Re: Trams for Canberra?
Barry Campbell (campblbm@ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 9 Feb 1998 22:54:24 +1000
Peter Parker wrote in message <34dec61f.0@newshost.pcug.org.au>...
>"Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
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>>I didn't think Canberra could even support its bus system let alone trams.
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>It doesn't. According to a letter from a former ACT Minister for Urban
>Services (dated September 1996) our farebox recovery ratio was less than
>20%.
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>However, as a report by Roger Graham has pointed out, there are serious
>difficulties with the current route/timetable/fare structures, and
>certain changes could increase patronage and cost-recovery ratios.
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> We've been promised big changes to routes and fares by the middle of
>this year along the lines of those suggested above.
>
>Regards,
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Hmm. If the current recovery is around 20% only the inroduction of hovering
anti grav dweezels will ever get the system to something near break even.
One of the consistent themes in railway commentary is that road transport is
given a subsidy in that its right of way is provided to commercial users at
less than fair cost due to the contribution by private motorists. On this
basis if a bus service loses so massively then trams will only waste more
money. Mind you, if it wasn't run by the government...
Barry Campbell