28 Feb 2012: SEQ: Brisbane minus public transport equals chaos!

[ozbob]

Media release 28 February 2012

SEQ: Brisbane minus public transport equals chaos!

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport passengers welcomes the Government's announcement of system-wide free public transport tomorrow (1).

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"Today's general system meltdown has come about from simple geometry - Brisbane's rail and  most of the bus network are 'everything to the centre' convergent networks. In other words, unlike rail systems in overseas places like Toronto, London and Paris where rail lines are decentralised, Brisbane runs all services and infrastructure through a single 'core'. This makes the entire system prone to total, spreading and cascading failure. It is a 'house of cards', one 'card' falls and the entire system folds in an escalating chain reaction of failure including the road network."

"Ultimately, it doesn't matter what the fault was. It could have been some other fault on a different day, so long as a fault occurs within the core area, and the same thing - total network failure that spreads to shut down the rail, then shut down the busway system and then the road system will happen again."

RAIL Back On Track believes that today's incident should be looked at in a wider context, which is this:

Brisbane - Public Transport = Chaos

"This is why Cross River Rail is so important (2). The single fault alone today has cost around $1 million dollars in funds plus probably many millions of dollars more in lost time and work across the city and on the roads. Around 2016 slots for trains on the Merivale Bridge will be exhausted, which means that the road system and busway system, which are already under their own pressures will have to cope with increased load."

"Does the LNP support Cross River Rail or not? Yes or No? If it doesn't then what is the alternative plan?"

References:

1.  http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/bulletin/1330394577

2.  Cross River Rail Project  http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=2034.0

Contact:

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

[ozbob]

More discussion --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7766.0

[Jonno]

Brisbane + Public Transport + Traffic Accident = Chaos

[Golliwog]

Hmmm, so using maths, Brisbane - Public Transport = Chaos = Brisbane + Public Transport + Traffic Accident
Canceling and grouping like terms leaves us with 2×Public Transport = -Traffic Accident
Interesting theory...

[ozbob]

Hmmm, so using maths, Brisbane - Public Transport = Chaos = Brisbane + Public Transport + Traffic Accident
Canceling and grouping like terms leaves us with 2×Public Transport = -Traffic Accident
Interesting theory...

The Golli-Jonno postulate:  Increasing public transport reduces traffic accidents .. 

[#Metro]

2×Public Transport = -Traffic Accident

LOL, the next title of the next road trauma media release I suppose LOL

[Fares_Fair]

I got ...
2 Brisbanes = chaos = +traffic accident.

Maths was never a strong point.