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The Obahn is pretty good. It's capacity is lacking though, because it's so popular. When they were first testing it they pushed the buses up to 120km/h but they
by gwillz 8y ago
The Obahn is pretty good. It's capacity is lacking though, because it's so popular. When they were first testing it they pushed the buses up to 120km/h but they shook so horrifically that they lowered the operating speed to something like 80.
A lot of people criticised the tunnel extension into the city. After all, it only saved ~5 minutes of travel time. I don't think most people in Adelaide fully appreciate public transport yet.
Adelaide is often called the 20 minute city because you can just drive anywhere in under that. But that's changing as our population grows. I really hope there are more projects like this that get funded.
Adelaide used to have _the most extensive tram network in Australia_. It was pulled up around the same time as Sydney pulled theirs but Melbourne didn't (because they're the original hipster). Sydney had the money to reinstall theirs but not Adelaide. There's a lot of politics around fixing our trams - we almost dropped 40 million on a building a right hand turn.
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-01/why-was-adelaides-tram-network-ripped-up-in-the-1950s/9205768?pfmredir=sm https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-01/why-was-adelaides-...
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoAlmost ironically, one of the limiting factors of the the O-Bahn in Adelaide is parking at the major terminals. The road going past Paradise Interchange is always lined with cars for hundreds of metres on both sides during working hours. Modbury Interchange now has an inner-city style multi-storey car park to feed the demand. The O-Bahn is almost a victim of it's own popularity and efficiency, but it took 20-odd years to reach that point, and it's still the best way to get into and out of the city during peak hour (with the possible exception of the linear park bike track, which is a beautiful way to see Adelaide 'behind the curtain'). Adelaide also is well past it's moniker of the 20-minute city. It's nowhere near Sydney / Melbourne levels of traffic, but the population is also much smaller.
- steve_taylor 8y agoWhen I used to use the O-Bahn 15-25 years ago, the speed limit was 100 km/h along most of the track, reducing only near the interchanges. Bus drivers would frequently exceed the speed limit to make up time. I'm not sure what the speed limit is now, but I'd be surprised if it maxed out at 80. Edit: I just read about its speed limit being limited to 85 km/h due to wear and tear and unevenness on the track. It seems the track is reaching the end of its life.
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- dwd 8y agoI used in back in '86 while visiting Adelaide for the F1 GP and remembered it being smooth, fast and super cool at the time. Things wear out...