Re: Airport rail link

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Anthony Morton <amorton@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
> > Actually I believe Brisbane now has a higher share of trips by public
> > transport than Melbourne does (8% versus 7% or some such).  Seems crazy
> when
> > you compare the infrastructure available in both cities.
>
> Now, thinking about Brisbane's busses, I can see how that would happen,
and
> I might have to change my opinion on busses thinking about them.  When
Expo
> 88 was on, I used to wander around by myself at night and catch the bus
> (CityXpress to Moggill, or Fig Tree Pocket, and change at Kenmore) home.
> Very convenient, we lived about 25km out from the city, but every hour,
> there was an express service into the city that took 30-odd minutes.  This
> was as well as the other routine busses which served our area.  On the
other
> side of the river there were the trains, I had many a train ride on them
> living there then.

Hmmm... but hourly service for a 30 minute ride is never going to attact a
large proportion of trips.

I think most people visiting new cities are more likely to use public
transport there than at home.


Daniel
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