BUS BEATS RAIL?

AT THE TIME it was “a giant leap of faith”, but ever since the Adelaide O-Bahn rolled out its first guided bus from the CBD to the northeastern suburb of Paradise it has answered its doubters, says the University of South Australia.

First flagged in 1979 by the incoming Liberal Government – which shelved Don Dunstan’s plans for a light-rail transit line along the River Torrens corridor to service the growing north-eastern suburbs – on paper the O-Bahn stacked up. It was less costly than