Re: Re: [Sydney] Light Rail into the CBD? + UNSW heavy or light rail?

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

On Fri, 25 May 2001 08:16:32 GMT, Bill Bolton
<billbolton@computer.org> wrote:

>"geoff dawson" <geoffrey.dawson@aph.gov.au> wrote:
>
>> with traffic managed so that the PT is not otherwise held up -
>> takes about 8-9 minutes.
>[Snip]
>> The LR could be given its own right of way on the street  Compare
>> Melbourne's Fairways. 
>
>I'm glad you mentioned Melbourne.   Where is there any 8 to 9 minute
>journey by tram through the Melbourne CBD when the CDB is active?  Try
>15 minutes *minimum* along distance of about 2km max.

Try walking around on a Sunday morning!  I walked from Spencer Street
to Flagstaff on a Sunday morning without seeing a single tram.


David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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