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I'm sitting right next to where they've been drilling on Devonshire street for the past 4 months to move a power cable to central station! I've taken busses th
by oulu2006 10y ago
I'm sitting right next to where they've been drilling on Devonshire street for the past 4 months to move a power cable to central station!
I've taken busses through Sydney for years, and to be honest, I'm really hoping the LRS does what they promise it will, because the bus system here is so bad.
- photojosh 10y agoI think it'll be fine for Sydney, but I'm in Newcastle and it seems so daft...
- oulu2006 10y agoMaybe future capacity planning?
- jakecopp 10y agoAccording to the Sydney Morning Herald, one-third of buses will still be required when the light rail starts operating in 2019 due to insufficient capacity, rising to 80% of current buses by 2031! http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-cbd-and-south-east-light-rail-crowding-rates-exceed-bus-and-train-crush-capacity-20170220-gugtx9.html http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-cbd-and-south-east-light-ra...
- oulu2006 10y agoI never really thought that light rail would replace buses completely. One can't help but imagine how many more buses we would need without light rail, no?
- jakecopp 10y agoTrue, but if we built any other sort of infrastructure (water, sewage, electicity) that operated at above over 100% capacity from day one, wouldn't we consider a solution with more capacity? With the light rail already blowing out as of November last year from $1.6bn to $2.1bn [1] I can't help but think of the merit of heavy rail. My understanding is heavy rail is very expensive, but how much more? I haven't been able to find a comparison of a heavy rail design on this route. [1]: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/sydney-cbd-and-eastern-suburbs-light-rail-project-500m-cost-blowout/news-story/29ffab19ad08da08fb7bcde90bdaeaa8 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/sydney-cbd-and-e...