Originally Posted by
nota
Well this Obahn idea is 30 years old. But its not just Park & Ride, rather a 'your local street corner' pickup/delivery service .. without ever changing your seat.
Imagine a few of these Obahn networks in Canberra? (instead of what those myopic light rail 'visionaries' keep proposing)
No hideous desecration of Northborne or anywhere else, by rail-related tracks and overhead wires
Gunghalin or Tuggers local pickup, then rapid express into Civic .. up to 18,000 commuter cars per-hour, per guideway route, removed from our roads!
I'd like to see that
The Light rail in Canberra is truly the worst Idea i've seen in a while....
As for the O-Bahn in Canberra...Well honestly I think the distances covered are a little bit too large for the door to door transport system they're looking to implement. at the moment Canberra runs a "Hub & Spoke" transport network, with 5 large main centres that smaller services branch out of. While the frequency of these services might not be spectacular, the routes they take do essentially cover most of Canberras population.
The problem with such a system is that the Interchanges become horrible places (much like Airports who use a similar system) that are overused and often a little dangerous.
On the flip side, the O-Bahn bus might be good in theory, but it'll still take it's sweet time getting anywhere, it still takes me 45 minutes (I live in Monash) to get to the city Via bus. Give it ~ 10 minutes either way with a clear route, and it's still 10 minutes slower than driving by car. On a good day.
This will always be public transports downfall - the need to meet the needs of the many, versus the convieniance of the few.
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