Re: Victoria...it begins!

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

John Cleverdon (johnc@cdi.com.au) wrote:
> Lets see now... Speed limit for the railway = 80 kph. Speed limit for truckies =
> 100 kph (when they bother with legal limits :-).
> So how is rail meant to compete with road if the trucks can go 25% faster?
> When it is seen that road is faster than rail, and the rail company has little
> interest in improving this, guess where all the traffic is going to go?

One thing that any business will tell you is that "on time" is much more
important than "shortest time".

Cheers
David