Re: [Vic] $2m study of public transport options

["Thomson Family" <thomson@bigpond.net.au>]

It was my understanding that Smart Bus was an initiative of the State
Government to trial a frequent bus system along arterial routes and that
Springvale Road and Blackburn Road would be the test cases for it. If
successful it could then be implemented on other arterial routes to provide
a more comprehensive trunk public transport system along the shortest, most
logical routes.

After completion of the Scoresby Freeway it was my understanding that less
traffic lanes would be available to traffic on Springvale Rd and an
exclusive bus lane would operate with priority at intersections.

"Johann Fan" <jyf@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> <Chris Brown> wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 8 May 2001 20:41:11 +1000, "Johann Fan" <jyf@optusnet.com.au>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >> It's it quicker to get to Rowville from Glen Waverley  then
> Huntingdale?
> > >>
> > >Yes, but also more expensive to put the railway u/ground from Glen
> Waverley
> > >to somewhere near Jell's Park... Also, you will have to fight the
NIMBYs
> =(
> >
> > The proposal to extend the Glen Waverley line to Rowville involved a
> > tunnel (approx.2km long) from Glen Waverley, running east, emerging
> > near the end of Shepherd Rd (north of Jells Park).
>
> So they *would* have fitted it in the middle of the golf course?? ok...
now
> there's an obstacle to play through/over/around! <g!>
>
> > I seriously doubt that that Glen Waverley option would be more
> > expensive than the Huntingdale option, as that latter would involve
> > numerous tunnels/bridges where various roads intersect with Wellington
> > Rd, not to mention that there isn't really enough space between Monash
> > Uni and AFL park.
>
> True. If only they left space instead of duplicating the road past
Jackson's
> Rd a few years back as well.
>
>  I don't think that either one will get built in the next 20 years... just
> like the light rail to Knox and the smartbus project (it was originally
> slated for 2000, with buses fitted with and still using GPS and roadworks
to
> remove 1/2 width bus bays in Blackburn/Springvale Rds, then it was early
> 2001, now its just another study)... thats going backwards...
>
> cheers
> Johann
>
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