[publictransport] publictransport Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2

[Julia Blunden]

In response to the question about goals.

I suggest that one short term goal should be to reduce the period of the
afternoon ban from 4-7pm which is unreasonably long, to 4.30-6.30pm which is
the busiest period. Another should be a booking service for bikes on V/Line
trains that do still carry them, so that cyclists planning country tours can
do so knowing that they can get themselves and their bikes to their
destination and back again. Others could turn up on spec with their bikes
but those booked should get priority, as with people.

A medium term goal should be a return to the old rules as the number of peak
hour services is increased as a matter of urgency. Fitting out some
carriages with more efficient bike storage makes sense too.

A long term goal would be to have a reasonable number of designated V/Line
trains on routes popular with cyclists tow extra carriages/luggage vans with
the capacity to carry a large number of bikes. 

The authorities now apparently acknowledge that the demand for the transport
of bikes on trains is there. So what are their plans to cater for it?

Julia B

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