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6.4.08

COMPLAINS * Australia - Here's why we're missing the bus

Herded like cattle ... packed in like sardines ... perhaps the new saying should be squashed like inner-westies on a bus?

Cumberland,Australia -The Glebe (Sydney,AUST) -2 April, 2008: -- ... Hundreds of commuters from suburbs like Marrickville, Newtown and Camperdown battle every day to catch buses into the city and back home again at night... They can only watch helplessly, with mounting anger and exasperation, as yet another full bus sails past... Half an hour later, many are still standing at bus stops, cursing the State Government and its exhortations to catch public transport... The stress is affecting bus drivers too... Rail Tram and Bus Union president Raul Baonza said buses to and from Newtown attracted the most complaints from drivers who had to face frustrated passengers... Passenger numbers were up 1.4 per cent at peak times along the Parramatta Rd corridor in the year to February 2008 105,000 more passengers over the morning and afternoon peaks... A State Transport Authority spokesman said extra buses had been put on at busy times and this was monitored...

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