Is the new Opal card all it is cracked up to be and could it end up costing you more?
public transport
Accessibility and Sydney’s public transport: knowing where you’re going
One thing that I particularly enjoy when I visit another place is figuring out how to use the public transport system. I like the fact that I can figure it out – that the tools provided are tools I am able to use. Some of the tools which are commonly available (sometimes online) are: timetables and route maps, route diagrams at stations/stops and in the relevant vehicle, stop announcements (visual and audio), signs at stations/stops.
Perhaps it’s ironic, but I think that Sydney is one of the worst places I’ve been when it comes to figuring that sort of thing out. This has a serious impact on the accessibility of our public transport.
QFT: Waleed Aly on what really drives the population debate
…so much of this “population” debate is really about the crap nature of services and infrastructure in the outer suburbs of our cities