Re:Pollution from fossil fuel combustion deadlier than previ...
by bluGill on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:18AM
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A bus once an hour is the backup of a backup plan for those who have no other options. It means the blind don't have to bother their friends for a ride as often.
What it isn't is in anyway useful to anybody. It shouldn't even be called public transit, be honest and call it last ditch option.
Real public transit needs to run more often. Half hour service is marginal public transit.
On the whole, I think city planners should design everything around public transport and it should be seen for the societal value add, rather than as a public expense.
Sadly, in Canberra it is buses, often once an hour. And most people feel as though if you catch a bus, it is a social signal that you are not doing very well.
Doing public transport well is hard.
But Canberra laid a good foundation for great bicycle riding!