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by metro
Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:03 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Festival Plaza Incl. 115m Tower | $800 million
Replies: 1996
Views: 584744

[COM] Re: Festival Plaza Redevelopment | $800 million

Those outdoor escalators will have frequent breakdowns and callouts during their lifetime. This is Adelaide, so there is a good chance they'll end up being permanently out of order, with a rent-a-fence at either end for a few years, until a future state govt inevitably pays for them to be removed a...
by metro
Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:25 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Memorial Drive upgrade
Replies: 774
Views: 231286

[COM] Re: Memorial Drive upgrade

rev wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:25 am

Not only are facades different, not only are the stand heights not uniform, the roofs even look different.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
by metro
Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:03 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide City Council
Replies: 3833
Views: 919055

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide City Council

Meanwhile in places that don't have loser councils: https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/lists-maps-inventories/sydney-cycling-map https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/building-and-development/shaping-the-city/city-projects/Pages/new-bike-lanes.aspx Has the ACC even completed a North-South bikeway yet? :...
by metro
Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:15 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6006
Views: 1457028

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

ChillyPhilly wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:11 pm
Very tacked on. We really need a masterplan for an overhaul of railway stations.
The platforms at Mawson Lakes are also too short for a 6 car train, so they might eventually have to tack on some extra platform. :lol:
by metro
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:35 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6006
Views: 1457028

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

Name a single public transport project that got delivered in the 1970s anywhere in the world. I can think of a few: San Francisco opened the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in 1972 Munich, for the Olympics they delivered a big suburban rail renewal and expansion by 1972. London Underground extended t...
by metro
Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:58 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
Replies: 290
Views: 90489

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

Brucetiki wrote:
Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:20 am
So Ovingham station won't be touched as part of this upgrade
Nah, well actually might get some automatic pedestrian level crossing gates :hilarious:

Meanwhile in Auckland:
by metro
Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:47 am
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Festival Plaza Incl. 115m Tower | $800 million
Replies: 1996
Views: 584744

[COM] Re: Festival Plaza Redevelopment | $800 million

Hopefully that retaining wall behind Parliament doesn't collapse like the one at Darlington :shock:

Should be right, looks pretty solid construction, it's not just shotcrete holding it together :lol:
by metro
Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:54 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6006
Views: 1457028

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

Here's a question for any commuters on the Gawler line who like to look out of the window..... Is there evidence of any preparations "on the ground" for the electrification? You'd expect by now there would be visible activity around surveying, setting out and pouring concrete foundations ...
by metro
Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:34 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Public Transport Contracts, Service & Policy
Replies: 2047
Views: 525982

Re: News & Discussion: Public Transport Service & Policy

Trains and Trams will be shut down during the Off-Peak to do some urgently needed maintenance on the train and tram network... or not: These service disruptions will enable a large proportion of employees to participate in information briefings held by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infra...
by metro
Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:43 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] Oaklands Crossing | $174m
Replies: 843
Views: 232115

[COM] Re: Oaklands Crossing | $174m

SRW wrote:
Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:56 pm
Weird. Time out bench?
I believe that bench is there as a requirement, a place for the elderly folks to rest while they hike up and down the long ramps to get between the ground and platform levels. :lol:
by metro
Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:36 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
Replies: 4909
Views: 1130842

Re: News & Discussion: Trams

SRW wrote:
Mon Aug 05, 2019 7:59 am
The stop finishings seem to get cheaper (or at least inconsistent -- no paving and less glazing this time) with every iteration, but I guess that's unsurprising given the Nth Tce blowouts. Glad to see an accessible stop either way.
Meanwhile in Canberra :roll:
by metro
Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:52 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
Replies: 4909
Views: 1130842

Re: News & Discussion: Trams

At least when you are standing on the tracks to read it, you will know in real time if you are about to be run over. 😉 Reminds me of back in 2008 they installed those dot-matrix info screens at some train stations, CityRail in Sydney had them since the late 80s-early 90s and were phasing them out a...
by metro
Fri Jun 28, 2019 7:49 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Public Transport Contracts, Service & Policy
Replies: 2047
Views: 525982

Re: News & Discussion: Public Transport Service & Policy

The order for new electric trains for the Gawler line has just been cut from 15 3-car sets down to 12. Stupid decision, we'll need more trains not less. I remember the last Labor govt were attacked by the Liberals for not buying enough trams and ended up grabbing some second-hand from Madrid for do...
by metro
Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:19 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] M2 North-South Motorway
Replies: 6176
Views: 1499963

[U/C] Re: North-South Motorway

a city with the size and population of adelaide needs a north south non stop motorway at the very minimum. we are the only mainland capital city without one and have fallen well behind. Not quite.. in Sydney there is still 8km of arterial road with about 22 sets of lights between the M2 Motorway an...
by metro
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:00 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Other Transport Projects
Replies: 701
Views: 301653

Re: News & Discussion: Other Transport Projects

Those pictures really say all this. That station should definitely be an extreme example, but even a station is actually quite unacceptable to get worse in that situation. Which pictures? What station? Very similar to this post on page 1 Those photos really say it all. That station must surely be a...