Re: Route 70 Tram (Melb)

["Johann Fan" <jyfx@optusnet.com.au>]

Daniel Bowen <dfbowen@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
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> David Langley wrote:
> > Daniel Bowen wrote:
> > > And I wonder why they didn't put the trams on the eastern side of the
> > > Exhibition Street extension, so they wouldn't have to cross car
traffic
> > > twice.
> >
> > The new road is a two way road the trams will have to be in the middle
but will
> > turn with T lights I guess.
>
> I presume the trams will have their own lanes, so if I ran the world I'd
> have put the tram lanes on the eastern side of the bridge (separated
> from the car traffic; didn't it used to be like that in St George's Road
> in Preston?). Then they'd only have to cross traffic at Flinders Street,
> and could run over the bridge and straight to the tennis centre on the
> southern side of the bridge. One less set of traffic lights; better for
> both the cars and the trams.
>
> Hey, if you buy an e-tag and carry it home on the 70, will you get
> charged for that trip? :)
>
Does that mean you don't need a ticket for that part of the trip? and do you
have to attach it to the windscreen of the tram? =)