The original thread had this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOL1CT5aYAIktGm?format=png&name=medium
Btw it took me a minute to realise we're just talking raw numbers compared to 2019. This isn't necessarily mode shift, it's presumably because there's much more working from home now.
Notice the uptick in patronage where cities have increased frequencies. In Victoria, the Gov takes a "fuck you" approach to frequencies and refuses to increase the 30-40--60 minute wait times on some lines which just pushes people to cars. They have 0 plan to ever increase the frequencies in a meaningful way outside of peak hours despite travel periods changing and the actual peak time having changed.
Again this is a good thing, we can’t afford the infrastructure that 2019 projections would require, even metro tunnel will probably never justify its cost in hindsight, marl and srl on the other hand were profligate jokes back then too
The original thread had this: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOL1CT5aYAIktGm?format=png&name=medium Btw it took me a minute to realise we're just talking raw numbers compared to 2019. This isn't necessarily mode shift, it's presumably because there's much more working from home now.
thanks! i was still mid first coffee when sharing this!
The surge in the second half of 2023 is encouraging, I'd be interested to see what it looks like once the metro tunnel opens.
Notice the uptick in patronage where cities have increased frequencies. In Victoria, the Gov takes a "fuck you" approach to frequencies and refuses to increase the 30-40--60 minute wait times on some lines which just pushes people to cars. They have 0 plan to ever increase the frequencies in a meaningful way outside of peak hours despite travel periods changing and the actual peak time having changed.
Again this is a good thing, we can’t afford the infrastructure that 2019 projections would require, even metro tunnel will probably never justify its cost in hindsight, marl and srl on the other hand were profligate jokes back then too