heads down bottoms up: adding salad to an already overflowing dish

heads down bottoms up

This new skin brings about a fresh new beginning, a change, reminding us the importance of looking at things from another perspective so that we may learn to understand and accept all that we see for not what they appear to be, but what they truly are.

Thursday

adding salad to an already overflowing dish

In two days time, each of us melburnians will be given the power to decide the way in which victoria will be led for the next four years. Whilst it is only one vote each, through numerous occasions of counting school elections, i truly appreciate this one vote that i have, and i can understand that through the perferential voting scheme, one vote can mean alot. DON'T you dare underestimate your power.

I already have a clear idea as to who i'd be voting for, but there is just one question that has been bugging me, and i'd like to have it cleared up. Both the major parties, labour and liberal propose to increase usage of the current public transport system to reduce traffic problems and pollution. I think this is a wise decision, however, how viable is it?

For those of you out there who are lucky enough to experience the thrill of catching public transport day in-day out, you'd understand why i'm questioning the practicability of their proposal. For those who decide to further pollute the already polluted world by using private vehicles to and from work, let me fill you in on the excitement. Currently, during peak hour traffic times, for trains that travel from zone 3 into the city, by the time the trains reach stations towards the end of zone 2, there are already no seats, hardly any standing room, and you are almost guaranteed to hear the voice over lady apologise for any inconvenience caused due to delays. Almost every station parking areas i live near or those further towards the city are completely occupied before 8am, and cars end up forcing their way onto grassed areas and over concrete kerbs, dumping their cars there for the day.

There are solutions to these two problems. One, make connex operate even more trains during peak hours to reduce congestion, which i completely doubt its practicability given the massive delays already. Two, bulldoze houses surrounding the train stations and extend them into parking lots. Silly. Can Ted Ballieu and Steve Bracks not see the consequences of making public transport free for all students and wiping out zone 3?

posted by sciurine @ 9:24 PM

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