cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/36550420
Crazy take by ABC news’ Alan Kohler “Why Melbourne’s trams were a big mistake”
Cross posted to c/Melbourne
cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/36550420
Crazy take by ABC news’ Alan Kohler “Why Melbourne’s trams were a big mistake”
Cross posted to c/Melbourne
He presents no reliable argument for why “trams […] clog up the roads”, nor why trams are a mistake to have kept.
He conflates the fact Melbourne didn’t build more metro lines (which we absolutely should have, and should do now) with keeping the tram network.
It’s pro-car nonsense.
Cars clog up the roads and slow down trams, not the other way around.
Thankfully Melbourne kept its tram network, sadly, it did not build enough trains.
I don’t think he really talked about cars at all, he mostly compared subways to trams
Well actually he said their average speed is 11km/h which is absolutely pathetic and a huge argument to why they clog up the road…
Then he went on to say how insane the costs are for building these trams and how hiring an entrepreneur like Elon musk would save the people of Melbourne 90% of cost of building tunnels
The average speed is from being slowed down due to traffic and non-priority signalling.
You, and Alan, clearly have no idea what the tram system in Melbourne is like.
Well no, but the newsman would just lie? We need better rebuttals because this is what the average residence hears from the news!
Weird way to spell conman.
Do you really believe that?
I’m starting to understand why your accounts don’t last long. See ya next time.
What did I say offended you? Is that not what the reporter said?
That alone disqualifies the reporter, hiring Musk for tunnels, like seriously? This would be the stupidity of the decade level stupidity.