Why is it so sh!tty in this country? There are no necxt to no bus routes in Dubbo and it isn't that much better in Sydney. We don't even have an underground metro in any of our major cities.

It's crap because we like detached housing too much - no population density to justify a metro system.
Paris:  population density: 20,807 /km2, Copenhagen 6,019.3/km2,  Moscow, 9,682 /km2, Tokyo 5,847/km2 London: 4,807/km2, Vienna. 4,094.5/km,

Sydney 2058/km²,
Dubbo - er... 12/km²  :D


Enjoy it.

that was my gues too but i read some site (it was a liberal site) a while ago saying that that isnt an excuse.

i was hoping somebody would elucidate but it doesnt really matter.

where did you get those figures for dubbo?

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 5:38pm:

that was my gues too but i read some site (it was a liberal site) a while ago saying that that isnt an excuse. i was hoping somebody would elucidate but it doesnt really matter. where did you get those figures for dubbo?

I calculated it (felt like channeling Muso  ;)): roughly 40000 people divided by 3425 sq Kms http://www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au/BusinessandIndustry/EconomicStatisticsProfile.html

has anybody noticed how soren gloms onto peoples screen names/avatars/locations and talks about them everywhere

he does this with everybody

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 5:08pm:

Why is it so sh!tty in this country? There are no necxt to no bus routes in Dubbo and it isn't that much better in Sydney. We don't even have an underground metro in any of our major cities.

Why would the government want to spend its money on an elaborate up to date transport system, when they can put it towards their pay rises and pension funds. It's not like they want to give the people anything.

Small European countries have modern metro systems, not necessarily underground, but still they'd put ours to shame.

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 5:59pm:

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 5:08pm: Why is it so sh!tty in this country? There are no necxt to no bus routes in Dubbo and it isn't that much better in Sydney. We don't even have an underground metro in any of our major cities. Why would the government want to spend its money on an elaborate up to date transport system, when they can put it towards their pay rises and pension funds. It's not like they want to give the people anything. Small European countries have modern metro systems, not necessarily underground, but still they'd put ours to shame.

Australia is a completely different type of country to smaller central European nations.

The things people find to attractive about Aus, the open space, the big cars, the easy suburban living, the sports etc - completely different to countries like Austria, Switzerland etc - which have the transport system you speak of.

Put simply, you can't have the type of metro system in a country the same size as the USA with a population of only 20m.

The sheer economics of it don't add up to have one.

The only political party with a 21st century public transport policy is...the Greens
Fast rail between capital cities and major country hubs as well as light rail for all major cities, every city and town needs city/suburb wide connecting bike ways like they have in Canberra  
Europe and many parts of Asia have up to the minute public transport systems..Australia is stuck in the last century  :)

adelcrow wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 6:10pm:

The only political party with a 21st century public transport policy is...the Greens Fast rail between capital cities and major country hubs as well as light rail for all major cities, every city and town needs city/suburb wide connecting bike ways like they have in Canberra   Europe and many parts of Asia have up to the minute public transport systems..Australia is stuck in the last century  :)

Have a look at the population / distance ratio differences for a start.  The Greens, the party for "Daydreams & Decor".

Soren wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 5:45pm:

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 5:38pm: that was my gues too but i read some site (it was a liberal site) a while ago saying that that isnt an excuse. i was hoping somebody would elucidate but it doesnt really matter. where did you get those figures for dubbo? I calculated it (felt like channeling Muso  ;)): roughly 40000 people divided by 3425 sq Kms http://www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au/BusinessandIndustry/EconomicStatisticsProfile.html

i dont think those figures are quite right. dubbo is bound to be denser than 12/kmsq. the problem is that a lot of surrounding villages (some, for instance like eumungerie is very far from dubbo) are thrown in too, so the city of dubbo covers way more space than the settlement considered 'dubbo' itself.

still, its prob uneconomical anyway. thats kind of a shame :(

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 5:47pm:

has anybody noticed how soren gloms onto peoples screen names/avatars/locations and talks about them everywhere he does this with everybody

Don't discourage him from posting actual facts instead of rabid rants about nothing.

