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I'm pointing out unless you're their physican we don't always have the facts. It reminds me of this story
I brought it up because I've dealt with a similar thing in person. (Sales rep got a lot less responsive, my manager rearmed her over the phone for being "lazy", turns out their daughter had died and we found out though a gofundme)
because our healthcare is amazing at diagnosing people right now.....
Presumably because they have provided the local papers/broadcasters with a reliable way to get hold of a spokesperson who will provide reasonable coherent responses to questions/a good quote, which is a lot less effort than going to a station and trying to persuade randoms to stop for a vox pop.
Which is important when "going five minutes down the street to interview people about something" is outside your budget and resources, like it is for our local media now.
Can't just read and expect everything on the internet to be true. No bus lane has been approved on Dufferin and no plans are made public yet either.
www.theguardian.com
Not sure where to put this but it is of general interest around these parts:
Brisbane, Australia is conducting a six-month long experiment with a dramatic slash of fares on all modes of public transit, even including commuter rail, down to 50 cents per ride.
One of Australia’s most expensive commutes becomes the cheapest, as Queensland’s 50c public transport trial begins
Operators not predicting a large influx of new customers right away, with patronage still well below pre-Covid levels
It will be interesting to see the results. Per the linked article and others I have read, the state of Queensland is generally considered to have a poor public transit network, and the regular ridership has not returned post-COVID. One said that only 35% of people in Brisbane (metro population: 2.68 million per Wiki) live near a public transit line that has service at 10 minute or less frequencies.
Another article I read did also mention that this is happening going into an election, so some think it may be only a stunt and if the current government wins again, they will raise the fares back up, maybe not to as high as they were before, but close to it.
Not sure where to put this but it is of general interest around these parts:
Brisbane, Australia is conducting a six-month long experiment with a dramatic slash of fares on all modes of public transit, even including commuter rail, down to 50 cents per ride.
One of Australia’s most expensive commutes becomes the cheapest, as Queensland’s 50c public transport trial begins
Operators not predicting a large influx of new customers right away, with patronage still well below pre-Covid levels
It will be interesting to see the results. Per the linked article and others I have read, the state of Queensland is generally considered to have a poor public transit network, and the regular ridership has not returned post-COVID. One said that only 35% of people in Brisbane (metro population: 2.68 million per Wiki) live near a public transit line that has service at 10 minute or less frequencies.
Another article I read did also mention that this is happening going into an election, so some think it may be only a stunt and if the current government wins again, they will raise the fares back up, maybe not to as high as they were before, but close to it.
