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Whoopsie! Sydney's road planners just discovered induced demand is a thing, after opening a new motorway.

For those outside Sydney, the New South Wales state government recently opened a new spaghetti intersection just west of Sydney's Central Business District.

It was supposed to solve traffic. Instead, it's turned into a giant car park:

"For the third straight day, motorists and bus passengers endured bumper-to-bumper traffic on the City West Link and Victoria Road. A trip from Haberfield to the Anzac Bridge on the City West Link averaged an agonising 44 minutes in the morning peak on Wednesday.

"Several months ago, Transport for NSW’s modelling had suggested traffic from the interchange would add only five to 10 minutes to trips on Victoria Road through Drummoyne and over the Iron Cove Bridge during morning peaks.

"Those travel delays have now blown out."

So what do motorists say when their shiny new road that was supposed to solve traffic instead turns into a massive traffic jam?

'Dude! Just one more lane!'

From the article:

"[Roads Minister John] Graham and his Transport boss Josh Murray appear reluctant to do what many motorists reckon is the obvious solution.

"That is, add lanes or make changes at the pinch-points that are causing the pain. A three-lane to one merge point from Victoria Road onto the Anzac Bridge, along with two lanes merging into one on the City West Link, are proving to be painful bottlenecks."

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-planners-got-rozelle-traffic-modelling-horribly-wrong-20231129-p5ensa.html

#roads #traffic #cars @fuck_cars @sydneytrains @urbanism #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #motorways #fuckcars

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

@WaxedWookie The baseline was around 20 minutes, according to The Guardian: "Frustrations ran high as some commuters reported only being able to move 50m every 15 minutes, and others said their usual 20-minute commutes took them more than an hour." https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/27/rozelle-interchange-traffic-issues-premier-chris-minns

By February, all regular commuters should be familiar with which lane to use. Any quick fixes should be in place by then too.

So we should see how by then, much was induced by the new motorways or fundamental design flaws, versus teething issues.

If it's closer to 20 minutes, then most of the issue was driver confusion and poor signage. If it's closer to 90, it's more down to induced demand and structural problems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

@WaxedWookie So it's now February, and the traffic through the Rozelle Interchange is flowing perfectly — just some teething problems and confused motorists.

Just kidding.

No, the Rozelle Interchange is still an absolute urban planning and infrastructure disasterpiece.

Premier Chris Minns is still blaming the previous government, and Transport NSW is telling people to avoid the interchange:

https://youtu.be/GKppoVurTGo?si=aYukI691jnUH3t-d

From the SMH:

"Transport officials have been forced into making further adjustments to ease traffic congestion in Sydney’s inner west after the NSW roads minister conceded tweaks made to the troubled Rozelle interchange had transferred the gridlock further up Victoria Road.

"City-bound motorists were reduced to a crawl along Victoria Road in Drummoyne and Gladesville on Thursday morning due to traffic light phasing and higher back-to-school traffic, sparking claims that Transport for NSW is shifting the problem caused by the new $3.9 billion interchange from one local road to another."

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/worse-than-before-christmas-commuters-vent-as-rozelle-returns-to-gridlock-20240201-p5f1j9.html

#transport #cars #planning #UrbanPlanning #sydney #nsw #roads #nswpol #FucksCars #urbanism #Australia