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tonyp
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:35 am
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I don't want to perpetuate a distraction from the thread, but MLR wants to be part of an integrated ticketing system but the government doesn't have one and is dominated by bus interests and hates trams with a vengeance - it regards MLR as a private 'tourist' venture and probably wishes it could go away because it makes people like trams. In spite of the fare structure MLR is attracting large growth in commuter patronage, to the extent that people even park and ride to it shunning adjacent State Transit bus services. Hopefully it will be the foot in the door. It does however offer weeklies etc to commuters.
MLR is the only public transport operator left in Sydney that doesn't receive an operating subsidy from the government and makes a profit - how's that for something so pushed out into the political cold!
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route14
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:37 am
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At least one Variotram ware the theme of "Sydney loves trams", so this is the attitute.
Not the black cat
nor the white cat
but the right cat
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GeoffreyHansen
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:07 am
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| tonyp wrote: | I don't want to perpetuate a distraction from the thread, but MLR wants to be part of an integrated ticketing system but the government doesn't have one and is dominated by bus interests and hates trams with a vengeance - it regards MLR as a private 'tourist' venture and probably wishes it could go away because it makes people like trams. In spite of the fare structure MLR is attracting large growth in commuter patronage, to the extent that people even park and ride to it shunning adjacent State Transit bus services. Hopefully it will be the foot in the door. It does however offer weeklies etc to commuters.
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Just out of interest what do you mean by dominated by bus interests? Are you referring to the fact that the government owns State Transit?
Bring the 3900s back to Brisbane
Bring Karlsruhe Tramtrains to Australian cities
Extend the proposed Metro to Taylor Square
Extend the Gold Coast line to the Tweed
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tonyp
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:26 am
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Undue influence of STA and other bus owners on decision making, bus unions, promotion of buses by RTA as stalking horse to justify more mtorway construction
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