Just making public transport free without increasing funding for it will only turn it into a soup-kitchen service that only those with no other options will use. The well-heeled bourgeoisie will stay in their cars; they have podcasts to listen to and cruise control to crawl through traffic jams for them, and anybody who regards strangers’ body heat and odours as anything other than a celebration of common humanity will avoid it as much as they can. If they can’t, then once fuel prices drop, they’re out of there and not going back, instead talking about the dark days of packed trains in the way that refugees talk about regimes they fled.
Free train rides: V/Line trains hitting capacity
Submitted 1 month ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
https://files.ikt.id.au/ji5t7q.mp4
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 month ago
dueuwuje@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It’s almost…and correct if I’m wrong that if you provide a service at a reasonable price (typically) people will use it. Call me surprised.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 month ago
More trains. More. Yes.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 month ago
vividspecter@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Typical of Channel 9 to frame this as a bad thing. Yes, they should get more trains and drivers to meet the demand but running at full capacity, especially given the alternative, is not a bad thing.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 month ago
The only bad thing is the state government not rapid increasing train frequencies (and also removing the VLine booking system, like, that is really stupid)