On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:39:19 Brent Wallis wrote:
Why? Seems to me that every weekend protest notches up the compo payout for the rich landowners around the proposed development.
If the government is even slightly competent the compensation won't be affected. If you have evidence of such incompetence then please share it.
The greens in particular seem to be the instigators and that beggars comprehension.
As usual you want to criticise the Greens for no good reason.
Sure, public transport needs to be a priority, but in the end, what about moving freight? They can't catch a train or bus. ????
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarGoTram Apart from the obvious example of freight trains there are also cargo trams. The above Wikipedia page has information on one of them, I've read about cargo trams in other cities as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_container http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RACE_(container) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Standard_Pallets Melbourne trams are 2.65m (8 feet 7.5 inches) wide. There shouldn't be any difficulty in designing a cargo tram for transporting 20 foot long intermodal containers (which are 8 feet wide) and RACE containers (which are about the same size). It also shouldn't be difficult to design a tram that contains Australian standard pallets and carries a small forklift truck for taking the pallets off the tram (the way some trucks carry small forklifts). http://www.nvfnorden.org/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=261 The most immediate benefit for existing trucks of greater public transport would be decreased traffic on the roads. One train at peak hour replaces 1000 cars. But really we need to get cargo trams running. The wear on the roads is not linearly determined by the weight carried by the axle, it's an exponential relationship to somewhere between the 2nd and 6th power. The above paper has more information on this, they conclude that 4th power is a reasonable number to use for assessment. So a truck axle that carries 8 tons will do road damage equivalent to about 28,000 car axles! -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/