going up north to ryde - traffic is pretty much a given because of the amount of people going that direction and the amounts of traffic lights up in lane cove.
With the development of the lane cove tunnel, and the cut back of the amount of lanes to practically one, i think what frustrated me was bad traffic as a result of an attempt at devious planning.
Its the same with the cross city tunnel.
Across the centre of sydney, all the one way streets and little tricky passages that i knew so well to get me to the eastern suburbs were suddenly all diverted into the cross city tunnel.
I dont personally have a problem with the construction of these tunnels, its just that it irks me hugely that not only do they pass on their bad budgeting to drivers (isnt it something like 5 dollars one way now?), but that they actually deviously divert traffic into their tunnels, which actually do not make driving across sydney all that much faster.
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If these tunnels were there but not as a compulsory drive, then i think traffic would be better. Seriously one lane on lane cove road?
Well at least the traffic in australia isnt as bad as london.

I have to say though, living in London where traffic isnt such an issue due to my lack of car, and use of public transport, i do feel as if i have lost some freedom - i cant drive to another city on a whim, nor can i just whip to the outskirts to buy some random ingredient, I am somewhat restricted to places with a tube or bus stop which is not so great. So that is what i love and hate about cars.