(03-18-2018, 12:20 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Retractable bollards do seem like a good idea. I would like to know why they don’t explore non-embedded track — the track is embedded all the way down the ramp and only transitions to non-embedded inside the tunnel. If it were non-embedded from somewhere short of the ramp, it would make it significantly harder to enter the tunnel with a regular vehicle. There could even be a trap on the ramp where the floor falls away and the rails are supported on steel beams for a distance of a few metres, so that the only possible way for a vehicle to enter the tunnel would be to balance on the rails themselves. Doesn’t really solve the problem but makes clearing stuck cars much much faster and possibly able to be done by a regular tow truck.
I suggested this to Brad Ross but he said that then they still have the problem of a vehicle extraction.
They are installing electric automatic gates.
I cycled past today and took a good look again at the setup, it's unbelievable that anyone could go down there. The driver of the latest infraction was apparently drunk, so it's actually probably better he shot down there and got stuck, instead of of mowing people down on the harbourfront...