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[–] dmtalon 19 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Australia is big, but Sydney, when I was there a million years ago had very good public transportation with a single card that got you access to buses, ferries etc..

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dmtalon 3 points 2 hours ago

Hah, whoops.... I blame my phone

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

...good to know!

I used to be an avid user/defender of public transportation (in Canada). Used it for 15 years (11 of which I actually had a car but did not use for daily commute)

But then it was ruined... literally a 13 Km commute (less than 10 miles if you are American) would mean 1.5 hours in a bus EACH WAY, vs 45 mins by car (which is still a travesty for such a short commute)

Now I am lucky to work from home most of the time and commute with an eScooter when the weather allows me to

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Were you on the Scarborough line before it was dismantled?

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

no, Ottawa area... buses were terrible leading up to the LRT opening and after the LRT opening was a disaster (one that they are still recovering from) the buses became unusable

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Ah, I didn't use the buses on my visit to Ottawa. We did use the VIA Rail from Montreal and made sure to have a Beavertail before we left your fine city though.