Roads
Australia urged to power ahead with rollout of EV chargers
The slow rollout of chargers may make electric vehicles less attractive to buyers or prompt owners to take risks powering up their cars.
- by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
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Moreton Motorway route heads back to drawing board after community backlash
The government has vowed to pursue a new route for part of the motorway after a groundswell of opposition to the original plan.
- by Matt Dennien
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The most dangerous intersections in Brisbane revealed
“Many of the crashes that have occurred at these intersections are related to turning movements or disobeying traffic signals,” TMR says.
- by William Davis
Drunk driver killed family matriarch on her birthday
The judge heard the woman had consumed at least two bottles of wine the night before she hit a pedestrian and continued to drive for 160 metres with three flat tyres.
- by Rex Martinich
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City council
‘Smacks of a political fight’: Council slammed over ‘poorly planned’ Story Bridge restoration
The restoration of Brisbane’s most iconic piece of infrastructure is at the centre of a political stoush, as the council asks the federal government for a handout.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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Weather
Busy CBD off-ramp closes again due to runoff from Queen’s Wharf
For at least the fifth time this week, a Riverside Expressway off-ramp has been closed to traffic while workers clear water and debris.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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Traffic
Who will benefit most from the $10b north Brisbane tunnel plan?
Previously unreleased traffic modelling reveals those who would benefit from the Gympie Road Bypass Tunnel – and the areas expected to have a “disbenefit”.
- by Sean Parnell
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Crime
Woman dies after teen’s alleged carjacking, premier vows action ‘for a state reeling’
A car was allegedly stolen at gunpoint minutes before hitting another vehicle and an unmarked police car at a Murrumba Downs intersection.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Have 50¢ fares reduced traffic in Brisbane? Yes and no
New data obtained by Brisbane Times reveals how traffic on the city’s major thoroughfares changed after public transport fares were dropped to 50¢.
- by William Davis and Cameron Atfield
Nude awakening: Thousands flock to Story Bridge for dawn art shoot
A crowd of 5500 Brisbane volunteers bared all for New York artist Spencer Tunick’s “art action” on Sunday.
- by Nick Dent
Pair on the run after car-jacking spree ends in explosive crash
A fiery crash between a stolen car and a B-double truck on the Logan Motorway followed an hour-long crime spree.
- by Marissa Calligeros
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