Re: Trams in Newcastle again?

["Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

David Mayall <davidmayall@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "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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> > > 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?
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> dm

Nope, I do actually mean the uni.. I never said I lived in Thornton, just near
there.  And I've legally travelled from the uni to my house in 12 minutes (no
reds or traffic that day).  And it wouldn't take much longer than 15 to go
from Thornton to the uni anyway.

>  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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