Re: Trams in Newcastle again?

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Ted Gay <tedgay@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> No, that's a five minute drive.  For me to walk to the nearest station
takes
> over an hour.  Besides, how about instead of bagging me for stating an
opinion
> (which is fairly common here) then why not address the issue?
>
>
> When I lived in Melbourne, I always carried a 10x2 hour zone 1 metcard
with
> me.  Whenever I went out, I'd use trains and trams as much as I could.
Even
> here, even now, I use them as much as I can, but when services are
infrequent,
> and only serve certain areas, with not a lot in between (ie all on axes
> radiating straight out of the city, no cross suburb connections), but the
car
> wins hands down time wise every time.
>
> Example: I can drive straight to uni in 15 minutes (or ride my motorbike
in
> about 10), depending on traffic.  To use the 2 PT choices available to me:
> Option 1: Drive to station (5 minutes if I'm lucky, no traffic and red
lights,
> 10 more likely).  Then 10 minutes on train to Warabrook, followed by 10
> minutes walk from station to uni buildings.  Total: 30 minutes (minimum).
> Option 2: Blue Ribbon bus from home to Wallsend (90 minutes).  Bus from
> Wallsend to uni (at least 15).  Walk from one side of uni to the other in
> another 10.  So almost 2 hours there.
>
> I do favour PT, but not at the expense of so much time.
>
> Now, if you'd read my post and the issues I raised in that, then maybe you
> would see why PT isn't used that much.  I also posted a suggestion which
would
> increase the public transport usage around here quite substantially, but
you
> didn't seem to think that was fit to reply to.  So if I'm against PT, then
why
> would I be making suggestions to improve it?
>
>
> Try reading what's actually written next time.
>
>
mm yea ouch, sorry about that, Al please accept an apology.
Another member states that he is not to post after consuming copious
quanties of beer!  I'll make that do not post after an afternoon shift! gee
I must have been in shitty mood!!

Again Al I'm sorry for the post.

Ted