Planners * Australia - Miss the connections
Sydney,NSW,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by Sherrill Nixon & Jano Gibson -July 1, 2008: -- Sydney's transport authorities are failing to keep up with the changing commuting habits and longer hours of many of the city's workers, with its bus and train systems still finishing their official evening peaks at 6.30pm... But the private sector is noticing the shift. One operator, Hillsbus, is adding buses to meet demand for new "professional peaks" developing later in the morning and evening that have forced it to increase its services running on the M2... Sydney Buses's official afternoon peak is still between 3pm and 6pm, although it recognises patronage is growing in the "shoulder periods", particularly between 6pm and 7pm... Patronage on the M2 services to the city has grown 15 to 30 per cent a year for the past two years, thanks in part to rising food and fuel costs, and a return to full employment in the CBD...
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