Quote Originally Posted by AHLUNGOR View Post
I originally shared your view brother suka in regards to the Lightrail in the city ! Like what were they thinking? Tried to copy Melbourne?

But then when the Lightrail is actually running and me and my Mrs had a few ride on them, I must admit I have now changed my mind and turned into a supporter of the project.

Firstly , as we are Gold Opal card holder, it’s very cheap for us to ride on it.

Secondly, I can’t do too much walking these day so if doing some shop in the CBD or anything (pre Covid), we would take a ride on it one way or both and just enjoying the resting.

Did it a few times to go to Kensington and enjoying the food there. Much easier than driving and looking for parking.

May be it’s just me ?


Ps. And the Lightrail to the Darling Harbour, Casino and the Fish Market, that’s the only way too ?
I'm on the fence about the Lightrail. They don't call it Trams for a reason: they don't want the public to remember that once upon a time, Sydney had the largest tram network in Australia, more than double the size of the existing Melbourne network. And they don't want people to remember that that network was scrapped not because it wasn't good enough for the people of NSW, but because they accepted the advise of "overseas experts" who were aligned with big oil and automobile companies.

That was a really embarassing point in our history and fair enough that they just want to forget about it and move on. However, what have we got now? Instead of giving Sydney what it really needs, namely a wide and far reaching network with small trams running to service the thinly spread out population, they have instead built a concentrated network with large "trams" benefiting only a few along that limited route.

What's the motivation of doing something like that? It's really questionable is it not?