Capital metro is very important much needed piece of
infrastructure although controversial especially if you believe the Canberra
Times. Canberra has always been designed to have rail and the large wide median
strips show this; but this has never happened. Canberra’s reliance on cars
needs to be broken to deal with many issues such as growth in population,
sustainability and higher fuel prices, (ACT Government, 2012) .
The first stage is Gungahlin
to civic is controversial option but really this makes sense because currently
Northbourne avenue is currently a pressure point for public transport, public
transport from civic to Gungahlin doesn’t work, this is because there is no bus
priority along Northbourne, (ACT Government, 2014) . Options to rectify
this are to make the left lane along Northbourne a bus only lane which would congest
traffic further or the light rail. One obvious answer the light rail its good
for Canberra and needed for the future, (Hass, 2014) .
The other thing
building capital metro is facilitating is the Northbourne corridor revamp which
will completely change Canberra’s image for tourists as they drive in from dilapidated
housing commission buildings to nice modern mixed use buildings, more people
and more vibrancy, (ACT Government, Land Development
Agency, 2014)
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Bibliography
ACT Government,
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Available at: http://www.lda.act.gov.au/en/northbourne-avenue-corridor
Available at: http://www.lda.act.gov.au/en/northbourne-avenue-corridor
ACT Government, 2012. Transport for Canberra, Canberra:
Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate.
ACT Government, 2014. Capital Metro. [Online]
Available at: http://www.capitalmetro.act.gov.au/
Available at: http://www.capitalmetro.act.gov.au/
Hass, D. C., 2014. ACT Light Rail. [Online]
Available at: http://www.actlightrail.info/
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