I'm sure it's not easy to draw the line on penny pinching. My own city's Metrorail system has seen a rise in accidents, which may be why people are now more willing to pay increased fares, tho there's still suspicion that the system leaders spend too much on themselves.
I got momentarily confused by your "Eastern Daylight Savings time," which has another meaning in the U.S. Hadn't occurred to me before that the Southern Hemisphere saves daylight when the Northern Hemisphere doesn't.
Have you watched the YouTube video? It's taken from the documentary-drama on the investigation into the accident, and the attempt by the state government to intimidate the coroner into not discovering the real cause of the accident.
Moving on to more recent times, it wouldn't surprise me if Bob Carr had been spending money on himself. He was that type of person. However he blew millions on projects that he had given minimal thought to, and which have proved to be economic failures.
Just to confuse you even further on time zones here - The states of Victoria and New South Wales are currently on Daylight Savings, however the state of Queensland has never adopted the practice. That means Old Wolf will need to change his watch an hour forward & back each time he crosses the border. :)
Is your government running the rail system directly or is it run by a separate company funded through the government?
Here in B.C., our transit system is run by what's called a "crown corporation", a company funded by various levels of government and run by government employees. Ours is called Translink, and it runs our primary bus system, a "heavy" rail line (as opposed to light rail) called SkyTrain, as well as a pair of boats to ferry passengers across Burrard Inlet called SeaBus. Unfortunately, most of Translink's CEOs seem to live in Vancouver, so the vast majority of our buses run in there, with short shrift getting paid to all the cities surrounding, with especially poor service in my home town of Surrey...
Do you think that your rail system would work better (and more safely) if it was run by a proxy company?
Take a look at this! Came out in yesterday's news. The Lane Cove tunnel has proved to be the third financial disaster in a row for the New South Wales state government. The full article will be my next post.
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I got momentarily confused by your "Eastern Daylight Savings time," which has another meaning in the U.S. Hadn't occurred to me before that the Southern Hemisphere saves daylight when the Northern Hemisphere doesn't.
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Moving on to more recent times, it wouldn't surprise me if Bob Carr had been spending money on himself. He was that type of person. However he blew millions on projects that he had given minimal thought to, and which have proved to be economic failures.
Just to confuse you even further on time zones here - The states of Victoria and New South Wales are currently on Daylight Savings, however the state of Queensland has never adopted the practice. That means Old Wolf will need to change his watch an hour forward & back each time he crosses the border. :)
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Here in B.C., our transit system is run by what's called a "crown corporation", a company funded by various levels of government and run by government employees. Ours is called Translink, and it runs our primary bus system, a "heavy" rail line (as opposed to light rail) called SkyTrain, as well as a pair of boats to ferry passengers across Burrard Inlet called SeaBus.
Unfortunately, most of Translink's CEOs seem to live in Vancouver, so the vast majority of our buses run in there, with short shrift getting paid to all the cities surrounding, with especially poor service in my home town of Surrey...
Do you think that your rail system would work better (and more safely) if it was run by a proxy company?
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http://www.smh.com.au/business/lane-cove-tunnel-operator-hits-the-wall-20100120-mkca.html
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