Disney getting out of physical media in Australia
Anonbal185 @ Anonbal185 @aussie.zone Posts 0Comments 65Joined 2 yr. ago
Its definitely not an extreme it's definately already happening just at a slow pace for the housing we need. Maybe not in Brisbane but there's precedence.
Parramatta is about 23km from Sydney and will have 8 150m+ , with the tallest at maximum height 230m. Apparently that 230m was forcibly scaled down due to airport height restrictions.
Liverpool, a smaller suburb has a few lined up that is over 100m, including 2 over 1km away at the edge of the suburb. Rhodes, Macquarie Park, Chatswood, St Leonards are new suburbs that now have skyscrapers including residential skyscrapers where it didn't have even 5 years ago.
If you look here there's significant development quite a distance from the city especially if you look at the upcoming pipeline of buildings
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Sydney
And the latest news although not residential, still a step in the right direction - this is nowhere near the CBD by the way.
https://www.sydneymetro.info/article/contract-awarded-develop-norwest-metro-station-site
We definitely need more density. Sydney's new metro network is running at less than half capacity because it runs through detached housing. With a capability of 30 trains per hour it's a waste without the density I mentioned. It is currently operating at only 15 tph during peak.
In terms of planning the government here has recently switched from determining density based on how far you are from the city which is common elsewhere in Australia to density tied to amenities. Many near the station are now zoned R3/R4 which is medium to high density despite being an hour from Sydney. This is a good solution it doesn't preclude anyone from owning detached housing, but don't expect good public transport on tour doorstep.
But yes I do realise this is unique to Sydney, we've had local clusters so each council has its own commercial hub. We have a non radial transport network so travelling locally is alot easier. And we run express trains from first to last including public holidays and weekends. So some groundwork is already done to support a denser population.
Minimum density to housing.
1km from minor train station, light rail or BRT should have a building height of 50m+ to 100m
Major stations with express services minimum 100m to 150m
Metro 150m+
Problem 2 is immigration just comes to NSW and Victoria. Have different citizenship requirements depending on where someone is living.
For example something like 10 years minimum for citizenship if you've worked or lived in Sydney or Melbourne but 5 years if you haven't.
For example Spain has different citizenship requirements depending on where you're born. If you're born in Portugal, Andorra or any of their ex colonies it's only 2 years residence to get citizenship for everyone else it's 10 years.
We could apply the same principle - citizenship takes 5 times longer if you reside or have resided in Sydney or Melbourne. This will reduce the immigration demand on these two cities.
A better way is to change travel time from private time to company time with a cap so people don't abuse it.
E.g. Sydney maximum cap 2 hours each way, Canberra would be like 45 mins. To reduce discrimination for employers to discriminate by choosing closer people, every employer pays the maximum regardless of where the employee is located to the government and the government reimburses the staff, while pocketing the difference.
That's half the answer I think the other half would be.
- Run at a decent frequency - minimum a train every 15 mins off-peak, every 10 if possible. Peak every 3-5 mins.
- Run expresses from first to last train, this is put to great effect in Sydney but prior infrastructure needs to be completed beforehand. E.g. main routes are minimum 4 tracks, some 6. Dedicated freight lines also help so they don't conflict with passenger services. What I like is that Cityrail isn't afraid to run an almost empty all stopper next to an almost empty express.
- New lines to be done with metro. They seem to be better than trains as they can run every 2 mins, compared to trains would be hard pressed to run every But the main point is that it is faster than even express trains, meaning you can have way more stops but still be competitive with time. Nothing tells me that I should drive than seeing trains fly past my station due to it being classified as a "small station"
- Suburban interchanges - not everyone wants to go to the city so it's important to provide interchanges in the suburbs. Sydney is terrible at this, for example there needs to be a Hurstville to Macquarie Park line. There is not so two of the most congested roads follow this path because there's no option but to drive.
- Station integration - connecting directly to places of interest like shopping centres. And over station developments. Density helps a lot too.
- Get rid of car centric suburbs - many stations depend on park and rides which decentives public transport use.
- Better integrated transport. For example trams, they have their use on street in the city where the stops are closer and it already duplicates a faster line, but once it is out it should be running on dedicated tracks so they don't need to stop at traffic lights. Similar to parts of L1 and soon Parramatta light rail in Sydney where it is completely segregated with other traffic.
Funnily enough I have a region A player. From when Blu rays were quite new. I believe the newer ones are region free these days.
I remember I couldn't lend my disks to my friends as their players were region locked B. Region A had the thinner cases too which I liked.