[publictransport] publictransport Digest, Vol 2, Issue 7

[Nicholas Dow]

A booking system could be OK if it is an "optional" booking system, i.e. 
booked bikes gets priority.  This will help the cycle tourists who need 
certainty but will enable commuters to turn up without bothering to book.

publictransport-bounces at yarrabug.org wrote on 08/02/2008 12:00:03 PM:

> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:36:08 +1100
> From: "jillian gibson" <jillg at vic.chariot.net.au>
> here comes the but, the Min seemed very interested in a booking system. 
This
> can only be linked to limits on number of bikes and times, else there is 
no
> need to have a booking system, besides getting data on the number of 
bikes
> on trains.
> 
> (Vline trains at present technically only allow 4 bikes-2 per carraige- 
per
> standard train. As things stand, we can get as many bikes on trains as
> possible, and like we are talking 5-7 bikes, more or less, but we are 
not
> talking this number of bikes all being on the Bendigo to SC trains, we 
are
> talking short distances in general 2-3 stops).
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