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ChillyPhilly wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:24 am

Looks like one addition by the State Government this week is a security guard at Woodlands Park in the morning peak.

rev wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:54 am

ChillyPhilly wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:24 am

Looks like one addition by the State Government this week is a security guard at Woodlands Park in the morning peak.

They did promise to increase security on the network.
I don't know why they hire private security, and not get the Police Security Service to do it like they do in Victoria.
I could be wrong but the Police Security have more authority or powers then regular security guards? and I think they're in direct communication with the Police, so wouldn't that make the network safer for passengers as opposed to some poorly trained private security guards?

rev wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:53 pm

ChillyPhilly wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:01 pm

baytram366 wrote:I was under the impression that the greenway was shelved and that there was an albeit small possibility that it was going to be used for trains again. Guessing that thought bubble has been canned....

Different corridor I'd say. There is a more direct line between the Port and Dry Creek.

Surely there's a route they can find from Port Dock to the former salt pans that are going to be home to about 30,000 odd people in the near future? Spur the Gawler line off near there as well and continue it north past Bolivar and Burton, to Virginia, Riverlea and Two Wells..that new line could spur off towards Angle Vale as well.
These are only going to be the fastest growing regions population wise in Adelaide in the coming decades, if they aren't already.

We’re preserving two rail corridors from the city to cater for future housing developments.

South Australia is building, our state and city is growing - and we need transport options so people have an affordable and accessible choice when it comes to travelling across the city.

Securing these corridors will unlock more transit options for the outer southern suburbs, which the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan (GARP) forecasts to grow by 23,000 homes, and the northern outer suburbs, expected to grow by 82,000 homes.

This is not about identifying projects, but about laying the bedrock for future planning – understanding the priorities that will inform our thinking and that of governments in decades to come, so that policy is uniform, informed and focussed, underpinning funding decisions for all major infrastructure projects in years to come.

Cryptic wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 16, 2025 4:09 pm

From Peter Malinauskas on Twitter,

We’re preserving two rail corridors from the city to cater for future housing developments.

South Australia is building, our state and city is growing - and we need transport options so people have an affordable and accessible choice when it comes to travelling across the city.

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Securing these corridors will unlock more transit options for the outer southern suburbs, which the Greater Adelaide Regional Plan (GARP) forecasts to grow by 23,000 homes, and the northern outer suburbs, expected to grow by 82,000 homes.

This is not about identifying projects, but about laying the bedrock for future planning – understanding the priorities that will inform our thinking and that of governments in decades to come, so that policy is uniform, informed and focussed, underpinning funding decisions for all major infrastructure projects in years to come.

PeFe wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 16, 2025 7:15 pm

We don't need to build north of Gawler.....

PeFe wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 16, 2025 7:15 pm

And why split the Gawler line in 2 at the northern end?.....just no.....bad urban planning.

PeFe wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 16, 2025 7:15 pm

We don't need to build north of Gawler.....there is heaps and heaps of vacant land between the Adelaide CBD and Gawler.... heaps.

And why split the Gawler line in 2 at the northern end?.....just no.....bad urban planning.

It's inevitable that the Seaford line is extended south, but the new stations should all be Tod's, and the McClaren Vale should be protected from future development.

Do we really have to compete with Perth for the title of largest sprawling, lowest density city in the western world?

Norman wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:44 am

The line to Aldinga has already been reserved, and the lines to Roseworthy and Concordia already have tracks. I think the line to Sellicks Beach is new though.

Spotto wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 17, 2025 12:43 pm

Norman wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:44 am

The line to Aldinga has already been reserved, and the lines to Roseworthy and Concordia already have tracks. I think the line to Sellicks Beach is new though.

The remnant tracks to Roseworthy and Concordia/Barossa haven’t been used in 20 and 10 years respectively, likely requiring a complete rehab or replacement of the infrastructure anyway. The corridor is what really matters.

[Shuz] wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:27 am

That literally is one of the examples given in university of what bad urban planning is.

Adelaide absolutely littered with bad urban planning mistakes.