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Baku@aussie.zone 8 months agoWhat a stupid comment. You clearly didn’t read the community name, or if you did, you evidently have never even poked around australia on a map.
Let me show you a couple of examples of why your comment is stupid. Let’s take a person living in Berkshire Park on the outskirts of Syney. The only place they could find work was in Springwood — a 30-minute drive away. This becomes 2 and a half hours by public transport.
Or somebody in Esperance, WA, who wants to see their family over in Bunbury (a 7 hour drive away). This becomes a 25 hour public transport trip, except on one day of the week when it’s only 23.
Obviously these are specific examples I chose to prove a point, but you’ll see this on most trips, even in major cities.
Going from Roxburgh Park to Epping (both in Melbourne - the second largest city) takes 20 minutes by car, or an hour and 10 by public transport
If you lived in St Albans and worked at a warehouse in Truganina (an Industrial area), that’d be a 20 minute drive or an hour and a half by public transport
If you lived in West Moonah and had to get to Rosny park, Hobart, thats a 20 minute drive or an hour by public transport
and none of these travel times include initial waiting time. this just assumes you arrive at the bus stop at the same time the bus leaves - even when the buses sometimes only run once a week
I don’t hate public transport, and I usually just put up with the doubling or tripling of my travel times just to go by bus and train, but while your assumption that everybody can and should take public might work in parts of Europe, it just doesn’t here in Australia. And implying that it does just makes you sound entitled, out of touch, and ignorant.
ajsadauskas@aus.social 8 months ago
@Baku @Aux Totally agree that there are many places in Australia where public transport isn't up to scratch.
But Roxburgh Park to Epping ain't a good example. It's 23 minutes by bus.
Yes, you could catch a train all the way into the city and all the way out, but the 901 bus is quicker.
Baku@aussie.zone 8 months ago
That is not what my maps showed, as per the screenshot.
ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
It is what the PTV website shows.
And having caught that bus from Tullamarine to Epping, 23 minutes for the segment from Roxburgh Park station to Epping is about right. (Depending on traffic, of course.)
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Baku@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I see the problem. You put in the train stations, I did not. I put in the actual suburbs, and not their train stations.