There was a four car pileup on the Tuggeranong Parkway this morning, just inside the roadworks. The traffic was jammed up right down to Sulwood Drive, in my case extending my trip to work by 45 minute.
It might be worth bringing up the topic of safe driving up at BBQs and dinner table discussion. Little [...]

Thanks to those jerks at Canberra Times (oh we love to hate them) for bringing us the news that they’re finally doing something about the crappy traffic in Hackett at the Phillip Ave/Majura Ave intersection.
It’s a complete disaster there at 8am.  I understand that people are quite innocently trying to get past Hackett, but some [...]

Does anyone know the story of the small crashed car on Belconnen Way near Hayden Drive.
For those who haven’t seen it, and it’s been there for the best part of a week, it appears that a small sedan travelling west, has hit a tree, and spun 180 degrees (now facing east). The damage is extensive. [...]

It is reported in The Daily Telegraph that a man was found dead in his car that had crashed into a concrete wall at Parliament House early Monday morning.
Police are reportedly saying it appears to be a deliberate act.

I want to go for a day trip to Yarongabilly and I’ve been told its quicker via the Boboyan road. I have always known that as a mostly dirt road.
Can anyone give me advice as to the condition of the road, and a comparison of travel times between the Monaro Highway and Boboyan Road.
I [...]

I’m getting increasingly fed up with the appalling waste of taxpayers’ money on the ever blossoming of more and more road signs throughout Canberra.
A classic one is “Park In Bays Only” (yeah, I know they’ve been around for a while now). I ask you, as if the clowns that don’t park correctly take any notice [...]

Over the last number of years I have both driven to work or cycled.  Also, like a lot of folk I do the park and ride option – and have the pushie on the carrier, park in the Triangle or somewhere else where I don’t have to pay the exorbitant parking fees that keep Stanhope [...]

A recent post about the ACT Gov considering 40km/h zones in pedestrian areas, stirred up a bit of debate about nannying.
http://the-riotact.com/?p=16220
Australian research shows that a person who is hit by a car at 60km/h, has a 75% chance of being killed. At 50km/h, 38%. At 40km/h <20%. At 30km/h, <10%. Yet [...]

Now I have ranted on this topic previously but thought with the number of road-based posts cropping up recently I thought I would add a post to gauge what others see in this.
My gripe with ACT has always been the use of red arrows to prevent drivers turning right at all times day or night, [...]

At the Canberra Centre today, workers were installing a parking sensor system in the carpark closest to Big W.
Basically, when a carpark was occupied, a red light appeared above it on the roof, and when the space was free, the light was green.
Looked like  a great idea to me!
(sorry, no photos)

The ACT Government has announced new traffic lights at the intersection of Wakefield Avenue and Dooring Street in Dickson at a cost of  $822,000 (adjacent to the ABC’s Canberra Studio), with reports of 74 crashes at the intersection between 2003 and 2007.
I drive past this intersection most days and it is certainly dangerous – the [...]

Yesterday Chief Minister Jon “Super Highway” Stanhope, and Federal heavy Maxine McKew kicked off the second stage of Layon Drive upgrades. This will see the current pitiful Lanyon Drive between Hume and Jerrabombera upgraded to a dual carriageway. Stanhope says: “”The upgrade is welcome news for the many drivers and cyclists that use Lanyon Drive, [...]

The Canberra Times reports that separated ‘Copenhagen’ style cycle lanes are being considered for Civic, along with a ‘shared space’ zone on Bunda St where all users have equal rights. Pedal Power seem to think it’s a good thing and a bit of digging on their website soon revealed where the idea came from- looks [...]

When are they ever going to get around to levelling off Pialligo Ave just before the light?
For months now that section of the road (just before the traffic lights coming from Queanbeyan) has been left incomplete for no good reason.
It is dangerous for drivers who must slow right down to ease their cars down [...]

After returning from my travel I’ve noticed a few of the road safety message signs being talked about before I left, have come to fruition. A few of them are quite good… naturally the good ones have been borrowed from overseas think tanks, like “Drink Drive, Die in a Ditch” and “Missing a call [...]

Is anyone with a flouro orange vest and a few flouro bollards allowed to block the roads in the ACT?
I note that the lads building the spectacularly dull new block of flats in the Belco towncentre randomly block 2 lanes of traffic so that they can work on the building from an enormous cherrypicker, with [...]

