It's always been a problem with the Merc Artics where the trailer's tyre would scrape along the track at specific corners at specific speeds.

AtD wrote:

The_Q915 wrote:If I may point out a few areas which could of been better managed.

What fool anticipates a growth in patronage but does not increase capacity. The trams can not be coupled and each carrys less then the existing trams. Frequencys can not be increased because they did not build grade seperations. They are building an overpass over south road probably with more distruptions then if they had done it when the whole line was being upgraded. They also tryed to cut short the resleeping of the tracks. This lead to derailments and futer cost in fixing the tracks. They rushed the purchase of the trams to be ready by the next election possiably leading to us paying much more then we could have. If I can remember they cost almost 6m each. Much more then melbourne pays.

You haven't been playing with Wikipedia recently, have you?

Will409 wrote:Got a couple of photos of the new framing at Railway Station stop yesterday morning. These have also been installed at Rundle Mall. I'll update you all on whether Pirie Street and City West stops have these as well tommorrow when I go to TAFE.