just_kitten@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 年前‘Find a spot on the floor’: overcrowding complaints grow as Victorians take advantage of rail fare capwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-link‘Find a spot on the floor’: overcrowding complaints grow as Victorians take advantage of rail fare capwww.theguardian.comjust_kitten@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 年前message-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecuavas@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前The network upgrades required to “just add more trains” would be very expensive, and Vic Labor are already running up more debt than they can afford.
minus-squareKudra :maybe_verified:@aus.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前@cuavas @Jumuta to be honest I’m a little surprised they didn’t make the fare cap for off-peak travel only, which would have actually helped to reduce some of the crazy peak crush.
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前eh, less expensive then roads in the long run
The network upgrades required to “just add more trains” would be very expensive, and Vic Labor are already running up more debt than they can afford.
@cuavas @Jumuta to be honest I’m a little surprised they didn’t make the fare cap for off-peak travel only, which would have actually helped to reduce some of the crazy peak crush.
eh, less expensive then roads in the long run