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Re: Sydney/Melbourne transport comparisons
- Subject: Re: Sydney/Melbourne transport comparisons
- From: David J Richardson <borad@accsoft.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:44:39 +1100
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In article <3a9ae25e@news.alphalink.com.au>,
"Peter Parker" <parkerp@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
[Snip rest of basically fine critique]
> - Melbourne's multi-mode zonal fare system much better than Sydney's
> ramshackle mainly single-mode system
Sydney does has a multi-mode zonal fare system of sorts - but if you
travel only in, say, zone 5 (or whatever colour it is!) you have to buy
zone 1-4 as well... And hopefully the buses you want to travel on aren't
the private company ones!
Personally, I think the multi-mode stuff is VERY significant, as it
encourages a culture of taking public transport, so you don't have to
think "Oh god another $x for this little link".
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