Melbourne's (and Sydney's) public transport hell

Interesting debate.. https://www.facebook.com/theguardian/videos/10156904637311323/

https://www.change.org/p/https-www-change-org-decision-makers-malcolm-turnbull-31-build-a-coalition-to-show-strength-against-cyclist-hate-we-are-not-anonymous-12ba53c9-8565-4d2e-b34f-5ab05d5dd0aa

Because... car loving idiots. In saying that though, Melbourne's trams aren't really that great except in the CBD. They are slow as hell, never on time, many have huge gigantic steps that are a nightmare for elderly, children, and if you have luggage and impossible if you have a pram or are disabled in a wheelchair. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-12/sydneys-original-tram-network-what-happened-curious-sydney/9610328

Because Australians hate public transport! Because the selfish NIMBYs who live near the beach hate public transport! When I'm in Sydney I rarely go to the Eastern suburbs but yes, those buses around Bondi and Coogee are an absolute nightmare. Always crowded and jam packed, a nightmare if there's a pram or wheelchair, of course no signs or anything so you have no idea where the fuck you are, because you can't see other the window.. You'd better hope you have a copy of the app on your phone because the driver will be useless too (not that you can even speak to him or her with the 50 people between you).. I will say, however, that the bus interchange at Bondi Junction is amazing. I love how there are so many seats to sit on while you wait, and it's nice and clean and well lit and you don't have to breathe in fumes while you wait for buses. And it's conveniently located right where the train station is too. Read this very interesting article here  http:/...

PTV rant More PTV fun (hell) yesterday... this time it's about the temperature. Now we're coming into the season where it's 4 seasons in one day... The day started out at a nice 21-22deg. Now I know this is perfect for most people but for me this was cold (plus it was grey windy) and enough for me to need to wear a cardigan. So I get in the train and what do they have? Air conditioning blasting out at probably 15 degrees. I felt like I was sitting in a refrigerator about to die of hypothermia. [ As the hubby asks me - Do Australians have to have aircon everywhere all the time? I agree with him. Even when it's not hot it's just there, on everywhere, all the time... It fucks up your skin and is a waste of energy. But as I tell him - you guys do the same in winter, everywhere is heated to seemingly 30deg in winter in Europe. as soon as I walk into a shop from 0 deg outside wearing my heavy winter coat I start sweating .. so it seems that Australians are rea...

After an eternity I got a reply back from PTV about that White Night disaster.. 3 paragraphs followed by a copy and paste. Yeah OK great it's a random thing and not your fault blah blah, but it would have been nice to make an AUDIBLE announcement so that people inside the train could actually hear it? Since over 75% of people did not hear it. FFS. Sydney's trains have people announcing station names and any problem over a microphone/speaker and anyone sitting inside can hear the messages. I didn't hear a single fucking announcement the whole way. Why is Melbourne's transport still stuck in the 70s and completely retarded? (btw 'retard' is a French word meaning 'slow'). And what station staff? I didn't see any staff at any of the stations. Also during the 15mins the train did not move from Flinders St you couldn't change the sign/board? I was staring at it it whole time and it never showed anything different so I thought it was still goin...