The day AirTrain becomes the Airport Line and 50c is the day less traffic will be on the Airport leading roads IMO
Thatās disgusting.
Yeah, noā¦just, no. If built, itād be an ugly thing to see from above and below and the population would be joyous the day itād get knocked down for something else.
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Well yeah we would also do all that
The tourists will be amazed at all the infrastructure as they come into to land. We will look very developed.
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Even if the train was free it wouldnāt work for me if I had to go to the airport. Because I come from the opposite direction of it. Not everyone lives in or wants to go to the city, you know.
I find that most of the congestion that occurs in the airport is caused not by the interchanges to the M1/M7, but rather the bottleneck at the terminals, with people arriving/departing, and I donāt see this plan helping address this congestion - the roads seem to be unchanged at the terminals (youāve drawn over existing roads at the international terminal, so no change there, and the domestic terminal isnāt shown). If anything, I think it might provide a slightly shorter time in terms of shortening the distance, but the distance shortened is skipping fast roads, so the time save there is minimal I would think.
Also, the interchange seems too big (in terms of the loops: you can see this by comparing the proposal to M1-Moreton Dr interchange)
Also, Iād be pretty concerned by the impact this mega interchange would have on the wetlands occupying the area. Iām no expert on ecosystems, but from what I remember, wetlands help us with flood mitigation, which may get worse if the ecosystem deteriorates, and this is only one of a few ecosystem services they provide.
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Is this some kind of joke?
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Nah mate, I say build it
Over-engineered monstrosity with little benefit.
Just like that proposal at the Sunshine Coast, that wonāt include a rail corridor.
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I thought we were building on our MR from a few months ago to make Skygate an improved Public Transport interchange to help service the airport precinct.
We should be focussing on that before advocating any road improvements in the area, except for a ramp off Southern Cross Drive for the GCL to access Skygate.
Is the road access to BNE really such a big issue? When Iāve had to drive in to pick people up Iāve never had an issue from any direction, even when a truck caught fire on the gateway.
I generally catch PT when Iām flying out of Brisbane (coming from the SC) and the transfer at Eagle Junction isā¦. fine. No cross platform transfer so luggage unfortunately has to be dragged up the ramp to the pedestrian bridge, and the station itself isnāt the nicest but itāsā¦ fine.
The biggest drawback is the fact the airtrain stops after 10pm and frequency could be improved - but it still beats the extortionate cost of parking which is often higher than my airfare!
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I donāt drive either. I often arrange for a family member or friend to drop me off. I do the same for them sometimes.
Itās really not a fine station, itās barely adequate. The lifts were out again at EJ this week and the park and ride has been partially blocked with minor works that just arenāt moving very quickly. Something Iāve noticed at other stations routinely lately is the lift availability, which is as sector wide issue with lift part supply chains being ludicrous.
Additional point, EJ building such a large elevated station structure (itās clear there were plans for a coffee cart upstairs) that has zero benefit for anyone actually getting down to the old platforms is pretty on-brand.
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^ As I discovered the other week, even the fare gates in the āpalaceā have been removed and there are no card readers anywhere in sight - I had expected to be able to touch off when exitign that way and couldnāt be buggered going back to find a reder, so wore a $2.50 default fare.
Normally a line of about 15-20 people at the stairs tapping whilst people are coming down the stairs wanting to also tap on. Then there is one next to the lift that I tend to use and scoot around to the stairs or ramp, but you get stuck anyway with the pinch point there. Itās an awful platform for such a key station and donāt get me started on the insanity of not connecting the North Brisbane Bikeway here.
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I really think BCC has an aversion to doing anything to help or connect with the rail network.
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Please tell me this is satire, because if the government is genuinely planning on building that, Iād probably just disintegrate. Even bigger oof if they axed the Airtrain duplication project for this.
I donāt know of any new road projects in the works but Brisbane Airport wants Skygate to be the new PT interchange. We should get behind that as itās the most plausible way forward due to contracts not expiring until 2036 for direct airport access. We should also be advocating for longer operating hours until midnight with the last train departing Central at 11.32
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Itās funny because QR previously were so ambivalent about bikes for so long and finally started doing really good things (bikes during peak services, new trains will be more bike friendly, availability of wider lifts and ramps for bikes on platforms, finally doing bike cages).
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