Re: [Melb] Cheap train fares dumped

[Martin Bienwald <obelix@fim.informatik.uni-mannheim.de>]

Daniel Bowen <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote:

: I read it as: "most outer suburbs families own two cars, therefore public
: transport is poor"

: I think it's more like: "outer suburbs public transport is poor, therefore
: most families own two cars".

Well, probably both is true. People buy cars and stop using public
transport, therefore buses are running empty, leading to service cuts,
which in turn let more people buy a car and stop using PT.

After a few turns around, no one knows who started it anymore.

... Martin