‘The Queensland government is pushing for the Cross River Rail project, a second railway connection through Brisbane’s CBD.
‘In the state’s ShapingSEQ regional plan, advocates of the project claim it will remove a constraint on job growth by improving access to inner Brisbane. However, the plan neglects an alternative strategy of prioritising job growth in a few strong “metropolitan centres” within the greater Brisbane metropolitan area to the CBD’s north, west and south.
‘The Cross River Rail project emerged from a narrow focus on boosting the CBD’s peak-hour commuting capacity by overcoming a bottleneck on the single rail bridge across the Brisbane River. The issue was framed as a problem, rather than a potential opportunity to encourage employment decentralisation.
‘… The sense of urgency created around Cross River Rail works against the need for genuine community engagement in planning for the Brisbane metro area and the broader region.
‘The Cross River Rail project should be considered in the context of a metropolitan area that citizens want, not simply as a response to forecast travel demand.’
- Brisbane’s Cross River Rail will feed the centre at the expense of people in the suburbs »
- Queensland budget 2017-18: Govt to add $2 billion for Cross River Rail »
- Queensland budget: Inland rail ‘held hostage’ over Cross River Rail commitment, Turnbull says »
- How ‘short-term politics’ is putting the brakes on Brisbane’s public transport »
- Brisbane most expensive city for transport costs as percentage of income: report »
- Federal cash needed for Cross River Rail to free up state funds: report »
- Queensland transport bottlenecks set to worsen despite congestion-busting projects »
- Covering their tracks? Secrecy raises concerns $5.2b project may be a dud »
- ‘We haven’t seen this since the early 2000s’: Fears transport may falter as population powers past »
- If you build it they will come – maybe: Auditor issues warning on Cross River Rail »
- Brisbane’s northside needs new rail line, says minister »
- How the wealthy inner city has syphoned away funding from growth areas
- Is this the death of the CBD? SEQ’s future lies in the suburbs, says planning report