in victoria we already have completely free public transport for the under 18s
https://transport.vic.gov.au/news-and-resources/campaigns/travel-freeeeeeeee
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I love this because it will mean some more young voters who want public transport to be good. Hopefully.
Even if I think overall investment from Vic Labor still prioritises roads over sensible public transport investment.
There are a number of low-hanging-fruit projects they've cancelled, and taking decades to build much needed improvements.
Small tram extensions for interconnections, priority signalling and lanes for trams and busses, etc. 10 minute minimum all day frequencies on trains are already possible.
While I think Skyrail is very lovely and an improvement, it's not actually brought any new connections or frequency improvements, and is as much for cars as it is for public transport users.
Meanwhile we're spending billions upon billions upon billions on new roads. We don't need any new roads.
The only solution to traffic is viable alternatives to driving.
pretty sure we discussed this previously with brisbanes 50c fares
as far as I know completely free public transport is not a good idea as certain types of people use it to treat the trains/buses worse and make the public who use it feel worse, so having a small fare ensures that the people up to no good are pushed out leaving it affordable but without the riff raff
without the riff raff
Wtf, this reads truly unempathetic and isn't realistic about the challenges of homelessness and severely poor mental health
Putting words in your mouth, shall we introduce W 50¢ fare for the street so you don't need to be confronted by the failure of our society?
riff raff meaning dickheads who treat public transport like shit and the people around them like shit, if you use public transport already you would know them as the sort of people who scratch up the window, play music on their phone speakers and leave garbage all over the seats and spill drinks
this causes less people to take public transport as they take private cars to avoid that shit
Those people are already taking PTV for free haha
I duno how I hadn't seen this yet, you might like it:
Why Free buses aren't great - Streets and Scars of City Past
The "riff raff" are also members of the community that require access to transportation.
they can go by car, leave the rest of us alone
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