Re: Travel patterns (was Re: New form of rail transportation)

["Peter Berrett" <pberrett@optushome.com.au>]

Who is to say though that when choosing their place to live or work they
don't factor in public transport (the radial lines) into the equation? You
need a back up if your car breaks down. This could cauase people to
gravitate to work and home locations along our existing radial rail lines.

cheers Peter






Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > > When 93% of trips in Melbourne are made by car?
> > >
> > > Get real.
> >
> > Is that 93% of trips are made by car to go in a radial direction, or
> > overall?  If people are stuck with a radial train network, then how
> else
> > will they travel on it? Fairy dust and airy thoughts?
>
> Most travel is by car - overwhelmingly so.
>
> Therefore, it isn't true that most travel is radial because people have
> no choice (thats where the trains go). Most travel is by car, and roads
> go everywhere. In fact, its more difficult to go radially by car
> because of congestion, yet people still do.
>
>
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