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Melbourne's Skybus is great but the traffic is not

Melbourne your traffic is fucking shithouse, no better than Sydney's. Stuck at this one intersection not moving at all. Fucking intersection only lets 2 cars through at a time. Been stuck here over 20mins not moving

Build an airport rail ffs!!

To go from my hotel to the airport only took 50mins but on the way back it took almost 2 hours due to peak hour hell... Natalie I was somewhere on the edge of Docklands (took the new Docklands/Southbank Skybus route) stuck at this intersection for 20mins, got through, then stuck at another intersection/road for 20mins, I could have walked faster than the distance covered in those 40mins and even with the heat I was tempted to.. if only I didn't have this huge suitcase.

I seriously can't believe that Melbourne has NFI about the impending population boom and won't build better public transport. I also can't believe the so called 'best city in the world' to live in doesn't have a dedicated airport service! Even Brisbane with less than half the population has one!

It's obvious the people making important decisions are annoying baby boomers who won't even be around anymore in the future when the city turns to shit with total LA style gridlock.

Sydney airport rail opened in 2000
Brisbane airport rail opened in 2001

According to this video (link taken down by PTV), it's in the plans for Melbourne in the next 15 years... assuming it takes 5 years to build that'll be 2037. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? Holy crap this is a joke!



"The plan reflected the thinking of the time globally: cars had come to dominate planning ideology. Few of the rail projects – apart from the City Loop – were realised, while most of the freeways have been built and expanded numerous times. "

Because people in the 60s were fucking stupid.


I don't know what pains me more.. the bureaucratic bullshit in France (and smoking and dogshit everywhere) or the stupidity and ignorance of Australians when it comes to public transport .. I gotta stop thinking about it. It's giving me a headache.
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