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原帖由 alanrrll 于 2011-6-28 22:05 发表 
东边有St.Kilda, Sandringham，Mornington...西边未来就只有Wyndham Harbour了
Wyndham Harbour 到Docklands的渡轮服务终于有望上马了:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/radical-ferry-plan-to-ease-west-gate-traffic/story-e6frf7jo-1226347286183
Radical ferry plan to ease West Gate traffic
Grant McArthur
From: Herald Sun
May 05, 2012 12:00AM
97 comments
EXCLUSIVE: A FLEET of ferries carrying 400 passengers at a time could be launched between Werribee and Docklands to beat the West Gate gridlock.
Ferry plan
Proposed ferry route. Herald Sun
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Docklands would become a mini Circular Quay under state government plans supported by Lord Mayor Robert Doyle.
And more ferry routes could eventually be opened if the western link is a success, as the State Government looks to the expanses of Port Phillip Bay to ease Melbourne's transport woes.
The Government is launching a $300,000 study examining the viability of water transport from Melbourne's western suburbs to the city as an alternative to rail and road commuter transport.
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Terms of reference for the Department of Planning and Community Development study call for a privately operated service starting at Werribee South and stopping at Point Cook, Altona and Williamstown on its journey to the CBD in an hour or less.
Planning Minister Matthew Guy said a park-and-ride water service could ease the strain on the West Gate Bridge caused by areas that had boomed and had few public transport links.
"With the growing population in the west, the State Government is examining all options for major commuter transport to assist peak hour to the CBD and improve liveability," he said.
"Port Phillip Bay is almost 40 times bigger than Sydney Harbour and while shallow, it is well suited to bay transport," Mr Guy said.
"Any travel time under an hour is comparable to a peak-hour train, and is more than comparable to a peak-hour journey on the road."
If the plan is ruled commercially viable, Cr Doyle said the next step was to examine options for a major docking terminal, which he hopes could transform Docklands into a Circular Quay-style gathering point.
"When I think about the excitement of Circular Quay in Sydney - it is a cultural hub, it is a retail hub, it puts a lot of people there - and so the opportunities for Docklands are huge," Mr Doyle said.
"It uses the water in a way that showcases Melbourne and it reduces a lot of pressure. This is a very exciting commercial prospect - it is not smaller tourist-based water transport we want to look at. It is a true public transport and larger-scale commercial operation we want to look at."
Previous plans to operate a Geelong-Melbourne ferry flopped, but Mr Guy said the huge growth on Melbourne's western fringe meant a suburban-based service was a serious option.
He said the park-and-ride ferry option may form part of the bigger Metropolitan Planning Policy, and could be a factor in the location of future suburbs.
"We're not opening up land without a thought about how the people who are going to live there will move and travel around," Mr Guy said.
"That is why we are taking a look at how we make it viable for a public transport system to operate on water, and how that relates back to the planning system and where we open land up." |
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