Why should future infrastructure go out of its way to cater to present development that's not even particularly high density? Is there any good reason why (with trams and supportive zoning) shops and restaurants wouldn't be built along SDBD?Westside wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:33 pmTaking light rail down Henley Beach road takes advantage of the existing retail and hospitality that is well established there. HBR is already The Parade of the inner west, so let's build on that. People want to live close to areas with restaurants, pubs and shops not just a bunch of apartments on a tram route. SDBD has none of these (apart from the tiny Hilton Plaza and Hilton Hotel). Yes, we need to continue urban infill along the route and promote apartments up to 4-6 stories with grounfld floor retail and hospitality to take advantage and promote this urban core.
Using HBR would allow a seamless connection to the existing network at city west for better connection to the hospital, railway station and uni and will allow for a future east-west line along The Parade and HBR.
The existing H bus routes can be redirected to SDB, Grange Rds or Ashley St to provide much needed capacity and frequency on these trunk routes.
Using SDBD, it's just 6km to Victoria Square. But if you want to go up West Terrace to North Terrace it's still shorter than via Airport Road and HBR.
The existing HBR bus routes go that way for a good reason: it's faster than other roads, and feeds directly into the main E-W bus corridor through the City.