Re: Outer East PT sidelined: Scoresby Fwy back on agenda

[Michael Walker <wk@cgsc.vic.edu.au>]

> But having a freeway between Ringwood and Dandenong would make
something
> like the Ringwood - Dandenong bus down Stud Road quicker.

No it won't. Bus companies are notorious for not rejigging their
timetables. Since the Western Ring Road was opened in it's entirety, a
lot of traffic was taken off the roads the 560 takes from Greensborough
to Broadmeadows. Yet the bus still follows much the same timetable it
did when it started in the early 80s, despite the fact that you could
probably take 5-10 minutes off the trip on weekdays and possibly up to
15 on weekends. I had reason to use it during the January holidays
about 2 years ago and the bus would turn up to Keon Park 5-10 minutes
early and then crawl to Greensborough and still get there 5 minutes
early. No traffic on the road and the bus still picked up and dropped
off quite a few (surprisingly given the poor holiday TT) passengers.

Your Stud Road bus will still be as slow as ever.

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Michael Walker
Email: wk@cgsc.vic.edu.au
ICQ: 78913383


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