I believe at this stage there are feasibility studies being undertaken for the long-term plans for the OH and Grange lines but most, if not all, options involve either battery or hydrogen technology with potential electrification of only small sections of the line to allow for battery recharging. I...

The population of the Mount Barker district is around 40k. The population of Adelaide is 1.4 million. In most other states, indeed in many similar situations in the world this type of setup would be connected by a relatively rapid and frequent train. In the case of Europe this may look like a light ...

I really think the relevant authorities in SA are deliberately overcomplicating this, so they don't have to deal with it. The old bluebirds used to do this trip in under 50 minutes. Surely a modern V/locity type train could do this in at least that amount of time. If a European company want to provi...

Also, costs aren’t the same everywhere. Just because nuclear power is economically viable in some parts of Europe doesn’t mean it would be here. True. A big factor in things being more expensive in Australia, is we bloody import so much. Actually the reverse is the case! Australia was a very expens...

abc, there’s a big difference between the long transmission lines and the shorter distribution lines. The latter are much more vulnerable, but affect far fewer people. More batteries in the metro area would reduce vulnerability to transmission line faults, though as these are rare it probably would...

Anyone remembering around the late 90's early 2000's will recall an aussie dollar around .50c US. The thinking at the time was that this prevented Australia going into recession, as commodities became easier to sell due to our lower prices, manufacturing ticked up due to the domestic lower costs, Au...

Whilst this upgrade is overdue, if this is to be considered as a second arterial long term, either end of Holbrooks and east ave are also dogleg intersections. Port Road and Henley Beach Rd’s intersections will be much more difficult to address, and coukd become problematic if more traffic is funnel...

Time will tell. Coal plant have been providing massive amounts of generated power at a stable rate, 24/7 for over 100 years. Batteries are minuscule in their contribution so far, and yet are getting a reputation for being unstable not to mention the toxicity of these fires. It does need to be acknow...

Would it kill them to put in bus priority which will speed up Grange Road bus services and encourage people to use public transport. Also on Holbrooks Road it wouldn't take much to make it from 1 lane in each direction to 2 lanes in each direction, lines could be painted over a week or two Agree wi...

These figures change from year to year. The following study done this year by Lazard shows nuclear as more expensive than grid solar and wind. Importantly with subsidies stripped out. https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/2023-levelized-cost-of-energyplus/ What subsidies have done is make roofto...

Just thought I'd post this as the nuclear option keeps being mentioned, some might find this interesting... Modelling shows estimated cost of Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan Australian taxpayers would be slugged with a $387bn bill if Peter Dutton’s current plan to transition to nuclear was actio...

Mali has ruled out trams in his current term of government. Yep. However, I'd still settle for an improvement in the balance between Grenfell and Flinders Streets. Grenfel street is heavily used, but with good reason. Its proximity to the core CBD particularly office towers constructed since the 70...

Is that corridor (Currie/Grenfell) wide enough to be the major bus through-route and handle trams as well? There is currently only one lane each way for traffic, which is occasionally used by busses as well, when they need to pass a bus that is stopped in the bus lane to pick up or drop off passeng...

Is technology not at the point yet where the track itself has overhead wires, to charge an on board battery while on the track, to allow enough charge for the entire route?

Now imagine the difference some curves, or angles, maybe on offset corner- and even an extra 5 floors would have made. Its the glazing that saves this otherwise unremarkable building.