Search found 12 matches

by ouchjars
Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:52 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6043
Views: 1460150

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

Marion is the sole ezample of a station underpass that was constructed in recent years to replace the foot overbridge removed for the Seaford electrification. The underpass has wider ramps and tunnel than the normal pattern of underpass found elsewhere on the network. Another modern trend has been ...
by ouchjars
Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:11 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Public Transport Contracts, Service & Policy
Replies: 2050
Views: 526905

Re: News & Discussion: Public Transport Contracts, Service & Policy

PeFe wrote:
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:40 pm
In Sydney they do not have transport passes, all transactions are a " one off payment".
Yes, but with automatic daily and weekly caps as in many transport systems around the world. How hard is it for us to do the same?
by ouchjars
Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:54 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] Britannia Roundabout
Replies: 97
Views: 67051

[COM] Re: Britannia Roundabout

For as long as Adelaide doesn't put zebra crossings around roundabouts, like Europe or even Melbourne and recent roundabouts in the US, traffic lights are the only thing that would give a safe opportunity for pedestrians to cross around here.
by ouchjars
Sat May 27, 2017 3:37 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
Replies: 4909
Views: 1131252

Re: News & Discussion: Trams

Listen. There is no other obahn busway in the world. No one else bought it. Only us forty years ago. Similarly there are other guided busways in the world tried with similar results. It was a novelty that failed hence there are not many examples of them and they have been all but put out of busines...
by ouchjars
Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:34 pm
Forum: Visions & Suggestions
Topic: Ideas for Adelaide and SA
Replies: 4
Views: 4299

Re: Ideas for Adelaide and SA

3. For every train station: Have a Park'n'Ride facility or a significant amount of more carparks. Have a bike station where people can leave their bicycles in a secure area. Have a bus interchange (even if it's a mini one). This can be done by changing any bus routes that are close to a particular ...
by ouchjars
Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:03 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6043
Views: 1460150

Re: U/C: Electrification & Upgrade of the Adelaide Rail Netw

Is the line still officially scheduled to reopen in September?
by ouchjars
Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:29 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The Federal Politics Thread
Replies: 638
Views: 200620

Re: The Federal Politics Thread

dsriggs wrote:Voting Greens will get you absolute nobodys until Xenophon at 24 & Penny Wong at 29.
Also note that they put Palmer United Party and Katter's Australian Party below Penny Wong but above the other Labor candidates.
by ouchjars
Sat Aug 31, 2013 12:42 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Other Metropolitan Developments
Replies: 1634
Views: 450029

Re: News & Discussion: Metropolitan Developments

neoballmon wrote:
pushbutton wrote:Oh and the corner of Henley Beach Road/Marion may still be vacant. Can't remember..
Still vacant as of Sunday.
by ouchjars
Fri Aug 16, 2013 6:33 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The Federal Politics Thread
Replies: 638
Views: 200620

Re: The Federal Politics Thread

I would consider voting Liberal if Andrew Southcott was more pro-active within the community (I have never seen him in the 13 years I have lived within his electorate) and if the party was not so anti-public transport. The only time I've seen him around was the day after the election was called, pu...
by ouchjars
Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:45 pm
Forum: Visions & Suggestions
Topic: Any chance for a Box Hill like place in Adelaide?
Replies: 18
Views: 7784

Re: Any chance for a Box Hill like place in Adelaide?

The only place I can see this happening outside the inner suburbs and coastal suburbs is Blackwood.
by ouchjars
Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:25 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: [COM] Victoria Square Upgrade - $24m
Replies: 1661
Views: 406610

[COM] Re: APP: Victoria Square Upgrade | $24m

Phantom wrote:Also, has someone noticed that the ACC's website refers to the land as "Tarntanyangga", but all the signs around Adelaide call it "Tarndanyangga"?
The spelling system for the Kaurna language was revised in 2010.
by ouchjars
Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:33 pm
Forum: CBD Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Squares and Parklands
Replies: 771
Views: 261675

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Parklands

rhino wrote:In the past year I have spoken to people from Austin and Christchurch, neither of whom had any idea what I was talking about when I said that they were sister cities of Adelaide. I've never met anyone from Himeji.
I wonder if anyone from New Orleans even knows where Holdfast Bay is. :o