“I’m making a whole city! There are roads and tracks and roads crossing over the tracks! And buildings!” There are also many bus stops and a museum. (Grateful for washable markers) #urbanism#transit#PublicTransport#trains#bike#BikeTooter
I could understand arguing for more public transport options, even the idea of cheaper point-to-point 'social uber' that's more affordable to folks (as idealistic as it is given our state government's recent development commitments.. tax payers bankrolling an expensive stadium that no who lives here actually asked for and adding highway lanes into a city with limited traffic capacity while the tracks of a once-existent railway system continues to grow weeds).
But to post a comment on an article about how bus fares are being halved arguing that their inconvenience to you demands that they should instead be privatised makes zzzeeerrrooo sense.
If you want a privatised Uber-model transport system... you have Uber?
Unless you mean having a privatised bus system... which also makes no sense. You want the same inconvenience you're complaining about and? Other states have tried privatising their bus services, it didn't go so great.
Arrived in Launceston. Ate a quick lunch and went to bus stop for final leg home. The bus was already there and waiting 🥰✨ winning! I seem to be experiencing good things lately 🥰 #PublicTransport
It seems bizarre that anyone would think that reducing public transport fares is a good way to reduce cost of living pressures. It's not going to get people out of their cars because it's a minor saving on the already huge savings of not driving.
So this becomes a handout to people that can already take public transport.
$150 million could get you a lot of extra services. Either expanding services to places not currently catered to or expanding frequency on exisiting routes.
If you want people out of cars and on to public transport then accessibility, convenience and flexibility are what you need to target. Affordability isn't as important because public transport is already always cheaper than the alternative.
@keira_reckons This is the thing that I find most disappointing: I can catch either a single tram or a bus to my folks' place (which include only 20min or 10min total walk time one way, respectively), and it's still less worthwhile than driving.
@mattcen Public transport can be a fixed cost too making each individual trip no additional cost.
But If this is the only public transport trip you would make then it's very unlikely you'd do it even at the lower price. A trip cost savings of $0.80 probably doesn't make up for the habit shift required.
But I do agree that they should bring back the short trip ticket.
@danielbowen also, related:
“Throughout this installation phase during October and November no fares will be collected from passengers to allow a seamless switchover to the new service expected for full launch in November.”
Queensland to slash public transport fares to 50 cents for six months from August. A brave experiment, Premier.
Prediction: It's never as simple as they claim. We'll probably see heavy use/crowding on the services with useful, usable timetables. Little difference on the services and in the suburbs and towns where PT is slow and infrequent - in those areas almost everyone will keep driving. https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/100402#Queensland#PublicTransport
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