The following formal submission have been made public
Submitter: Geoff HenkelRaising of London Circuit
I worry about the proposals for the Woden Tram. Supposedly it is giving a skeleton service to Woden and beyond, but the trip travel time will be twice as long as an express bus service. So will time be at large for an interesting long journey or will we have a dual transport system. I doubt the latter, and we will continue to use cars for convenience and efficiency.
The proposal to adopt a west-side Civic route and raise London Circ. to Commonwealth Av. Level and thus introduce another traffic controlled intersection is nor servicing the most significant eastern part of Civic. Then there is the loss of the historic treescape south of the Lake Bridge and a further probable traffic controlled intersections and disruptions at State Circle.
As time is at large, why not extend the route and service east Canberra (via Cooyong St), Constitution Av. and its offices, the Defence complex, a short trip to the Airport,the offices in the eastern Parliamentary Zone and utilise Kings Avenue bridge as the Lake crossing. The service benefit might justify the cost, although the Benefit Cost Ratio will not justify the development unless Northbourne type high rise along the route is resorted to.
The economics and energy of the tramway system needs to be carefully considered. The energy use in constructing the underground BART railway in San Francisco exceeded the future transport energy savings.
I still believe that autonomous electric cars and flexible electric trolley buses is the future for Canberra. A skeleton tramway will require a lot of secondary transport servicing to tram stops. We designed Canberra for the car!
The proposal to adopt a west-side Civic route and raise London Circ. to Commonwealth Av. Level and thus introduce another traffic controlled intersection is nor servicing the most significant eastern part of Civic. Then there is the loss of the historic treescape south of the Lake Bridge and a further probable traffic controlled intersections and disruptions at State Circle.
As time is at large, why not extend the route and service east Canberra (via Cooyong St), Constitution Av. and its offices, the Defence complex, a short trip to the Airport,the offices in the eastern Parliamentary Zone and utilise Kings Avenue bridge as the Lake crossing. The service benefit might justify the cost, although the Benefit Cost Ratio will not justify the development unless Northbourne type high rise along the route is resorted to.
The economics and energy of the tramway system needs to be carefully considered. The energy use in constructing the underground BART railway in San Francisco exceeded the future transport energy savings.
I still believe that autonomous electric cars and flexible electric trolley buses is the future for Canberra. A skeleton tramway will require a lot of secondary transport servicing to tram stops. We designed Canberra for the car!