They have to be double deck tho.
Compared to Venice, Sydney has a distinct lack of gondolas. Why?
What gives? I think something should be done.
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I think due consideration should also be given to (preferably double-decker) cable cars. One single-decker tourist-oriented one at Echo Point is clearly not enough.
Meanwhile on another front, we could re-christen Sydney as San Fransydney, or New Pittsburgh, to help hasten the impending tidal wave of (public transport) funicular railways sprouting up in our hillier climes.
Meanwhile on another front, we could re-christen Sydney as San Fransydney, or New Pittsburgh, to help hasten the impending tidal wave of (public transport) funicular railways sprouting up in our hillier climes.
We need more trishaws. I read about them in National Geographic.
Yes thank you Shiggyshiggy for creating this thread .......I too had been mulling over this important question for some time (given the fact I have nothing else in my life its no wonder my mind drifts onto topics like this)
Now why doesn't Sydney have gondalas like Venice...err..what was I saying/thinking?...err...err...err
Now why doesn't Sydney have gondalas like Venice...err..what was I saying/thinking?...err...err...err
Because they have water taxis. One of which is (was) a bush poet.
Slightly more advanced than a gondola, but hey, its almost 2018.
Slightly more advanced than a gondola, but hey, its almost 2018.
Why not a system of communal hang glider stations, with community-owned hang gliders for all to share, to glide around this great metropolis?
I also think strong consideration should be given to create right of ways for skateboard, roller skating and somersaulting/cartwheeling commuters.
I also think strong consideration should be given to create right of ways for skateboard, roller skating and somersaulting/cartwheeling commuters.
Yes, but they would need to have reversible seatsWhy not a system of communal hang glider stations, with community-owned hang gliders for all to share, to glide around this great metropolis?
I also think strong consideration should be given to create right of ways for skateboard, roller skating and somersaulting/cartwheeling commuters.
It's because of lack of density
^^ Summer holidays. Kids off school, slow at the office, not much in the way of actual news going on. Happens every year.
But horse and buggy can operate at 200 bph (buggies per hour)
Pax per square metre?But horse and buggy can operate at 200 bph (buggies per hour)
No standing, please, we are Sydney-siders.
Should be elephants, due to their superior loading gauge and extra surface area enabling more PPH (passengers per howdah).
Perhaps we need a fast Canterbury to Airport shuttle service gondola - the Venetian Guy will need to propel the thing pretty fast.
HAHAHA good one Eco-Rat
Actually one of those flat bottomed air boats would do the trick..
True, the former weir at Cup and Saucer Creek would be difficult for a gondola at low tide.Actually one of those flat bottomed air boats would do the trick..
On a slightly more serious tone, Myrtonos actually ruins what I think would be some interesting speculation, with his silliness.
My contribution would have been:
-None of the Australian capital city centres or dense inner suburbs are actually SO hilly as to REQUIRE a funicular, however, they are an interesting type of PT solution in the cities that do use them, I have been on the Lyon and Barcelona ones and they are regarded as core part of underground metro network there. However, HK and Penang can only use them for tourists which is sad. Wellington has a split approach, it being both a tourist and local facility, but not linked to the rest of the rail network.
-If ferries were used at full potential to link Sydney headlands like Taronga Park or similar, or even at Lavender Bay, you could have short funiculars to link the wharves to the local headland highpoint, to improve the ferry experience.
-Wollongong would strike me as the place where elevation changes most rapidly from the city centre, or perhaps Gosford. Toowoomba is of course at the top of the range but has no suburbs of note at the bottom. Mt Cootha in Bris could probably benefit from a ropeway but the locals seem particularly uninterested in their mountain. Ditto Mt Sugarloaf in Newcastle.
As for the metro topic, again my passions for the broader topic, which isn't so much why metro is GOOD, but what is wrong with the entire legacy rail system (not just the fixed infrastructure but also the policy, planning and industrial environments that they foster) - is not done justice by Myrtonos posting silly posts about it.
My contribution would have been:
-None of the Australian capital city centres or dense inner suburbs are actually SO hilly as to REQUIRE a funicular, however, they are an interesting type of PT solution in the cities that do use them, I have been on the Lyon and Barcelona ones and they are regarded as core part of underground metro network there. However, HK and Penang can only use them for tourists which is sad. Wellington has a split approach, it being both a tourist and local facility, but not linked to the rest of the rail network.
-If ferries were used at full potential to link Sydney headlands like Taronga Park or similar, or even at Lavender Bay, you could have short funiculars to link the wharves to the local headland highpoint, to improve the ferry experience.
-Wollongong would strike me as the place where elevation changes most rapidly from the city centre, or perhaps Gosford. Toowoomba is of course at the top of the range but has no suburbs of note at the bottom. Mt Cootha in Bris could probably benefit from a ropeway but the locals seem particularly uninterested in their mountain. Ditto Mt Sugarloaf in Newcastle.
As for the metro topic, again my passions for the broader topic, which isn't so much why metro is GOOD, but what is wrong with the entire legacy rail system (not just the fixed infrastructure but also the policy, planning and industrial environments that they foster) - is not done justice by Myrtonos posting silly posts about it.
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