1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Let's talk about roads in the eastern suburbs. The RAA 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: has a look at this constantly every year, and looks 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: at roads constantly anyway. But they've crunched the numbers, they say, 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: from day one of the adelade five hundred road closures 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: going back some years, and it seems that the morning 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: peak during the closures has to this year more than double. 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: That would be no surprise if you're still sitting in 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: a car somewhere. Charles Mountain, RAA Senior Manager Road Safety 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: on the line, Charles, good morning, Thanks for. 10 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 2: Coming on boy, Matthew. 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: So what have you found in terms of minutes doubling 12 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: is what? 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 2: Well, For example, corridors such as Paine and Road went 14 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: up from thirty two minutes to the usual seventeen compared 15 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: with last year, although we did notice this year that's 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 2: actually blown out around forty minutes, and we had reports 17 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: yesterday that some people were sucking traffic on Paine and 18 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: Road for newly an hour. So it's still highly variable, 19 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: but it does indicate that essentially it's at least double 20 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 2: if you're traveling during the busy period, which is typically 21 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 2: from about seven thirty to nine thirty in the morning, 22 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:06,639 Speaker 2: all right. 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: So a lot of people would still be in traffic 24 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: potentially right now. 25 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: Well, that's right. Obviously, we stress to people if you 26 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: possibly can't leave early and make sure you're in what 27 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 2: we call the flow zone or across it, which is 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 2: the area bounded by Fort Rush, Glenosen, Pulteney Street and 29 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: pain And Road before that time. And if you do that, 30 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 2: you'll generally have a pretty trouble free run unless there's 31 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: a crasher pory. But if you are in that outside 32 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: of that time, then unfortunately you will get caught up. 33 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 2: And we appreciate that for people, for example, who have 34 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 2: no choice but to travel during the busy time. So 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: if they're doing dropping children off at school, for example, 36 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 2: then you're pretty well locked into being on that really 37 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 2: busy period from about eight eight fifteen to eight forty five. 38 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: And because the consequently you will get caught up in 39 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: the delays on these Keith corridors. 40 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, indeed, so anything that can be done to change 41 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: the other thing too. The adelaide I one hundred last 42 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: year and this year. The road closures usually kick in 43 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: on the weekend, but they start now a day earlier 44 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: on the Friday and finish a day or two later. 45 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 2: Well, yes there's a bigger build, it would appear. Yes, 46 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: you're right. They typically they used to kick in on 47 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: the Saturday morning and then of course what we found 48 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: is most people sometimes got caught on the Monday morning 49 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: because they weren't ready for it. So this year, I 50 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 2: suppose in a sense people are prepared because they've already 51 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 2: had the Friday, so they know exactly what to expect 52 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: for these four days. But having said that, it's still 53 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: highly disruptive and obviously has knock on effects not just 54 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: in what we call the slow zone, but on all 55 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 2: the other corridors that feed into it as well. So 56 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 2: for example, port Rush Road is quite severely affected, as 57 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: his parts of Lyndburn Road as well. For example, we 58 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 2: noticed Only Road this morning was particularly slow, and part 59 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: of that appears to be because of the build up 60 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: of traffic on the section of Only Road through the 61 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 2: park Lands trying to get into Pulteney Street. So we 62 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: do see knock on effects around the network, and these 63 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: take quite as considerable time to clear themselves out. So 64 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 2: for example the morning peak often corridors will still be 65 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: quite busy for around nine pin forty five, even ten 66 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: Am in. 67 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: Some cases got a text here saying traffic issue could 68 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: be fixed by changing light sequences. Example, the Kettible Terrace 69 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: northbound at Rundall, change it to ten seconds green, not thirty. Well, 70 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: that wouldn't give it enough time, would it. I see, 71 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 1: so this is northbound. There's no traffic coming through to 72 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: Kettibal Terrace apart from maybe pedestrians wanting to cross there 73 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: in that direction, so northbound, so there's obviously no traffic 74 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: on deck terrace, So that makes sense. Why even have 75 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: that green sequence? 76 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 2: Well, I would be surprised if the department at the 77 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: Traffic Control Center of NORD isn't doing just that, monitoring 78 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 2: all these key locations and changing the cycle links to 79 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: suit traffic conditions. For example, if there's no point running 80 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: a very long green time, if the track simply has 81 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: nowhere to go, for example, you'd be better off cutting 82 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: it off and letting the cross traffic have a chance 83 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: and providing a little bit of gap for the adjacent 84 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 2: section of block to clear out. So I'm sure they're 85 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: doing that if I were surprised if that's not the case, 86 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 2: But there might be some examples where that perhaps could 87 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: be further done. Or there might be other factors influencing 88 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 2: why that's not achieving the net result. But look it 89 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: does put the whole network under a lot of additional 90 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: pressure and we accept that. So I said, that's why 91 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 2: we stress to people if you possibly can modify your 92 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: travel times for this period, and if you can do that, 93 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 2: you will find you'll have a reasonably trouble free run. 94 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: And of course some people are doing things such as 95 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 2: working from home where possible in a couple of there's 96 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 