Re: Re: IWLR stuff - ads, delays and special work.
  Richard Youl

Until there is adequate recovery time at BOTH ends of the line, the operation will continue to be erratic.

Regards,


> On 25 Mar 2017, at 12:22,prescottt@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> When I did that timing survey work on IWLR a couple of years back (we met on one of my rides), in the total picture of the journey along the whole line, the traffic lights at the CBD caused very little detriment to the journey time, typically no more than 2 to 2.5 minutes (not to say things can't be done much better, namely full priority at Darling Drive, Pitt and Castlereagh). The problems are happening on the ROW, particularly between Darling Drive and Wentworth Park.

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> Tony P

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> ---InTramsDownUnder@..., <arg@...> wrote :

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> The biggest slowdown at the city end is the four (five if inbound) sets of traffic signals without priority, where trams are invariably stopped, with George St (one traffic lane at present) and Darling Drive (mostly worksite access) the most egregious offenders. A clear run with signal priority would knock a couple of minutes at least off covering Central to Haymarket.

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> But as we know, that’d set an unwelcome precedent for CSELR - as far as RMS is concerned anyway.

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> Tony G

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