Trish Roberts
#ACTPol #LightRail It’s CityNews, so make of it what you will. Secret tram plan makes no economic sense.
https://citynews.com.au/2026/revealed-secret-tram-plan-that-makes-no-economic-sense/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=canberra-daily-today-s-news-today_7801
Mar 21 at 4:26amWeb
Show threadRaymondPierreL36d ago

@treleanor
A lot of the Tram (Light Rail) critics make use of varioius economic arguments to pooh-pooh the idea completely forgetting the fact that #publicTransport does not have to make a profit, or break even. THe economic benefits are measurable in the impact a tram (and its route(s)) has on all other facets of the economy, some of which are intangibles such as all the happy Gungahlin residents who work in the city, or the number of car drives that are foregone because of public transport which have repercussions on the environment, and so on…

They are just peddling an anti-public-transport agenda for a variety of reasons (fossil fuel interests for one).

Show threadJude🇵🇸6d ago
@treleanor We've long known that Barr is obsessed with tourism, at any cost. So giving tourists LR to the Triangle is his preference out of the two Woden options (one with and one without the dog leg). The dog leg will literally double the travel time to Woden, so he knows it's not popular, not to mention the money. Sigh ..
Show threadTrish Roberts6d ago
@sister_ratched Gah! Can’t we get rid of him somehow ? Palm him off to the Feds?
Show threadJude🇵🇸6d ago
@treleanor He's going to be here till he dies of old age. 😱
Show threadTrish Roberts6d ago
@sister_ratched @drrimmer Got a plumb job he’s hopeless at and he’s going nowhere, apparently. Meanwhile, enabling Steel.
Show threadJude🇵🇸6d ago
@treleanor @drrimmer God help us!