[publictransport] [Woj-talk] The Age: Editorial - Plans, trains and automobiles, and the way forward

[Ben Harrison]

Misinformed indeed.
Perhaps she'll open her eyes to the real world and listen to people rather than
bureaucrats.

Apologies to any bureaucrats who may be reading this- I don't necessarily mean
than bureaucrats aren't people (though I have had my private doubts at times)

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ben

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The Age: Editorial - Plans, trains and automobiles, and the way forward

http://www.theage.com.au/news/editorial/plans-trains-and-automobiles-and-the-way
-forward/2008/01/22/1200764260983.html

Last three paragraphs of the editorial:


" ...The figures for rail patronage clearly show that given a service - 
reliable, comfortable and inexpensive - people will use it. Two other 
factors have a strong bearing on public transport: the rising cost of 
petrol and emissions from vehicles. Cars and trucks not only choke the 
roads, they choke the atmosphere.

It may seem a small byway in the argument, but the fiasco of the 
proposed bike ban on trains, illustrates a telling point in why 
clear-headed thinking is needed. Ms Kosky is to review her ban after she 
said yesterday that she had been "misinformed" by her department. (On 
the same day, the Government announced a $52 million upgrade of Clifton 
Hill station.)

Of all the options a government could take in the transport sector, 
moving against the most environmentally friendly set of wheels on the 
road was madness. What message could people derive from the ban but that 
the Government not only did not care about sustainability but actually 
worked against it? It is welcome news that the minister is reviewing the 
ban, but there should not have been a need for it in the first place. ..."




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