tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259450140022648201.post3097841425775116454..comments2023-12-09T20:20:20.187+10:00Comments on BrizCommuter: The last post (for a while)BrizCommuterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06579844974945172195noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259450140022648201.post-9679635363845965372014-07-01T03:57:52.257+10:002014-07-01T03:57:52.257+10:00> In fact Brisbane is one of only 2 cities on t...> In fact Brisbane is one of only 2 cities on the whole world to be stupid enough to have a x and free cap with a zone based fare system (the other is Sydney with it's new Opal Card).<br /><br />I resent your comparison with Sydney. The Sydney system is far stupider: we don't have inter-modal fares. That's right, transfer from a bus to a train within the same journey and pay the same as if you had taken two journeys. Our cap at least cuts in after 8 journeys, $15 daily cap M-Sa, $2.50 on Sundays. You can also create additional journeys in Sydney, by transferring more than 3 times. I wouldn't mind betting you only need 2 transfers with go card. Oh, we don't have zones in Sydney either. Actually, its a bit of mystery how fares for multi-trip journeys are calculated with Opal on Buses and Ferries. We certainly don't have fixed zones, but it appears Bus fares (and maybe Ferries too) are effectively calculated with the equivalent of distance based fare band zones radiating out from the start point of a journey, whereas trains are based on the rail distance between the start and end points of a journey, no matter what distance is traveled between intermediate points. I say 'appears' and 'maybe' since the entire fare rules have not been published and what we know so far has been the result of people's reverse engineering.OpalHaterhttp://www.opal.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259450140022648201.post-52954212825553864582014-06-08T23:00:00.154+10:002014-06-08T23:00:00.154+10:00Brizcommuter, I just wanted to say thank you for a...Brizcommuter, I just wanted to say thank you for all your comments and bringing forward great points about Brisbanes Bus Network. I am a final year engineering student at QUT doing a transport thesis on the Bus reviews which you have so generously applied much thought and information to. So thank you! You have made my job much easier by bringing my attention to detail! Sheridannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259450140022648201.post-20490122130646526642014-04-05T14:06:03.371+10:002014-04-05T14:06:03.371+10:00A shame that you have to go on hiatus, BrizCommute...A shame that you have to go on hiatus, BrizCommuter, but I think a lot of us know there is nothing much more to talk about.<br /><br />Brisbane City Council refuses to change its hi-waste anti-transfer low-frequency bus network, QR suffers from continued mediocrity and is severely constrained by inaction by both the previous and current government, and above all, TransLink's continued fare explosion and '9 then free' fare fail.Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201465308609193498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259450140022648201.post-88112487578790482562014-03-19T08:45:47.855+10:002014-03-19T08:45:47.855+10:00I too have really enjoyed reading this blog over t...I too have really enjoyed reading this blog over the past few years and wish you all the best during your hiatus. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259450140022648201.post-62887031588465368242014-03-19T06:56:25.200+10:002014-03-19T06:56:25.200+10:00BzC, it is a shame to see you go. Your blog has ce...BzC, it is a shame to see you go. Your blog has certainly sharpened my focus on the issues that exist with SEQ public transport and your blog postings have been insightful.<br /><br />I always had wished that you would have allowed people's posts to go up 'without approval' which would have allowed others to comment to each other, without the feeling there was a gate keeper.<br /><br />Do you really need to stop blogging because of time restrictions, as in your time is that short, or that you feel that you have covered almost all of the issues and so your time is better spent elsewhere?<br /><br />I can understand either situation, especially the latter, with the current opinions of Scott Emerson and Campbell Newman with their opinion that fare changes or fare reviews are not necessary.<br /><br />Of all your blog entries over the years, I would say that the go card rort has probably been the best, even if it is not the most creative. The fact that translink have not tried to stop people doing it is concerning, but instead of rather endorsed it and then they wonder why they have worries.<br /><br />Now for the biggest question of all. Who are you? :)Garvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252527246904556251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259450140022648201.post-28830841570600655992014-03-18T13:59:06.398+10:002014-03-18T13:59:06.398+10:00As a long-time reader, I am dismayed you are hangi...As a long-time reader, I am dismayed you are hanging-up the keyboard (for a well earned hiatus). Your insightful and eloquent commentaries have entertained me on many a 40 minute rail journey from Strathpine to the City and back.<br /><br />I look forward to your return!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com