It is clear to me from the small benefit and larger risks that we should ban trains. It is surprising that it hasn't been done already.
Here we have another bus crash. No one was seriously injured, unlike a recent case in Christchurch where a bus ran over a schoolgirl standing on the side of the road.
Is public transport worth the risk?
I also note that students are complaining about the cost of $2.80 to get the bus from Riccarton Mall to the university. This is only a few km, so if true it is very expensive. Considering that the average bus subsidy is 50% this means it is costing $5.60 to go a few km. If there are 4 people on board (yes, ambition I know for a ChCh bus) then that is $20 to go a km. A taxi would be half the price. A shared car for 4 flatmates would cost even less.
They also mention:
The university has fewer than 2000 carparks for its 18,000 students.
Time to build some more, I think. Canterbury University's space allocated to car parks is woeful. I used to lecture there and was always having trouble with parking. It's one of the reasons I gave it up.
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