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We wouldn't have to if we had bike paths -_-
You know that most of the urban population can get by without using cars on 95% of their days even in Australia’s limited public transport infrastructure, and there’s something you need to face:
Eventually, you’ll have to. Cars are unsustainable.
So the sooner bike-friendly infrastructure that allows cyclists to get around without illegal shit or inconveniencing others hets built, the better. They'll get safer journeys and motorists will feel the drop in traffic even if your roads get narrower. Cars are those that need extra red tape – I would suggest taxes based on car weight for the urban population (farmers in the outback is somewhat justified for owning trucks).
TL;DR: The cunts here are people driving increasingly big cars.
I’m sorry, are we living in the same country? Like, Australia’s PT isn’t great by any means. Interstate rail services are completely dismal. But I think it’s a bit of a stretch to call it limited? The capital cities have fairly decent train services, as well as extensive bus lines. Fares are also heavily subsidised by the government here compared to elsewhere in the world. You can get anywhere in Victoria now for less than $10.
On top of that, there are major PT infrastructure works going on in most cities. Melbourne has the Metro Tunnel, Sydney has the City & Southwest Metro, Brisbane is building Cross River Rail.
Like, bike’s can absolutely be an important part of a multi-modal journey. But to imply that they’ll be the only option because of “limited” public transport is dishonest at best.
No, I’m Czech, as per the username. My Sydney aunt came to Prague last month and says that it’s night and day.
Where we would run tram routes, you have buses that don't even have next station displays/announcements so taking a journey requires considerably more knowledge and planning.
She is happy about the bike paths, though.
Melbourne is the exact opposite when it comes to trams. In fact, it has the largest network in the world by route miles.
Edit: Actually, people visit here from Sydney and freak out about driving around them. We didn’t trash our network in the 50s like they did.