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Plan for a new bridge & bus tunnel under CBD(3) The Brisbane City Council have proposed building a second ‘green bridge’ across the river next to the existing Victoria Bridge in a bid to ease bus congestion which now experiences chronic traffic congestion. Buses now sit gridlocked on the Victoria Bridge every morning and afternoon peak hour. Read More |
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Connecting SEQ 2031 – Transport Plan(3) The Queensland Government has officially released the Connecting SEQ 2031 transport vision. The plan (download here) aims to double South East Queensland’s public transport usage to 15 million trips per day. Read More |
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Brisbane To Struggle Without Rail Investment(17)
The year is 2011. Brisbane is now a city of 2 million people and a region of 3 million. Fuel prices are reaching $1.50 a litre, oil is now harder to extract from the ground and no new oil reserves are being found. Recent infrastructure developments which have been completed or are under construction include, Clem 7, Gateway Duplication, Go Between Bridge, Green Bridge, Eastern Busway, Airport Link & Northern Busway, Legacy Way. Brisbane is now one of few ‘world cities’ still constructing mammoth highway projects. Investments in transport across the globe are shifting to sustainable mass transit. However Brisbane continues to build billion dollar road projects, completely ignoring peak oil projections and global trends which are seeing demand for alternative transport options in Light Rail Transit (LRT), Heavy Rail and Metro Underground Rail. Read More |
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New City Cat Terminal Design(0) Funded by the state and federal governments, Brisbane is set to have a new uniform City Cat terminal design following a nation wide design competition. Read More |
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Trains as frequent as 5 minutes for new Yeerongpilly CRR Station(0) The Queensland Government has announced it’s latest Cross River Rail station with trains as frequent as 5 minutes. Yeerongpilly residents should expect their property values to skyrocket following the Queensland Government’s announcement for a new four-platform station which will service Brisbane’s new subway tunnel as well as the suburban rail network. The station should expect train frequencies to be every 5 minutes during peak times. This is part of the Queensland Government’s ‘Connecting SEQ 2031′ transport plan (shown below). Read More |
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