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princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months agoAustralia’s limited public transport infrastructure
I’m sorry, are we living in the same country? Like, Australia’s PT isn’t great by any means. Interstate rail services are completely dismal. But I think it’s a bit of a stretch to call it limited? The capital cities have fairly descent train services, as well as extensive bus lines. Fares are also heavily subsidised by the government here compared to elsewhere in the world. You can get anywhere in Victoria now for less than $10.
On top of that, there are major PT infrastructure works going on in most cities. Melbourne has the Metro Tunnel, Sydney has the City & Southwest Metro, Brisbane is building Cross River Rail.
Like, bike’s can absolutely be an important part of a multi-modal journey. But to imply that they’ll be the only option because of “limited” public transport is dishonest at best.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 11 months ago
No, I’m Czech, as per the username. My Sydney aunt came to Prague last month and says that it’s night and day.
Where we would run tram routes, you have buses that don’t even have next station displays/announcements so taking a journey requires considerably more knowledge and planning.
She is happy about the bike paths, though.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Melbourne is the exact opposite when it comes to trams. In fact, it has the largest network in the world by route miles.