Sunshine Coast Mass Transit Project
A mass transit system – whether it be based on bus or rail – can help manage the effects of growth. It can provide an alternative, sustainable mode of travel that is frequent, reliable, convenient and comfortable. Importantly, it can also reduce our dependence on private car travel.
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Sunshine Coast rail, rapid bus plans may be off cards before Brisbane Olympics
Are they reviewing this project as part of the 100-day Olympics review?
they should review completely and choose Light Rail.
BRT was chosen I believe because while both systems can carry the demand capacity, locals don’t want wires and LRT options come with much higher costs.
The capacity numbers for BRT are bogus (or at best achieved like Brisbane does with 100’s of buses) and I firmly believe the public documentation is misleading in this regard. There was no assessment or criteria around passenger and station experience, route legibility and ease of use. It just says the only difference is wires and cost. Plenty of research that shows long-term costs of LRT and BRT are the same too!
Well, the later stages of GCLRT show costs have gone right up for LRT. So there will likely be a big difference between the life costs of both systems, and this will show up in the project BCR IMO.
A key decision will be whether the busway option will be open or closed. If open, you’ll get a wider network implemented faster, realise benefits sooner, which will also reflect in the BCR.
The is also likely to be competition between the DSCL project and Mass Transit Project so further potential for cost escalation on both projects.
I would even so far to say the DSCL should be an LRT as the current alignment isn’t feasible for heavy rail. One line to Beerwah station, and the other line along the SCMT corridor.
Nothing like traveling by train to your holiday/tourist destination and having to change trains/modes half way through the journey!!
Agree with Jonno, I believe the mode choice has already been decided.
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