Adelaide O-Bahn Part 2

Part two of a film about the Adelaide O-Bahn.

This film comprises of a forward looking ride along the busway (including both intermediate stations) during the rush hour when buses were travelling in convoy, plus also includes a short photo-video review of the other O-Bahn / kerb ('curb' in American English) guided busway systems in Germany, Britain and Japan and ends briefly showing the Brisbane busways and Swansea Metro as examples of non-guided busways where O-Bahn technology could have been used, bus is not.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• O-Bahn
• Adelaide
• busway
• spurbus
• kerb
• curb
• guided
• KGB
• CGB
• FTR
• StreetCar
• bus
• BRT
• rapid
• transit
• Swansea
• Metro
• Essen
• Mannheim
• Nagoya
• Kesgrave
• Ipswich
• Bradford
• WEBS
• Leeds
• Elite
• Fastway
• Fastrack
• Klemsig
• Paradise
• Interchange
• TTP
• Modbury
• Australia

[collieultimo]

We have a similar O-Bahn system close by in Essen in use since 1980, 6 years before Adelaide. It is working quite well and the City of Essen just had ordered new vehicles, so there will be a future.

But the countryside down under, you show in your film, is nicer.

[citytransportinfo]

Yes, the Essen O-Bahn is in this video too.

Stage 1 - alongside Fulerumer Strasse and in the middle of the road in Wickenburgerstrasse.

Stage 2 - Wittenbergstrasse in the Stadwald (city forest)

Stage 3 - the A430 ‘Ruhrschnellweg‘ Krayer Strecke urban motorway (and Wasserturm stop added later)

Stage 4 / 5 - underground through several stations shared with trams.

The new buses are low floor 2.55m wide Mercedes / Citaro 'Facelift' ordered in 2007?

Or are there even more?

Simon

[utterbullspit]

I can't believe the courts ruled the o-bahn a road and limited the speed at which they could travel.

[citytransportinfo]

Many British guided busways were built on the basis of being public highway 'improvement works' which created traffic lanes on which a 'buses only' restriction had been placed. This was seen as a dodge around government investment regulations which designed to make 'fixed track' transports (especially trams) extremely expensive.

Because people will switch to trams, causing a reduced income from motoring fuel taxes our treasury is vehemently 'anti-tram' (and trolleybus).

[utterbullspit]

@citytransportinfo So are you trying to say that they don't give a damn about the environment?

[citytransportinfo]

@utterbullspit

Who the treasury? Probably not. Anyway, they know more about whats going on than the public - and the causes. Whats coming happens approx. every 13000 years, the Georgia Guidestones are for afterwards. Note the target population figure. Have you see the David Icke / Jesse Ventura film 'The End Game' here on youtube? Google is your friend here.

[collieultimo]

@citytransportinfo I have heared of a new order 3rd qu 10

[lindsaymobil22]

Looks like the DLR track lol, its pretty awesome!