Public transport 'network effect' and buses

[recumbenteer]

One of the issues in the transport unit we have covered was the 20/2020 target. The Victorian Government has committed to the goal of achieving a 20% modal share for public transport by the year 2020 - i.e. of all motorised journeys undertaken in Melbourne 20% of them will be done by public transport

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[anthanum]

Matt has an LJ now matt678 so you might be able to get him involved in the discussion :)

[strang_er]

"People in the 'burbs use cars because it is the only sensible choice, the alternative is too infrequent, slow and unreliable to be a viable option."

The biggest frustration i've found in moving to Eastern Burbia is that bus services all seem to wind down at night, to the point where there is simply no public transport at all after 9 or 10pm to get certain places only two or three suburbs away from home.