The wider the freeway, the more traffic gets on, and the slower the journey
time is. Why, because there are more lanes for the dumbos to cris-cross
as they endeavour to save one car length in time.
On 7 July 2018 at 20:24, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder <
tramsdownunder@...> wrote:
> David,
>
> With this Gold Coast line, one fairly important reason why people don’t
> want the trams in their area is the anticipated high-rise development for
> 800 m on either side of the line. Up to a point, I can commiserate with
> that.
>
> As for M1 highway noise (the road between Brisbane and Sydney), although
> my house is nearly a kilometre from it and over a hill I can still hear it
> start to roar about 4 AM each weekday as the morning peak starts to get
> flowing. I’m not certain I have ever heard the adjacent rail line noise.
>
> How many more times can they widen that road which already 4 lanes
> Helensvale to Beenleigh?
>
> Regards,
>
> On 7 Jul 2018, at 7:13 pm, espee8800 espee8800@...> wrote:
>
> I think this new anti-tram stuff is simply a result of the huge popularity
> of Q-Link and they are scared that the unwashed masses will come to their
> neck of the woods in their droves at the weekend. They totally forget the
> convenience of leaving their cars at home many times and catching the tram
> to where ever. I note someone said "no tram, just fix the M1" what on
> earth are they on about. Squealing trams verse a solid noisy major
> road, trust me you people at Burleigh Heads or where ever, the noise of
> a major road NEVER lets up . Its just noise noise noise; give me the
> occasional squealing tram any day.
>
> On 7 July 2018 at 18:42, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder <
>tramsdownunder@...> wrote:
>
>
>>
>
>
> --
> cheers and best wishes,
> David in Avenel.au
> (I know living around 600m from the Hume Highway - many times its just
> bloody noisy especially in summer.)
>
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