Re: [AUS] Radio forum on public transport

["Greg Sheppard" <greg.sheppard@aea.sptcomd.defence.gov.au>]

Leif wrote in message <3789E28B.90C3CF44@studentmail.newcastle.edu.au>...
>JohnO wrote:
>> Unbelievable...You've obviously not been to Melbourne lately
>
8X---
>And, once everyone's forked out the cash to own a car, they don't tend
>to bother with public transport any more - despite the fact that in both
>peak, *and* off-peak times it's almost always faster door-to-door to
>catch a train if you want to get to the middle of a city.
>

To reiterate - you OBVIOUSLY don't live in Melbourne...

Personally - and my current situation is not radically different to any
other I have had in varied employment locales in over 25 years at work - the
following average times apply in or off peak for my daily journey:

Car: best 10 min, worst 20 min

Bicycle: best 20 min, worst 40 min

Bus,Tram: best 1 hour 5 min, worst 3.5 hours

for the SAME journey of about 10 -14 km.

Home-city times (same transport line)

Car: 20 - 30 min (either freeway OR local roads, doesn't really matter
much - stuff that where it fits CityLink!!)

Bus, tram: 40 - 60 min

Bus, train: 30 - 50 min

Public transport rates cost a minimum of $4.30/day or $21.30/week - or about
what it costs in fuel AND parking (if you know where to park in the city
area - nothing to park at work...)


>Let's take a look at this:
>Working on the sorts of places I've been, it would cost not much more
>than $1 for the rund trip, by car, to the nearest station each day. From
>there, you can buy a weekly ticket, and this shouldn't be setting you
>back much more than $15 a round trip... considering that the round trip
>from Newcastle to Sydney isn't much more than $40... and I assume you
>aren't commuting *that* sort of distance each day?
>