Developing Brisbane

Latest revision as of 15:13, 24 March 2010

Brisbane, as a city, is very CBDfocused.

I'm of the opinion that this isn't a great thing, hence, this page.

Here are my thoughts.

Because transport issues are a greater part of the problem, imho

Reintroduce trams. Convert busways (many of which are ugly, but they're there) to tramways.
Extend the Inner City bypass to cross the river to Bulimba. increase traffic options to the inner east, and options to circumvent the city when travelling north/south.
Make the river a transport corridor, not a barrier as it currently largely is.
- Extend the citycat range - both up and down river.
- Expand the citycat services - more cats, more often, more locations. (eg: Kangaroo point to Botanical gardens, as a free cross river ferry!)
- Currently the citycat "zones" are smaller than the bus zones. They should be equal, or even bigger.
Turn Victoria Bridge into a pedestrian bridge and market place. Move the busses/trams into a tunnel below the bridge. This connects the Queen Street Mall (pedestrian space) with the South Bank Parklands and cultural centers. Currently these two pedestrian spaces are divorced by a river and 8 lanes of traffic, with the only connection being a multilane bus/car bridge.

The city needs more green space to make it people friendly for those who ARE there

A lawn space as covering over the northern end of Central station (currently a hole in the ground showing trains)
reintroduce lawns to King George Square
Enforce/entice developers to turn vacant paused-development spaces into parklands. It need be nothing more than some benches and grass, but it's better than an empty construction site, right?
- As an incentive: tax breaks if they do, tax penalties if they do not.
- Also: built to city-standard parks for safety purposes, and the city takes on responsibility for _basic_ maintenance (eg: lawn mowing) and litigation costs if someone hurts themselves.

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 * Reintroduce trams. Convert busways (many of which are ugly, but they're there) to tramways.
 * Extend the Inner City bypass to cross the river to Bulimba. increase traffic options to the inner east, and options to circumvent the city when travelling north/south.
-* Make the river a transport corridor.
+* Make the river a transport corridor, not a barrier as it currently largely is.
 ** Extend the citycat range - both up and down river.
 ** Expand the citycat services - more cats, more often, more locations. (eg: Kangaroo point to Botanical gardens, as a free cross river ferry!)
+** Currently the citycat "zones" are smaller than the bus zones. They should be equal, or even bigger.
 * Turn Victoria Bridge into a pedestrian bridge and market place. Move the busses/trams into a tunnel below the bridge. This connects the Queen Street Mall (pedestrian space) with the South Bank Parklands and cultural centers. Currently these two pedestrian spaces are divorced by a river and 8 lanes of traffic, with the only connection being a multilane bus/car bridge.