There's plenty of new train lines and stations coming to Melbourne – but they're not the one we want the most
  • TinyBreak@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Look, fair. It’s a boon for the Dandenong corridor, and will have flow on effects, but we’re still just kind of patching an overall transit system rather than a proper reinvestment the whole thing needs.

    But again, Melbourne airport are dealing in bad faith and should be stripped of the rights. The landlord is stuck taking lip from the person they leased the house out too, and the tenant is refusing essential works. Makes no sense.

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      It does “Make Sense” in the “Economic Rationalism” mindset.

      They don’t want to loose money they make on Parking, Airport bus licensing and all these other little penny-pinching charges they can make in their role as the monopoly.

      If they loose customers to other methods of transport like Interstate Rail/Coaches, driving and people just not travelling, that is fine because they still make obscene profits on the parking.

  • maegul (he/they)English
    2·
    3 months ago
    1. Yea, I’ve posted elsewhere here that I fear the Metro Tunnel is going to be a publicity/PR flop. So much build up and waiting for a few more stops and for many, perhaps, not much improvement to the system. Maybe many really appreciate the new infrastructure, but these results support my fear at the moment at least
    2. Metro has been saturated, so support or no support doesn’t really mean much right now. That being said, post-COVID and remote work may seriously deflate its importance to many.
    3. Bus reformation … yep … makes a lot of sense … the train network’s center & spoke design is kinda crappy (thus the metro tunnel being perhaps misguided) and buses are the only connective tissue in the PT system that really compensates for that.
    4. Airport rail … I get it, but personally, I’ve been rather happy with the Sky Bus and would happily take urban improvements first.
    • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      i’ve always kinda thought that putting trams in a loop around the rail lines would be cool… make it like a web

      id prefer more trams to busses any day of the week

      • maegul (he/they)English
        1·
        3 months ago

        Cool idea! Could probably go a long way to de-car-ifying the 'burbs too.

        Maybe some of those bus-tram hybrid systems instead?

        The problem I have with trams is their inflexibility … shifting a line is a bit of work because of the tracks (though they’re probably more environmentally friendly)

      • Jumuta@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        that’d be cool but trams can’t have that high of a top speed bc of their wheels optimised for sharp turns, so idk if they’d be a good replacement for the 90x series (the orbital buses)