How to fix Syd, Melb and Bris congestion

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by tranquilized

I think Melbourne has outgrown its trams. Traffic holds trams up and trams hold traffic up - and its only going to get worse.

Sydney, and more so Melbourne, lack what every other large major city around the world has - a decent subway system. Its beyond pathetic that in 2012, all Melbourne has is the city loop and barely even any talk of building a subway system.

Add in the fact that this state is run by developers who are continually allowed to build what ever they want where ever they want in a completely market driven building industry without even a hint of planning, and yeah, Melbourne's commuters are in for a lot of hurt.

So very true.

But in saying that the issues I see are all outer suburbs getting in, so having a really good metro system only fixes half the problem...it needs to be integrated.