[Peakoil] Metro, not a light rail system

[Alex Pollard]

The article can be read here

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/putting-capital-on-right-track/2435797.aspx?storypage=0

> The article was actually proposing a Metro network rather than light
> rail. I have come to the conclusion a faster system rather than
> conventional light rail is needed to be competitive with car transport
> across Canberra.
>
> Transport for Canberra's lightest idea of running a rapid transit system
> down the outside lane of Northbourne Avenue -
> http://www.transport.act.gov.au/studies_projects/northbourne_study.html
> -  is likely to be a failure as left turning traffic will slow the
> system. They also propose sharing the lane with stopping buses. The net
> result is the 'rapid' system will be forced to be slower than car
> traffic on the road. Plans for increased density along the transport
> corridors is likely to result in slower public transport between the
> towns and longer trip times across the network - already way too long.
>
> A Metro system running up to 100km/h or more and probably underground
> through the city areas is probably the best way of building a public
> transport system that can match car transport across most of the city.
> The obvious first two lines are ACTION's Blue Rapid and Red Rapid routes
> (more or less).
>
> Henry Hatch
>
> On 28/01/2012 11:00 PM, peakoil-request at act-peakoil.org wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:37:17 +1100
>> From: "Alex Pollard"<alex-po at trevbus.org>
>> Subject: [Peakoil] Light Rail piece in today's CT
>> To: peakoil at act-peakoil.org
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>> In today's Canberra Times Forum lift-out there is a piece by a couple of
>> architects arguing for a light rail network in the ACT. There is a nice
>> diagram of their proposed network.
>>
>> Alex Pollard
>> O4O4873828
>>
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