Archive for March, 2010

Ongoing study confirms no Clearway benefits

March 25th, 2010 (Media releases)

Tram Travel Time Saving Narrows: 7 Seconds in Sydney Road
An update to a PTUA travel time study has confirmed an earlier finding that extended clearway hours on Sydney Road in Brunswick have not noticeably improved tram travel speeds.
Earlier results obtained in November last year, after 5 months of study, found that after clearway times in [...]

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Influencing travel habits

March 19th, 2010 (Letters to the editor, Melbourne metro)

Our letter as published in today’s Age was edited, which has subtly changed the intent. Below is the original letter as submitted:
Peter Fisher and Len Puglisi (Opinion, 18/3) are correct that density is not a panacea for car dependence. Los Angeles is a denser city than Melbourne but hardly rates on the sustainable transport front.
Shifting [...]

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Limit to peak hour commuter numbers

March 5th, 2010 (Letters to the editor, Melbourne metro)

Despite the understandable concerns of peak hour train commuters, Metro Trains should be commended for wanting to double train patronage by 2020.
It shows there is more capacity to be squeezed out of the network, and smarter timetabling can get more trains on to the tracks.
But there will be no doubling of peak hour trips to [...]

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