Re: Trams in Newcastle again?

["David Mayall" <davidmayall@hotmail.com>]

"Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> "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.
There's no way in hell yoo can go from thornton to the uni in 15 mins.
Maybe yoo mean metford tafe?

dm

 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
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