Related: I’ve heard NIMBYs bringing up that “the bus is faster (may have a quicker journey time in certain conditions)” and because of this, stuff like light rail and quality BRT is a waste of time. It certainly isn’t faster if you have to wait for >30 min for it though because mixed traffic is an awful environment for generating and maintaining high frequencies and patronage and thus good investment. Our value assessment frameworks need work to say the least
What a hero. Free him!
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Zag’s reply summed it up pretty well, but yeah, building lots of car-centric sprawl and bringing the socio-economic and environmental issues that come with it is a bad idea
This is a shame. For its faults, this seemed like a good use of the area, in close proximity to PT and active-friendly services. Would be great to see the land used for good, preferably as publicly-owned housing
Car brain conditions a certain kind of mindset in people.
Related too, the people who think that “passing lane” means a Mass Effect FTL corridor where rules don’t apply. Yes, there’s a person passing ahead. Just because they’re going the (verified) speed limit, doesn’t mean you get to tailgate and try to bully them. They’re still passing, after all.
The arguments against the Sunshine Coast project are truly something. And by something, I mean nothing parading around to stifle action:
-“Busways are better!” Not necessarily, as they require more vehicles, more land and are easier to downgrade.
-“It will ruin property values and wall off the beach!” Because yes, the places with the lowest property values are all near public transport lines and not near massive stroads. It’s not like there’s a big stroad already walling off the beach for anyone who isn’t in a car. Disregarding the ridiculous speculative capitalisation of housing.
-“Polluter! (a GC one I’ve seen)” …?
-“Nobody uses the buses, nobody will use this” There’s such a thing as induced demand, and there’s plenty of valid reasons why nobody (and by this, still a sizeable amount of people) uses the buses here.
Basically, change bad and imagined simulacrum of the past king.
Hear, hear! It’s ludicrous indeed, and so obviously bad faith. Give me a dedicated way, high frequencies and predictable service over hypothetical “speed” any day.