Adelaide O-Bahn Part 2

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

[@TheM275]

Love the music those hubs make

[@user-rs1990]

A nostalgic trip back to the 1990s! The works on Hackney Rd have commenced.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

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

[@lindsaymobil22]

Looks like the DLR track lol, its pretty awesome!

[@passtheparcel2007]

Well done Simon, nice bit of film, very informative.... You forgot to mention the one in Cambridge, which opened 7th August 2011., apparenty the longest one in the world!

[@GerryBuck]

Do you know if there is a video about that one?

[@neilforbes416]

The English translation of the writing on the side of the German O-Bahn bus: "Sicher fahren, gut ankommen" is "Safe(alternately means Sure) travel, good arrival"

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

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).

[@kwokwing]

How fast does it go? 150km ?

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

100km/h and the police have been known to use hand held speed cameras to enforce this limit!

[@kwokwing]

100km/h is about 60mph ,quite safe for a guided bus, could be more exciting.

[@kanelimburg9167]

you forgot to mention my guided busway kanes guided busway

[@utterbullspit]

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

[@craigchandler4269]

w2

[@craigchandler4269]

c by by

[@cityplanner3063]

Is 100km not fast enough? Buses are generally limited to 100km anyway

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@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

[@utterbullspit]

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