Re: [Sydney] Ticketing - was Light Rail into the CBD?

[Bob Horgan <rhorgan@hotmail.com>]

There are Travel Passes giving unlimite dtravel om Bus Trains and Ferries
Is'nt that Nulti-model???

Vaughan Williams wrote:

> The real problem underlying all of this in Sydney, and the reason people are
> reluctant to use more than one mode of PT, is because there is no genuinely
> multimodal ticketing system and no sign of one being introduced.
>
> The SLR and the Airport rail link are just two examples. Sydney needs a
> fully
> multimodal ticketing system - in fact, I would say this is the single most
> desparately needed public transport initiative in Sydney. And in Brisbane.
>
> Vaughan
>
> >> The Red TravelPass includes unlimited travel across a vast area on three
> >> modes - STA bus, CityRail and STA ferry. A Red TravelPass and an SLR
> >Weekly
> >> Pass are certainly *NOT* like with like! Rather, for the purpose of a
> >> commuter from Lilyfield to Haymarket who has two choices - one tram trip
> >or
> >> one bus trip each way - the SLR Weekly Pass and a Red TravelTen are 'like
> >> with like' - though the Weekly Pass does have the added value of unlimited
> >> travel along the one tram route within the week, so it can be used for
> >> leisure trips on weekends or on weekdays outside of commuting.
> >>
> >
> >Very few regulars travel Lilyfield to Haymarket, to Central yes, and they
> >are at the entrance to the platforms, no long walk from Railway Square .
> >Most regulars from the stops on the WestEx alight at Pyrmont Bay and walk
> >via Pyrmont Bridge to the CBD.  The daily cash fare: $2.20 single & $3.50
> >return.  Now the fare on the bus, if a Brown TravelPass costs $17.60, then
> >one dunk is $1.76 and a dunk on return is $3.52 each day, the daily cash
> >fare is much more!  It is cheaper by tram,  but now compare time:  Lilyfield
> >to Pyrmont Bay by tram on right-of-way about 12 minutes;  bus in peak hour
> >traffic via the infamous Parramatta Road, Broadway, Railway Square and
> >George Street;  I have no idea how long but tram passengers have said 30
> >minutes from Lilyfield to Railway Square,  way  l-o-n-g-e-r  than the time
> >taken by tram!
> >
> >Ted
> >
> >
> >
>
> Vaughan Williams
> Secretary
> Public Transport Users Association
> 247 Flinders Lane
> Melbourne 3000
> http://www.ptua.org.au