Congestion charging set to come to Perth
Discussion
I've just read that congestion charging is set to come to Perth. Now Australia have signed the Kyoto agreement, it's one way they wish to reduce pollution and car usage.
As a person that uses my car to commute from the suburbs to the city every day, I'm pretty pissed at this.
The train is very good here, on time and frequent but it's packed and the train station car parks are full to capacity as well. I'd rather sit in my air conditioned car than pack myself into a train where there is no hope of a seat.
If 10% of the city commuters changed from cars to public transport, the trains just couldn't cope.
As a person that uses my car to commute from the suburbs to the city every day, I'm pretty pissed at this.
The train is very good here, on time and frequent but it's packed and the train station car parks are full to capacity as well. I'd rather sit in my air conditioned car than pack myself into a train where there is no hope of a seat.
If 10% of the city commuters changed from cars to public transport, the trains just couldn't cope.
Ever since I have been here Perth has lacked a consistent long term infrastructure policy.
The police seem to be doing their bit to push people towards public transport by being hell bent on removing driving licenses.
Main roads appear to be afraid of vampires as they continually design traffic light controlled crossroads where roundabouts would be cheaper initially, cost less to maintain, look better, are inherently safer and in most situations keep traffic moving better.
Public transport is pretty much a shambles - look at the two recent innovations - the ticket system and the new underground station. Now my wife and anyone from the Northern suburbs has to walk 200 yds to get a connecting train rather than swap platforms. With the ticket thing swiping it to get onto a station recently she then waited 15 minutes before an announcement that the next train had been cancelled, the one after that had been altered to go through without stopping and so the next would be 30 minutes. Of course now you have to swipe to get back out the station so she could walk to a bus stop. Was charged $8 for the pleasure of standing on the platform to listen to those announcements.
The trouble is most Perth citizens laid back (apathetic) approach coupled with the brainwashing from the PTB is not going to lead to any action soon.
The police seem to be doing their bit to push people towards public transport by being hell bent on removing driving licenses.
Main roads appear to be afraid of vampires as they continually design traffic light controlled crossroads where roundabouts would be cheaper initially, cost less to maintain, look better, are inherently safer and in most situations keep traffic moving better.
Public transport is pretty much a shambles - look at the two recent innovations - the ticket system and the new underground station. Now my wife and anyone from the Northern suburbs has to walk 200 yds to get a connecting train rather than swap platforms. With the ticket thing swiping it to get onto a station recently she then waited 15 minutes before an announcement that the next train had been cancelled, the one after that had been altered to go through without stopping and so the next would be 30 minutes. Of course now you have to swipe to get back out the station so she could walk to a bus stop. Was charged $8 for the pleasure of standing on the platform to listen to those announcements.
The trouble is most Perth citizens laid back (apathetic) approach coupled with the brainwashing from the PTB is not going to lead to any action soon.
Useless, stupid bloody idea!
In a city the size of Perth its just not going to work. Better off spending the money getting a quality public transport system in place. To really reduce emissions they should junk the last of the 30yr old diesel buses.
Its getting there with the new train line but as has been mentioned there is no way to get to the stations without driving...which of course means there is no where to park when you get there!
I think most people in Perth would be to lazy to give up driving to work to....for most people working in the city an extra $20/week is not going to change anything.
In a city the size of Perth its just not going to work. Better off spending the money getting a quality public transport system in place. To really reduce emissions they should junk the last of the 30yr old diesel buses.
Its getting there with the new train line but as has been mentioned there is no way to get to the stations without driving...which of course means there is no where to park when you get there!
I think most people in Perth would be to lazy to give up driving to work to....for most people working in the city an extra $20/week is not going to change anything.
Edited by deviant on Tuesday 11th March 23:39
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