Metro Trains and Yarra Trams are facing unprecedented hits to revenue as other workers take advantage of a new era of work-from-home arrangements.And even after the pandemic subsides, public transport use overall will recover to just 80 per cent of capacity, or 456 million yearly trips instead of 570 million, according to Monash University research that is the most comprehensive study on travel impacts of the coronavirus done to date.
However, the CBD is headed for worsening gridlock, as 9 per cent of the state’s public transport commutes switch to car trips, the survey of more than 2000 people found. Public transport trips are expected to fall from 36 per cent to 30 per cent of all work-related trips, with the study commissioned by the Department of Transport warning these trends could take up to seven years to reverse.
To keep services running, the Andrews government gave Metro and Yarra emergency funding relief in June, which is understood to amount to roughly two-thirds of revenue losses on their operations and maintenance contract, which excludes losses on advertising or delays on infrastructure projects.
Follow the safety guidelines and you will get a comfortable ride on PT. Obviously they cant be packed but wear a mask, wash your hands and sit apart, you will pass those people stuck in traffic jams and queuing for parks, you will arrive calm with money in your pocket. Petrol ⬆️
메시아께서 오십니다. 우리는 회개와 거룩한 삶으로 메시아오심을 준비해야 합니다. 회개와거룩함사역회 TheMegaService
Transurban and the city of Melbourne will be loving this. More revenue on toll roads, more cars parking in/around the city. Be 1 minute late at your parking meter and you can expect a $160+ fine.
Those poor ticket inspectors... who will they act important too now?...
Whoo hoo I'll get a seat on the train
Around 250 people die on Victoria's roads every year, more cars on the road will increase the exposure to this risk - more Victorian will be impacted by Road Trauma. This will result in more unnecessary Death and life changing permanent debilitating injury. VisionZero
JustMyViewHoney I doubt it. People are very quickly realising this disease isn’t as bad as Andrews and Sutton are trying to make us believe
Make Public transport FREE we built it with Tax$$ and you charge us to use something I own. =. Less cars, Pollution, Congestion, Parking WIN. WIN
Looks like fuel prices will skyrocket.
Public transport on is free since Myki came in!
I don't think so.
TheAge pursuing LNP’s agenda. It doesn’t just stop at LNP fundraisers. auspol Insiders
Make public transport free and you won’t have an issue with filling the trains.
Result of DictatorDan incompetence + VictorianLabor fearmongering. Irrational action of a commuter would be to buy car + ditch metrotrains yarratrams VLine BusVicTweets as rollingstock clean. Drving expensive. Save $: instead buy flat/home. springst auspol theheraldsun
The Vic Gov has done a first class job of stoking and maintaining fear in the public over the past six months. It’s obviously going to have a hard time unwinding that now - is it even possible? I’m sure there will be some that never use public transport again.
I attempted to contact VLine regarding their plans for social distancing on their network. All I got was redirection to a gov site. There are no plans in place so of course commuters will abandon PT if they can