What has taken so long to fit a battery to the 3000 class railcars? Each time they stop at a station they are wasting energy without it.

Once the North South Motorway is completed, this stops being the main road to the airport, doesn't it? People from the north have to leave the motorway before Port Road and use Grange Road and Airport Road; people from the South will use a new access via Richmond Road? It will be split among the th...

Adelaide Metro is designed to transport people in the morning peak from 8 am to 9 am and the afternoon peak from 5 pm to 6 pm. This means Adelaide Metro hires drivers for two shifts and they have excess capacity in the middle of the day. If we want to introduce free fares, the first place to introd...

Adelaide Metro is designed to transport people in the morning peak from 8 am to 9 am and the afternoon peak from 5 pm to 6 pm. This means Adelaide Metro hires drivers for two shifts and they have excess capacity in the middle of the day. If we want to introduce free fares, the first place to introdu...

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/revealed-dozens-of-defects-discovered-along-adelaides-obahn-bus-network-foi-inspection-reports-reveal/news-story/4e6aa14b369d193ba2b77342bcc63c98 July 16, 2023 The state government is doubling maintenance spending to $120,000 this year. That's inc...

Athletes don't need a village, they can stay in hotels. Sports competitions don't need spectators, they can watch on TV. Sports events are really cheap to run if all it is is a competition between athletes. Adelaide can host this without spending any money on more infrastructure. It's not going to b...

Article talking about Qantas' A220 order, which could see a return of international flights from Adelaide to Asian countries on our national carrier: https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-reveals-first-a220-routes Who knows, with an aircraft capable and a new CEO that may not be so fixated...

I Follow PAFC wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:13 pm

Does anyone know much about South Australia's Virtual Power Plant https://www.tesla.com/en_au/sa-virtual-power-plant ?

There are multiple VPPs, they're run by retailers. Tesla sells batteries that can be used in VPPs.

Is there a hiring freeze coming up?

Reposting a Port to Semaphore tram concept from several years ago that I resurrected last year. Since the lines would be completely separated from the main network, could be a great chance to explore alternative power options with short sections of battery operation or ground-supplied power. A tram...

Is there any indication as to when the pedestrian crossings at North Adelaide, Ovingham and Islington will be switched on? And further to that, when the Gawler line will 100% be electric? Sorry if this has been posted previously but can't find any info. The Ovingham N crossing had been scheduled fo...

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Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:23 pm

I heard from someone who works in rail in the east that some big tenders have recently gone out for a major rail project in Adelaide, I'm led believe it's the Brighton grade separation project

Please be the CBD tunnel that we've been waiting on for 100 years.

Cryptic wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:12 pm

https://glamadelaide.com.au/adelaide-lo ... w-airline/

So they will fly at about the same time as Malaysia Airlines. It makes no sense, if one of them flies in the morning, the other in the evening, it would be more convenient for everyone.

Pleased to see this week an acknowledgement, led by the new Lord Mayor, that maintenance of the city and its parklands has been profoundly neglected in recent years. It seems moves are underway to finally pull us out of a shabby decline: https://indaily.com.au/opinion/2023/04/24/autumn-leaves-cant-...

I was upset about the height decrease to 183m instead of 187, but like literally... its only 4 metres it'll still be hella tall compared to what we have now I think it'll be good for Adelaide yes we'll only be 50 years behind when a building of that height was Melbourne's tallest :banana: ...and Pe...