Soren is right. It's about population density. Still, it's interesting that Vienna is about double the density of Sydney. I went there recently and I've never seen such amazing public transport. The stations were five minutes walk from each other, and the trains arrived every 4 minutes. This wasn't even including the trams and buses.

If we had half those train stations and half those trains, we'd be getting stations ten minutes walk from each other and trains every 8 minutes.

I could live with that.

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 5:47pm:

has anybody noticed how soren gloms onto peoples screen names/avatars/locations and talks about them everywhere he does this with everybody

And who the bugger might you be? ( To speak Latin for a moment)

Paki gob on a stick wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 8:22pm:

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 5:47pm: has anybody noticed how soren gloms onto peoples screen names/avatars/locations and talks about them everywhere he does this with everybody Don't discourage him from posting actual facts instead of rabid rants about nothing. Soren is right. It's about population density. Still, it's interesting that Vienna is about double the density of Sydney. I went there recently and I've never seen such amazing public transport. The stations were five minutes walk from each other, and the trains arrived every 4 minutes. This wasn't even including the trams and buses. If we had half those train stations and half those trains, we'd be getting stations ten minutes walk from each other and trains every 8 minutes. I could live with that.

And then all the people could come onto these boards and whine about the Governments wasting money.....Look at the carrying on about the Sydney Light Rail network and the High Speed link from Melbourne to Sydney/Brisbane...

Soren wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 9:22pm:

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 5:47pm: has anybody noticed how soren gloms onto peoples screen names/avatars/locations and talks about them everywhere he does this with everybody And who the bugger might you be? ( To speak Latin for a moment)

this is not a game of who the bugger are you

No, gentlemen, this is a game where we play for very high stakes indeed.

Wang, the switch, please.

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 9:25pm:

Soren wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 9:22pm: JC Denton wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 5:47pm: has anybody noticed how soren gloms onto peoples screen names/avatars/locations and talks about them everywhere he does this with everybody And who the bugger might you be? ( To speak Latin for a moment) this is not a game of who the bugger are you

Oh, you are from Dubbo?! Didn't see you down there. Don't get up. Do you know one 'Imperium'? He is also in Dubbo. Might you two be related?

gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 9:23pm:

Paki gob on a stick wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 8:22pm: JC Denton wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 5:47pm: has anybody noticed how soren gloms onto peoples screen names/avatars/locations and talks about them everywhere he does this with everybody Don't discourage him from posting actual facts instead of rabid rants about nothing. Soren is right. It's about population density. Still, it's interesting that Vienna is about double the density of Sydney. I went there recently and I've never seen such amazing public transport. The stations were five minutes walk from each other, and the trains arrived every 4 minutes. This wasn't even including the trams and buses. If we had half those train stations and half those trains, we'd be getting stations ten minutes walk from each other and trains every 8 minutes. I could live with that. And then all the people could come onto these boards and whine about the Governments wasting money.....Look at the carrying on about the Sydney Light Rail network and the High Speed link from Melbourne to Sydney/Brisbane...

Or at least wetting their pants wanting a cost/benefit analysis, an assurance that it won't come out of their taxes...... and.... cries of "but I don't use it, so why should I pay for it?"

Then again.... there's always the "Pfffft..... it's a white elephant.... I read in The Australian that hover cars are about to go on the market".

Soren wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 9:34pm:

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 9:25pm: Soren wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 9:22pm: JC Denton wrote on Dec 11th, 2010 at 5:47pm: has anybody noticed how soren gloms onto peoples screen names/avatars/locations and talks about them everywhere he does this with everybody And who the bugger might you be? ( To speak Latin for a moment) this is not a game of who the bugger are you Oh, you are from Dubbo?! Didn't see you down there. Don't get up. Do you know one 'Imperium'? He is also in Dubbo. Might you two be related?

I don't know him...

Know thyself....

Maybe I knew him a long time ago. But he is no longer of this world.

JC Denton wrote on Dec 11^th, 2010 at 9:41pm:

Maybe I knew him a long time ago. But he is no longer of this world.

Did you chop him up (chop-chop) and bury him or just bury him?

He died.

Now he dines and prepares himself for Ragnarok as an Einherjar in Valhalla.

I have just been asked to carry on his posting legacy here.

Very good. Carry on.