> On 26 May 2017, at 4:47 pm,prescottt@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> Level crossing replacement is definitely a road transport investment and should be charged to that budget!


It is spending that should be charged to the road budget but whether it’s an “investment” (implying there’s a return on the expenditure) is open to question. Eliminating an LC where volume related congestion has slowed road traffic to a crawl won’t make the traffic flow any faster, and only transfer the ire of the frustrated motorist to some other not-a-car object perceived as the problem - tram, bus, bicycle, etc.

Anyone gormless enough to drive a single occupant vehicle in traffic congested by other single occupant vehicles when there’s a PT alternative hasn’t the wits to realise that they are the problem, and more road capacity generates more of the problem, not a solution.

Tony G