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Life in the slow lane of Brisbane's most agonising kilometres
By Tony Moore
Brisbane motorists are crawling to work at barely a quarter the speed of the winning runner in Sunday's Bridge to Brisbane, it has been revealed.
brisbanetimes.com.au is attempting to uncover the city's most-painstakingly slow kilometre - and we want your help.
After road-testing five of the city's most congested roads, it was discovered it took more than 11 minutes to travel a single kilometre on two roads.
Travel on all five routes was at a speed less than 10kmh.
By comparison, winner Michael Shelley ran the 10km Bridge to Brisbane in a time of 29 minutes and 34 seconds, and at a speed of more than 20kmh.
The slowest route was Stanley Street, at Woolloongabba, where it took 11 minutes and 37 seconds to travel a single kilometre. Other roads tested included Honour Avenue at Chelmer, Wynnum Road at East Brisbane, Gympie Road at Kedron and Moggill Road at Kenmore.
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ROADS TO NOWHERE
1. Where: Along Stanley St, South Brisbane, from the Aussie Nash Hotel at the corner with Wellington Rd, past the Gabba and to the merge with the South East Freeway.
When: Tuesday, August 18, 8.12am.
Duration: 11 minutes and 37 seconds.
Speed: 5.2kmh.
Description: Traffic banked back either side of Ipswich Rd trying to flow onto the freeway.
2. Where: Honour Avenue at Chelmer, approaching the Walter Taylor Bridge at Indooroopilly.
When: Wednesday, August 19, 7.50am.
Duration: 11 minutes and 17 seconds.
To travel: One kilometre of Honour Av at Graceville running inbound along the Ipswich rail line before the Walter Taylor Bridge at Indooroopilly.
Speed: 5.31kmh.
Description: Traffic on single-lane Honour Av merges with a semi-circle of cars lined up around Walter Taylor Bridge.
3. Where: Moggill Rd at Kenmore.
When: Tuesday, August 25, 7.55am.
Duration: Six minutes and 30 seconds.
To travel: One kilometre from Kenmore Village shopping centre inward towards Chapel Hill, up the hill.
Speed: 9.23kmh
Description: Plenty of Translink buses and sole occupant cars. Moggill Rd has two major intersections in this stretch and a bus stop which is built out of the main traffic flow.
4. Where: Wynnum Rd, East Brisbane.
When: Tuesday, September 1, 7.54am.
Duration: Nine minutes.
To travel: Inbound to the city along Wynnum Rd, stopping at the lights on the corner of Wynnum Rd and Agnew St.
Speed: 6.6kmh.
Description: Banked up all the way into the city. Traffic entering from Hawthorne Rd on right makes congestion even thicker.
5. Where: Gympie Rd, Kedron.
When: September 1, 8.16am.
Duration: Nine minutes
To travel: One kilometre from the Edinburgh Castle Hotel on the left-hand side inbound past the car yards. At least three sets of traffic lights guiding the traffic.
Speed: 6.6kmh.
Description: Mostly commuter vehicles, small business vehicles (vans and utes). There were two bus stops and lots of traffic coming from the side streets.
- Tomorrow: Will traffic really improve?