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Must mean we're ready to evolve into a higher form of civilisationPeFe wrote:The "black transport obelisk" of Adelaide........confounding locals with its true meaning.......remnants of a previous civilization (yes one that took public transport before there was a car in every home).....2017 A Transport Odyssey.
Norman wrote:Some pics from today
They definitely look a lot better than the ones on the O-Bahn, so well done DPTI. I hope that these get rolled out to more major stops in the city.
Slings and Arrows: Return of the Car Ban Plan
A state government plan to limit cars from the east–west Grenfell and Currie Street run between Hindmarsh and Light Squares is slipping into higher gear behind the scenes.
The vision, which sees the choked roadway reduced to a public transport/pedestrians/cycle path city thoroughfare, has been fermenting for some years. Councillors have seen concept visuals, but those who wished to take away phone-snaps were disciplined.
Adelaide MP Rachel Sanderson had to formally call for a briefing last year – which said something about how much the government was sharing with the opposition. The concept ramped up several years ago with creation of priority bus lanes and prioritised traffic lights. It resulted in rush-hour morning and night traffic jostling with an endless choke of buses, which demanded right of way, created occasional gridlock – and lots of near-misses with cars and bikes. Council’s February 2017 papers revealed that the plan is now gathering pace: “explore the possibility of redeveloping Currie-Grenfell Streets as a public transport boulevard.”
This is code for ‘Minister now exerting pressure on council to share costs even though it was never a council idea and transport is not a local government responsibility.’ Another aspect is to improve O-Bahn access into and out of the city’s heart.
Full article : http://adelaidereview.com.au/opinion/ge ... -ban-plan/
That's the point where it travels between two electrified sections, where the substation is. I'm not sure what the technical term is, but the area in the middle is an isolated zone. An electrical engineer would be able to give a better answer.potsandpans wrote:Does anyone know why, when traveling on the Seaford line, the air-con is switched off between Hallet Cove Beach and Lonsdale? It's just for a few seconds, but it happens every time and I've always wanted to know why.
It's not me but Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_lineNorman wrote:That's the point where it travels between two electrified sections, where the substation is. I'm not sure what the technical term is, but the area in the middle is an isolated zone. An electrical engineer would be able to give a better answer.potsandpans wrote:Does anyone know why, when traveling on the Seaford line, the air-con is switched off between Hallet Cove Beach and Lonsdale? It's just for a few seconds, but it happens every time and I've always wanted to know why.
The only thing I can think of that ISN'T in the favour of the motorist in this city is that our comparable traffic infringement fines are the most expensive in the whole country. By design and sadly mentality, we are a car dominant cityNathan wrote:Ash Whitefly is always writing about anti-car conspiracies. About 2/3rds of his articles for Adelaide Review are about the plight of the poor motorist.
In no other mainland capital city would anybody even think to travel through the city centre to get from one side to the other!Fix up the ring route by removing the intersections. Expensive-yes, but probably the only way.Torrens_5022 wrote:People drive through the CBD because it's quicker shorter eg it's 7km Torrensville to Norwood via CBD and 11km via Greenhill Rd 60% longer. Detouring around the CBD and parklands is annoying. What's a useful solution to stop people taking the easiest route via the CBD?
Also note that Adelaide has by far the largest CBD area in Australia (when you include North Adelaide and the parklands), so it's hard to avoid especially if you are going east to west and vice versa.Kasey771 wrote:The only thing I can think of that ISN'T in the favour of the motorist in this city is that our comparable traffic infringement fines are the most expensive in the whole country. By design and sadly mentality, we are a car dominant cityNathan wrote:Ash Whitefly is always writing about anti-car conspiracies. About 2/3rds of his articles for Adelaide Review are about the plight of the poor motorist.
I'm not militatly anti-car, but I do think they're pretty inefficient as a mode of transport. Much more efficient at gaining pollies the votes than solving our congestion issues.Torrens_5022 wrote:People drive through the CBD because it's quicker shorter eg it's 7km Torrensville to Norwood via CBD and 11km via Greenhill Rd 60% longer. Detouring around the CBD and parklands is annoying. What's a useful solution to stop people taking the easiest route via the CBD?