2: days during this period as well, which obviously helps too. 97 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 2: And other options such as public transport and because if 98 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 2: you're close enough and you can ride or even walk 99 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: or get a lift with somebody and then obviously that 100 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: helps as well. 101 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, an enormous queue on North Terrace yesterday of 102 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: westbound track, most wanting to turn right into Hackney Road 103 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: coming from you know, down the hill at to Kent 104 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: Town basically and enormous. It went all the way back 105 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: probably the Maiden Magpie. As people went down Fullerton Road. 106 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: They can't come down the Catibal Terrace, so you know, 107 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: back back on Fullerton Raid as a result, and then 108 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: wanting to get back on Hackney Road to go around 109 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: the ring route and just huge queue of cars and 110 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,799 Speaker 1: you think, well, why can't that right turn arrow bond 111 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: for longer. 112 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 2: Well, again, i'd be surprised if they're not extending the phase. 113 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: But even so, given all the volume of traffic that's 114 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 2: coming down, it's inevitable that we're built up very quickly. Yes, 115 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 2: And again is this comes to the point about sort 116 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 2: of staging the release of traffic along the corridor, because 117 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 2: if it has a long green run, for example, it 118 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: simply gets to the blockage point and then you end 119 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 2: up with a very big queue. So trying to stage 120 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 2: to delay as long a corridor, sometimes, as frustrating as 121 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: that may seem, ultimately might provide a slightly smoother travel 122 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 2: run through those key points. But pain Road is one 123 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: that was particularly affected. And as I said, we did 124 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 2: not yesterday that we had reports of some people were 125 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 2: stuck in traffic for nearly an hour on that corridor. 126 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 2: So it's particularly frustrating, as I said, particularly in situations 127 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 2: where you don't have the opportunity to avoid that by 128 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: leaving earlier or traveling a different route. 129 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,799 Speaker 1: And you know what, as much as people love catching 130 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: a free tram in the city, you look at North 131 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: terrace now with the reduction in lanes through there, and 132 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: I don't think that has helped congestion tempers cars moving through. 133 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: It's all one long log jam essentially, So again, leave 134 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: more time is all the only thing you can do. 135 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 2: Pretty much, yes, and as I said, if you can, 136 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 2: but if you're can to avoid work coming into the 137 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: city for a couple of days this period, that's the 138 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 2: way to go, or use for transport, or cycle or 139 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 2: even walk if you possibly can. But the good news 140 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 2: is mostly the key roads will be reopened as from 141 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 2: next Tuesday, the nineteenth, and we would expect at the 142 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 2: end of this week as well the traffic congestion will 143 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 2: ease off a little bit as a lot of people 144 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 2: start going to the race as well. So usually the 145 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 2: first hand fry are a little bit better. So that's 146 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 2: any consolation to people stuck in traffic at the moment. 147 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 2: Hopefully there is an end to this. 148 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: I wonder how many people Charles would be detouring around 149 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: the city and potentially that's also why Onley Road is busier. Yep. 150 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: Sure there'd be traffic moving into it from you know 151 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: that wouldn't normally go that way, but how many people 152 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: would take a longer circular route around the You know, 153 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: for instance, if you live it, let's say Glint and 154 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: rather than come in on Paynham Road, you go down 155 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: Dai Road and that becomes Subults and you come in 156 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: on northeast of course, only increasing congestion there as well. 157 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: But there'd be a lot of people who would think 158 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: that's the way in every year instead of trying to 159 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: just sit in traffic and idle forward a couple of 160 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: meters every ten seconds or whatever. 161 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 2: Look, I'm sure people who are in this situation have 162 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 2: all possible combinations alternative corridors to save a few minutes. 163 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, if your ultimate 164 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 2: destination is somewhere in the city, then it makes it 165 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: pretty difficult because that's where the congestion starts to then 166 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: fill up. Now, for example, we find in the afternoon 167 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: peak period, in the morning peak period as well, for 168 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 2: that matter, Frome Street in the city gets very busy, 169 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 2: Pulteney Street gets very busy, and because that then has 170 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 2: knock on effects on corridors such as Glenn Osmond Road 171 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: for traffic turning right into Poltney on the road as well. 172 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 2: We notice also, yesdo for example, Steven's terrace was very 173 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 2: busy as well, so again I think people are exploring options, 174 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 2: but at the end of the day it's probably questionable 175 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: how much time it will really save if you're still 176 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 2: traveling during that critical time period as after seven forty 177 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: five onwards. 178 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: Charles, appreciate your time. Thank you, Thanks Matthew Charles Mountain 179 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: raa senior manager of road Safety and their research showing 180 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: well times of double from the first race to now. 181 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: In fact, it used to take seventeen minutes or seventeen 182 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: minutes usually with the racers. Last year this is Paynham 183 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: Road thirty two and last Friday was forty minutes. If 184 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: we look at McGill Road, typical travel time twelve minutes 185 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: first Friday last year thirty four, Friday just gone thirty seven, 186 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: Greenhill Road eight minutes last year thirteen, this year nineteen 187 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: minutes and Parade West Rundle Street. This is the intersection 188 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: I was talking about earlier four minutes normally last year fifteen, 189 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: this year twenty eight, twenty eight minutes. Unreal