Troubles - Australia - Government misses bus on transport
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Age (subscription) -Nov 21, 2005: -- The minister and the Premier are responding to the latest academic study as though it has all come as a huge surprise to them that Melbourne's transport infrastructure is stretched to capacity... Not only is the network inadequate, but even if it was addressed the Government does not have enough rolling stock or drivers to make it better... Without apparent shame or embarrassment, minister Batchelor explained to an increasingly cynical public that because trains come from different parts of Melbourne to the city, the various lines have different requirements in terms of the number of stops they have to make... A good example of the spin in action is the use of overall performance data to make the system seem more efficient, to tell people that they are not really angry at all. Ninety three per cent of trains running on time sounds reasonable enough. But if the 7 per cent that don't show up are on your line, all the time, and trains are squashy, hot, dirty and slow, it is not so good...
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