The cost of road congestion

[Sventek]

This is a very interesting little infographic: http://www.businessnews.com.au/sites...20-%20v2_4.pdf

I'm so glad that I only have a 5 minute drive to work nowadays. I'd need a psychologist if I had to do war with peak-hour traffic every day.

[out_in_front]

I now drive half way to work and ride (pushbike) the rest of the way - its much quicker. Probably only a useful course of action if you have showers at work though

[Tic]

Holy crap. I will be spending roughly 16 days this year in traffic just to get to work. No wonder when i wake up in the morning and im feeling great until i see the car.

[Stoneville]

Well people will insist on driving everywhere!!

Oh wait, that surely must have something to do with the crap public transport system wouldn't it?

[out_in_front]

That's kinda why I would like driver licensing to get much tougher - less people can get a car = more reliance on public transport = public transport must be improved. It also frees up the roads for the rest of us.

[D'Artagnan]

NBN = more remote working = win win = stupid liberals

All our staff work from home and it's a beautiful thing

[Stu]

I ride a motorcycle so I am unaffected by peak hour traffic.

[out_in_front]

NBN = more remote working = win win = stupid liberals

All our staff work from home and it's a beautiful thing

I think you misspelled 'watch porn at home....'

[D'Artagnan]

I think you misspelled 'watch porn at home....'

As long as they do what's expected, and they do, what they do in their personal time is none of my concern

[rod]

NBN = more remote working = win win = stupid liberals

All our staff work from home and it's a beautiful thing

They've all got the NBN already?

[thro]

NBN = more remote working = win win = stupid liberals

All our staff work from home and it's a beautiful thing

I actually asked the local government if they would consider encouraging telecommuting as a method of reducing congestion, emissions, etc. via tax breaks for employers who offer it.

They sent back the canned "we have a road strategy" response.


Short-sighted arse-clowns.

[D'Artagnan]

They've all got the NBN already?

No but in areas where there's only RIM access, telecommuting would be impossible. The nbn would put us all in an excellent position to telecomute.

[ge0ff]

Well people will insist on driving everywhere!!

Oh wait, that surely must have something to do with the crap public transport system wouldn't it?

Absolutely it is Stoney. We don't even have rail to the fucking airport! Look how long it took to get decent (i use the term loosely) transport to Mandurah.

[shmoo]

public transport is perth isn't actually all that bad. the problem is generations of building houses away from the existing public transport networks.

if public transport is important to you, make sure you consider it when buying/renting a home. don't move into a place, then realise there is no transport and then complain. it's like people who buy a bike, then after the fact realise they can't afford to insure it.

i didn't want to waste my life commuting, so i sacrificed house and land size for location. if i could have my cake and eat it too, sure i would prefer a larger house over my apartment but that is the choice i made to be close to transport and services. everyone is free to make the same choice. it's all down to your priorities.

and ge0ff - although it would be nice, most cities don't have trains to the airports. the problem with a train to perth airport is that no one will actually use it because they'll complain that they have to get into the city terminal to catch it.

[out_in_front]

yeah a few years ago I had an idea that a circle route around the city centre would be good - Hillarys to Malaga to Bayswater, to Welshpool & the airport , then back around to Freo... Oh look I just connected most of our Major industrial centres, the airport and a couple of tourist destinations! All without increasing traffic at the Perth train station! And most of the land is there for the taking - the centres of Hepburn, Tonkin and Roe.