If we are to think of the real purpose of this exercise: to provide affordable
transport in a timely manner to communities, I think we must think a little
latterly.
The system propose may save the govt money, as some of the transport
systems then would be redundant. An example would be community buses (the
funding body can subsidize the transport Co to perform the function), and
patient transport for moderately disabled passengers to scheduled
appointments at Hospital could be accommodated. This would not mean a loss of
jobs, but a re-allocation of resources to give access to a greater number of
passengers.
I feel once a suitable management system was released, there would be uptake
of the system due to community needs. One real advantage of the system is
that it could accommodate extraordinary events: eg there may be only 1 bus
scheduled to be available at 10pm, but there is a local event planned that
ends at 11pm: Travel could be pre-booked to avoid taking a car, for instance,
so there may be 5 buses scheduled to be available for that 'hump'. The buses
could also double as Taxis ('Maxi-Taxis'), so could either run as a taxi at
night, or as a bus, depending on need. (Lismore already has a limited number
of Maxi-Taxis, that are used as normal passenger taxis if required, so that
infrastructure is already there - & that is why I think the bus system should
work with the taxi system.)
regards Doug
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 8:20, you wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 16:55 +1030, David Lloyd wrote:
> > What makes you think that such a system won't cost that much in Sydney?
>
> ...Government...
>
> ...open source / community ...
>
> :)
>
> Rob
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