Keen to find out what’s the most pressing transit issues in your city?
If there were one thing that you could change about the cycling or transit infrastructure in the city you live in, what would it be?
In Sydney of late, the reliability of the train network has definitely been an issue. Also, some outer suburban Western Sydney bus services run half hourly or worse during the morning and evening peak, with no nearby rail alternative nearby.
In Ulsan, the only means of public transport available is bus, with intervals from 20 minutes to an hour and 20 minutes.
It’s a little surprising that Ulsan doesn’t have any metro or light rail, given it’s a metro area of over 1 million people. Is it on the drawing board over there? What’s the official reason the city hasn’t built any rail?
A local friend told me it’s because the ground is not stable enough for underground metro; but given the bus interval I think there’s not much demand for public transport to begin with. That may have something to do with Ulsan having the world’s largest car factory, sparse population distribution and cheap pricing for second hand car (around a month of student salary for a decent one).