Highway congestion is starting to bite. How do we get cars off the road?
Millions of Australians face the daily frustration of delayed commutes, particularly on busy motorways. But as governments spend billions continually upgrading roads, experts say that might not be the best solution.
Get people on trains. Barely an excuse in some parts of Brisbane. Its not places like that who've got to worry though, it's places like GC where we've decided that a light rail system makes sense when just north there's a great cheaper and faster busway system.
Plus all the people who commute up and down and up and down the m1 day after day. Push them to WFH if possible. Better for people with kids as well and there's no reason we can't in a modern world, business just has too much money in real estate to let us.
With due respect, what about the light rail system doesn't bring people onto trains? To my understanding, it's a significant driver of positive induced demand and it's integration with the train system is pretty good
The integration is good but I think it's poor investment. Busways and lanes are much cheaper to implement and are in general faster than the light rail system. I like the rail to Southport and from Broadbeach in - it works well enough and is much better than the contracted bus system which isn't very reliable, but the extension to GC airport is ridiculous to travel at 40kmh or less avg speed.