Adelaide Metro Is Stupid

[kralster]

Or i could leave for work whenever i feel like, take whatever road i feel like, stop where ever i feel like, turn around where ever i feel like, do mono's where ever i feel like, and save money. hmmmmm

[writeoff]

*sigh* i remember when tickets were 90cents, those were the days

hahahah

I remember when they were 20c... and when the gov't put them up to 30c. I haven't caught public transport in SA for about 6 years although I needed to get from my house to pick up the Peugeot the other day and looked it up - 4 different buses to get there 'direct' or 2 buses to get into town and another one to get from town to the place in Unley. Stuff that!

[GTR-32]

Even tho its alot dearer to drive my car, i still would, just for the fact that, well what you said Kralster, you can go where ever you want, i usually go for a 'squirt' around on my lunch break, or to Kfers for lunch, cant do that if i catch the bus... Makes it easier too when you leave work, knowing 30 minutes ya gunna be home relaxing, not standing on a packed out tram for 3 stops then waiting 10 minutes for a bus, then being on that for 45 minutes.. Ride ya bike, its what I'd do..

[pokie]

I remember when they were 20c... and when the gov't put them up to 30c.

obviously that was b4 my time jks

speaking of 30cent things, the cones at Macca's aren't 30cents anymore

how gay

get a student ticket $9.10 - if caught (only seen 1 inspector in 5 years) claim you and your kid must have mixed up the tickets (they look identical anyway)

1 inspector in 5yrs, i see them all the time lol

if only i was that lucky

[4door_Sleeper]

1 inspector in 5yrs, i see them all the time lol

if only i was that lucky

But dont you live out Elizabeth way? (enough said - only jokes)

I believe trains are watched a lot closer than busses.

[pokie]

But dont you live out Elizabeth way? (enough said - only jokes)

I believe trains are watched a lot closer than busses.

i do too, i actually live out further than Elizabeth lol

yeah bus drivers don't even check to see if you have a consession card or not lol

i think that's great.

i have to get a new consession card too, mine ran out yesterday haha whoops

[dnbutts]

i love it karl....just rage @ life and /quit.

if you need a lift to work, just ask. my rates are cheap

adelaide metro is fine, 2 bucks to get from adelaide to gawler / colonnades or belair....pffft cant beat those rates.

for me to get to work on a bus id have to walk 15 mins to the bus stop, wait for the bus for 5-10 minutes then endure a whole 10-15 minutes there. or i can drive there and take 10 minutes...

guess it works out for some but not for others...

[kralster]

I was just trying to do the right thing, but if the bus system is that stupid i'm not going to bother.

The government would have to offer me some sort of concession or rebate to take public transport.

[Madaz]

i keyed them into the adelaide metro petrol saver page.

http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/general/save_10000.html#calc

can you say propaganda

YOUR TOTAL Weekly Saving for vehicle 1 is $138.11

I'd like to see that

[Cubes]

I estimate I save around a 50-60 per week.

The calculator appears to be fairly close, for myself at least.

But getting randoms sitting next to you that absolutely stink because they are too lazy to have a damn shower and brush their teeth in the morning and use dioderant pisses me off. Nothing worse than sitting next to some one with bad breathe and the bus driver doesn't turn the a/c on and you can't open the windows.

I get on the bus at an early stop so straight to the back seat. More comfortable and no randoms sit close next to you. + I can hear the sweet whistle of the turbo. lol

Kralster, public transport is a little like broadband. If you can't get it in the area you live in there's little point winging and bitching about it just move. And all thanks to privatization. Probably a bad analogy but who cares.

No doubt if I rode a bike public transport wouldn't appear so attractive. But I don't and the other half wont let me so yeah.. Public transport it is.

[chops]

20c, 30c, I remember when it was FREE for full time students.

I can't complain about the costs of getting to work, it's 44km and costs me not one cent - company car and undercover parking provided.

[writeoff]

20c, 30c, I remember when it was FREE for full time students.

I remember that. It didn't last very long though. From memory it came in for a short time after a state election although I can't remember which party won and initiated it.

I think I have a bias against public transport as my uncle lost his leg due to a bus driver not checking that everyone was on properly and closed the doors when my uncle was only partially in. He was knocked to the curb and then the bus driver drove over his right leg (this happened many years ago when my uncle was a boy).

[typevu]

I remember that. It didn't last very long though. From memory it came in for a short time after a state election although I can't remember which party won and initiated it.

IIRC it was kevin rudd's party that initiated it and when howard came in stopped it....

[Ionos]

Another great moment by the Liberals, fixing up Labors stupidity.

The whole concession thing shits me - why the f**k should my full price ticket subsadise students and old people. I already pay a whole heap of tax to subsidese these same people.

Bring on the same fare for everyone, and make the cost of going to and from work tax deductable.

Edited December 7, 2007 by Ionos