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The trams can't go diagonally, meaning if your destination doesn't align with the road grid you have to catch two of them.
by reitzensteinm 7y ago
The trams can't go diagonally, meaning if your destination doesn't align with the road grid you have to catch two of them.
- bobthepanda 7y agoYou can pick frequent or point-to-point service but you can rarely have both. Transfers are a perfectly normal part of a transit network.
- reitzensteinm 7y agoOk, but buses often travel more convenient routes in Melbourne because they're able to head in directions trams can't. Offering a general principle doesn't somehow refute reality.
- bobthepanda 7y agoWhat use is a bus if missing one means you're out of luck for the next 29, 39, or 59 minutes? It's not really 'refuting' it, but there are downsides to prioritizing point-to-point travel. If you look at a map of Melbourne's frequent services (tram and bus) they pretty much all form a grid. https://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2019/04/are-you-near-frequent-service.html https://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2019/04/are-you-near... Auckland redesigned its transit network to have more frequent routes requiring transferring, and public transport ridership is poised to double in ten years. https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/111564109/aucklands-unbelievable-public-transport-goal-doable https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/111564109/aucklands-unbelie...
- chrisseaton 7y agoI'm not sure what you mean - if a bus can turn a corner then so can a tram's track. They don't have to go in one straight line from one end of the city to another.
- reitzensteinm 7y agoI mean they can't in the sense that it's not how the network is set up today. Not that it's impossible.