Australia should put the idea of an east-coast bullet train to rest and "move on”, as the long-held dream of linking major cities from Melbourne to Brisbane via rail will fail to deliver its proposed economic, travel and environmental benefits.
The federal government is promising to build its own fast rail network in Victoria, NSW and Queensland and has provided $8 million to a private consortiumChina leads the world in developing an extensive high-speed train network, with more than 30,000 kilometres.But the Grattan Institute's head of the cities and transport program Marion Terrill said the government should stop using public money to continually study these proposals.
But claims they will take pressure off crowded capital cities while at the same time boosting struggling regions are "overblown". The analysis also warned that once a bullet train was up and running, it would emit far less than today’s planes, but construction would take nearly 50 years and be enormously emissions intensive.
It provided funding to the Consolidated Land and Rail Australia company, which proposed to build two inland cities in Victoria and a further six in New South Wales that are linked by high-speed rail lines between Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. “In doing so, it can allow people to live in those regional centres and have the cheaper housing and lifestyle associated with that, while still being able to easily access the big city employment centres on a convenient and affordable basis.”Federal opposition transport, infrastructure and regional development spokeswoman Catherine King reiterated that Labor was a firm supporter of rail - “whether that be urban, regional, freight or high speed”.
The Grattan Institute need to rethink this study around how coronavirus is going to change everything. Tall building office districts are going to be ghost towns for some time due to social distancing problems with lifts and public transport. We need to escape the cities.
We'll need it for sure in the future, build it so it's ready for when we will need it, instead of being too late, as always.
It isn't just about the capital cities, it would allow the country towns to grow, remove population from overcrowded cities. It would leave a last legacy for generations to come for when Australia does have a larger population
Allow Another 100 Million People and then lots of things become VIABLE. China Indonesia India Bangladesh and half the country’s in Africa wouldn’t miss 100 million I’m sure there would be 100 Million Europeans too
Gratton Institute ?. They said East West Link is not needed in Melbourne as well. Must be good state labor grants I reckon.
Zzzzz as Australia continues to fall further behind the rest of the world. Soon it will become like Cuba, full of gas guzzling relics, only it is too many flights away for anyone to be bothered to visit. Meanwhile the UK is busy investing in HS2 and electric cars.
Poor AlboMP is not getting what he called his great idea - again
If we had built a high speed network some decades ago we would be seeing the benefit now. A huge number of people perfer to travel point to point over flying. Trians from Syd to Mel shouldnt take 12 hours in 2020
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