With the cost of oil reach­ing record highs, it stands to reas­on that more & more people will see the sense in leav­ing their cars at home & enjoy the hassle free ride to work, in the com­pany of like minded souls, on the region’s bus & train net­work.

The more people that switch to pub­lic trans­port, the more eco­nom­ic­ally effi­cient the pub­lic net­work will become, right? Might even be worth sub­sid­ising, would­n’t you think?

But, less cars on the roads might pose a prob­lem for some of the wack­i­er, recent road­ing pro­pos­als – that 2nd tun­nel through Mt Vic­tor­ia isn’t being made for buses after all.

So what’s a coun­cil to do? I know, they could look for ways to dis­cour­age people from using pub­lic trans­port at all.

Secret Talks on Increas­ing Bus & Train Fares