Andrew Barr has announced that we’re going to take another look at footpaths and cycle paths across this fair city.
As part of the ACT Government’s development of the Sustainable Transport Action Plan 2010-2016, a review is being undertaken to improve cycling and pedestrian networks.
A contract has been awarded to a local company, Cardno Eppell Olsen, [...]

Although its ghost lingered on in the form of a circle of barriers long after the roundabout itself had been removed, even the ghost is now gone.
A shiny new set of traffic lights are now controling the intersection of Picturesque Pialligo and boy does it feel strange approaching it at speed when habit demands [...]

I am guessing it is just me (it usually is) but i am sure i recall the signage and general gossip around the finishing of the resurfacing of the south-bound lanes of anzac avenue implied / blithely stated that the north-bound lanes would be done pretty well straight away.  That was in march, if memory [...]

Yet another serious crash on Southern Cross drive, next to Kippax. It seems not a month goes by when this does not happen in this location, and it not supprising really when you see the attitude of drivers on this road, which has a sign posted speed limit of 60.
At least 1 in 5 people [...]

The National Capital Authority has sheepishly announced that they’re going to be knocking down some elms and eucalypts along Kings Avenue from tomorrow as part of their much needed program to get rid of the murderous Russell roundabout.
Not only are the NCA promising to replace the 53 trees their knocking down with 106 established elms [...]

Hey everyone, over the last few days all lights in my street havent been turned on in the evenings.
Just wanted to find out if this is happening in your street or area?
Or if it’s just me!.

I have recently moved to ACT and need to change my rego from NSW.
Can anyone recommend a authorised service centre that won’t give me a huge repair bill?
Its an 95 EF Falcon there are minor issues.

Hello everyone, I recently moved to Canberra, and moved to a very “new” area (unknowingly – we are renters and had to make a quick decision based on website pictures).
We are woken at 6am every morning (even on the weekends) by the noise of trucks driving past our front door.
And I don’t mean moving [...]

The Bureau informs us that it’s still below zero out there even at 9 in the morning.
The next two mornings are also forecast to get down to -3.
So for those struggling to get their cars going in these conditions have you got any tips?

There appeared to have been a very nasty crash on Gundaroo Drive this afternoon, involving at least two cars. Does anyone have any details?
Gundaroo Drive was closed between Nudurr Drive and the new turn off to Crace (Areba Avenue?), resulting in quite large detours for traffic on this busy road.
We happened on the scene apparently [...]

I’m over in the US at the moment for a short stint of summer camp work.  Been for a few drives… the driving style here in northern Pennsylvania is very different to home in Canberra.  Just trying to work out why…
Country road speed limits are 45-55mph here, roughly 70 to 90km/h.  In the ACT or [...]

What’s with the new signs on the GDE between Belconnen Way and Ginninderra Drive telling us no stopping allowed ?? Are we to plough the single lane traffic through all peak hour mayhem and push all slackers aside in a dodgem car destructo derby ?
Big signs and expensive too I would imagine.
Ah, quality use [...]

In the debate yesterday on rises to parking fees around town (ostensibly, at least in part, to make buses more attractive) Dommie raised an interesting point that this non-bus user had missed:
#31 posted by dommie
(Newbie)
22:38, 1 Jul 2009
Bus Fares went up 80c in one day!! I don’t get to watch the news very often [...]

Some RiotACTers may remember my post last year about my wife getting a speeding fine from the Monara Highway camera near the Rose Cottage roundabout. This was for doing 101kmh. We thought it was just wrong – she never drives that fast. We decided to pay it and move on (as most people do).
Last [...]

The second Nudurr Drive Extension Community Newsletter has just arrived in my letterbox.
For those who don’t know, Nudurr Drive will extend through Palmerston/Crace connecting Gundaroo Drive and Gungahlin Drive.
Apparently traffic lights are planned for the new intersection of Nudurr Drive and Gungahlin Drive, but I have to ask why? Do we really need or want [...]

Jon Stanhope is proud to announce that the duplication of Athllon Drive through the Tuggeranong Town Centre has now been completed.
The rest of the associated works are on target for completion later this month.
“This $2 million project sees the completion of the Athllon Drive duplication through the Tuggeranong Town Centre,” Mr Stanhope said. “The three-kilometre [...]