Tunnel vision: Can the Metro Tunnel reclaim Melbourne's top liveability ranking?
Tunnel vision: Can the Metro Tunnel reclaim Melbourne's top liveability ranking?
https://beat.com.au/tunnel-vision-can-the-metro-tunnel-reclaim-melbourne-its-top-liveability-ranking/
If there are two things that Melburnians hold dear to their hearts, it’s public transport and bragging rights on liveability. While the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) knocked Melbourne from the top spot of their yearly assessment of the world’s most liveable city in 2018 after a seven-year streak, the overhaul of the public transport network […]
That Arden station facade is absolutely huge. But why? Why spend so much money on such a large facility when the Paris metro gets by fine with only using this much space. It just feels like it's more inconvenient for the users since they have to walk an extra couple of hundred metres for no good reason. And it looks unnecessarily expensive both in building costs and real estate when a smaller entrance would do just fine.