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Letter to the ed - Abby in print!
Hi all,
I got my letter published in Brisbane's esteemed "Courier Mail" today, in response to an article yesteday about Brisbane's 'mega traffic jam'... ----------- I refer to the article "Chaos behind the gridlock" (C-M, p5, 1/9/05). On the day of the 'mega traffic jam', I enjoyed a quick, easy commute into my city workplace on my bicycle. I safely travelled on a route utilising main roads, back streets and bikeways, generally travelling much faster than the traffic gridlocked on the streets. I don't always commute on my bike, though. Whenever I'm feeling too tired, its raining, or I'm just plain lazy - I catch the bus. I sit back, relax, and read the paper or listen to my walkman, and occasionally look out the window from the vantage point of the SE Busway as we rocket past the stationary traffic on the freeway. Many of the gridlocked routes highlighted in the article are well-serviced by either bus or train routes - even the airport. It is time that the commuters of Brisbane realised that their car shouldn't be their 'first choice' for travelling to work. There are a variety of options out there for them - some more physically active than others, but all of them much less stressful and generally much quicker and cheaper. --------------- Yay!! Hopefully some of the commuters in BrisneyLand will get something out of it... Cheers all, Abby (who'll be at the Murrarie crits tomorrow) |
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Letter to the ed - Abby in print!
Absent Husband Wrote: stuff snipped... rockin Abby! crit-glory dust for you -- flyingdutch |
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Letter to the ed - Abby in print!
There is one problem with this... you're praising the council bus
services! This leads me to believe that you don't catch the buses very often :-) The main reason that I ride to work is because the Brisbane bus service is so damn useless! I never drive as my wife uses the car (to drive a non-bus serviced route to her work, on the bayside). But I've found that riding is faster than waiting for the often non-existant or super late (or super early which is just as bad) bus. I often get to the bus stop, and after a 20 min wait start cursing myself with "should have ridden". Joel Absent Husband wrote: Hi all, I got my letter published in Brisbane's esteemed "Courier Mail" today, in response to an article yesteday about Brisbane's 'mega traffic jam'... ----------- I refer to the article "Chaos behind the gridlock" (C-M, p5, 1/9/05). On the day of the 'mega traffic jam', I enjoyed a quick, easy commute into my city workplace on my bicycle. I safely travelled on a route utilising main roads, back streets and bikeways, generally travelling much faster than the traffic gridlocked on the streets. I don't always commute on my bike, though. Whenever I'm feeling too tired, its raining, or I'm just plain lazy - I catch the bus. I sit back, relax, and read the paper or listen to my walkman, and occasionally look out the window from the vantage point of the SE Busway as we rocket past the stationary traffic on the freeway. Many of the gridlocked routes highlighted in the article are well-serviced by either bus or train routes - even the airport. It is time that the commuters of Brisbane realised that their car shouldn't be their 'first choice' for travelling to work. There are a variety of options out there for them - some more physically active than others, but all of them much less stressful and generally much quicker and cheaper. --------------- Yay!! Hopefully some of the commuters in BrisneyLand will get something out of it... Cheers all, Abby (who'll be at the Murrarie crits tomorrow) |
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Letter to the ed - Abby in print!
Joel Little Wrote: The main reason that I ride to work is because the Brisbane bus service is so damn useless!It's actually pretty good where I am, though I do have the bus stop right outside. Not that I use it much. The wife does and hasn't complained.... -- Peka |
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Letter to the ed - Abby in print!
Joel Little Wrote: The main reason that I ride to work is because the Brisbane bus service is so damn useless!It's actually pretty good where I am, though I do have the bus stop right outside. Not that I use it much. The wife does and hasn't complained.... -- Peka |
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Letter to the ed - Abby in print!
Hi Joel,
Yes, I definitely agree that bus services could be better!! But I'll put up with the 'slow amble' of a bus rather than drive my car... Of course, I usually ride instead. From Mt Gravatt to the City takes 40 - 50min on the bus, but only 30 minutes on the treadly. So I actually save time by exercising!! Beautiful... Abby |
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