Re: [Melb] Cheap train fares dumped

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

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> > "Brown Family" <lbrown2@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> > > One reason for a poorer public transport service in the outer suburbs
> > > is that most dual parent families own two cars there.
> >
> > I would argue the opposite: people in the outer suburbs are more likely
to
> > own one car per adult *because* of the poorer public transport services.
>
> Isn't that what he said? Average family, 2 adults, 2.4 kids, = two cars
> ("most dual parent families own two cars there").

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".


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/