26 Mar 2024: Another Day, Another Congestion-Busting Road Blow Out

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Another Day, Another Congestion-Busting Road Blow Out

26th March 2024

RAIL Back On Track frustratingly notes the $1 Billion ($1000 million) blow out of the Coomera Connector ( https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/99975 ) on the same day as the RACQ shows congestion is choking the life out of the Queensland economy, its people, its communities and no doubt its environment ( https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/nightmare-queenslands-schoolzone-highways-create-gridlock/news-story/77c202ca43f0470300902f69a89815f6 ).

Queensland is addicted to the Congestion Merry-go-round with congestion-choked roads and communities being used to justify more congestion-busting road projects to fix the problem created by the last congestion-busting road project.

It is as crazy as it sounds!



https://transformative-mobility.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Vicious-Cycle-of-Predict-and-Provide_1302023-640x640.png

When is Queensland going to break this vicious cycle of "predict and provide" transport planning and wean itself off the congestion-busting merry-go-round?

If they won't listen to Engineering Australia, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nor the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) then who exactly are they listening to?

1. Engineering Australia - https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-06/urban-transport-systems-discussion-paper.pdf

2. OECD - https://youtu.be/TkNmv6LHVrI

3. PIA - https://resources.heartfoundation.org.au/images/uploads/publications/Moving-Australia-2030.pdf

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

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