this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
107 points (89.6% liked)

Australia

3607 readers
36 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @Tau@aussie.zone who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
lodion@aussie.zone
Fluid@aussie.zone
bestusername@aussie.zone
eatham@aussie.zone
107
Our children are victims of road violence. We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use (theconversation.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Of course I'd support better public transport.

But I'm not really sure what form that would take? The bus from my house to the childcare centre obviously drops us off there when the bus is scheduled to do so, which means I will always face the longest possible wait for the next bus to come by. It only takes two minutes to drop the kid off... but the bus driver isn't going to wait.

And it's pretty normal for public transport to not go to where you're going unless you're going to or from the CBD. That means changing busses.

I could live in the CBD... then transit infrastructure would be great - but the realestate there is way out of my reach, price wise.

[โ€“] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

how we can upgrade PT:

  • higher bus frequency
  • bus route reform (some current routes really suck)
  • more bus lanes on congested routes
  • more bike infrastructure so you don't have to ride a bus/car/train to get anywhere