just_kitten to Melbourne · 1 year ago‘Find a spot on the floor’: overcrowding complaints grow as Victorians take advantage of rail fare capwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-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 to Melbourne · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecuavaslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe 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 year ago@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 year agoeh, 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