You are so hypocritical you have storage lockers in the loop stations at
all.You have not addressed or made transaprent your method of gaining data
that appers to besed on your own view point experincees and observations.
You consider a bike to be a car, locked at a station, and returned to, I
bike is far more flexible than a car and can be used outstandingly with a
reilable and friendly train service to service many mulitpse locations
frequemtlu with no parking /congestion hassles throuh the greater area of
zone one.
you have not faced the securing and redelegation of the two or three
drivers compartments on each train, the praxctise of carrrying the cycles
in the rear compartment. All bikes too the back carriage, the greta in
crease in the no of bicycle being used for and relied on for transport the
long term short sitedness in of your outlook in terms of the environment.
Iam sure you will get grease on your suit from your next obsticle.
Verify and demonstrate the with proof that any passanger that has been
refused or unable to
get tranport adequately directly because of a bicycle and not the packing
of the train,
or anyone of a number of factors. I can tell "what you enjoy" from our
phone call: "Its my decision and I am right and everyone else can just
suffer, get your greasy bike away from my suit. I only ride on the
weekends for fun"
What on earth did you do to Bicycle Victoria to get them to advocate your
....?
The people of Victoria know what is right and how far down in quality,
desirability and safety the sububan rail network has gone over the past 15
years. No feeling of well being, no toilets, no customer information so
travellers have to ask other travellrer how to do things. Gestapo style
ticket enforcement and fining.only the beginning.
We will have our day and not the companies.
Vintage wrote:
>
> Well great to see the cut and past job from Connex that didn't address any
> of the concerns I raised with them over the bike ban on trains in peak hour.
>
> Lets me just say that if its dark in the arvo, the rain hits hard, the
> roads are REAL nasty I'm telling the wife to get the train still home with
> her bike instead of riding home that night. We will cop any fine they want
> to throw at us or action taking as its still better than the worst case
> scenario of her on the roads in those conditions. And I trust her skills
> on the road, its just all the other nuts I don't trust and see daily.
>
> I take it when the new trains are here we are allowed back on?
>
> Here is the response about the bike scapegoat issue we are facing.
>
> "Thank you for your feedback to Metlink regarding bikes on trains.
>
> During the last two years, patronage has increased by 23% on Connex train
> services. Patronage is expected to continue to increase and a number of
> steps are being taken to increase the capacity of the train network to
> enable more passengers to be carried.
>
> The Victorian government has recently announced an order for 18 new
> suburban trains and 22 new V/Locity carriages. However, growing patronage
> has meant that a number of difficult operational decisions were required to
> maximise the number of passengers that can be carried on peak hour
> services. It is expected that the removal of bikes from the most congested
> parts of the network during peak hours will enable more passengers to be
> carried, providing significant environmental and community benefits.
>
> The restrictions for bikes are highly targeted and only apply to bikes
> travelling in the peak direction during peak times. For Connex trains, the
> ban only applies to services within Zone 1. Customers will continue to be
> able to travel at off-peak times and in the counter peak direction without
> restrictions. Similar rules exist in other Australian suburban train
> networks, including Brisbane and Perth.
>
> The Victorian Government and the public transport industry strongly support
> the use of public transport in conjunction with cycling and regret the need
> to restrict bikes from peak hour trains. Public transport users are
> encouraged to continue to use bikes in conjunction with public transport by
> leaving their bikes at the station at peak times and taking their bikes on
> trains during off-peak times. (who wants to leave a good bike at a station
> all day, day in day out at the same time each day in most areas?)
>
> Lockers are provided at many Connex and V/Line stations.(Rubbish) Rental
> fees for
> lockers have been eliminated, with only a refundable deposit now required.
> Fees for the carriage of bikes on public transport have been eliminated.
> CCTV coverage at stations reduces the chances of theft. Six carriage trains
> are now operated on the majority of off-peak services, providing more room
> for bikes during the day, at night and on weekends.
>
> The Victorian Government recognises that there is more work to do in
> relation to bicycle storage at stations. The Department of Infrastructure
> is working with Connex and Bicycle Victoria to implement a bike cage
> storage facility at a suburban station as a trial. If successful(100 bikes
> NOT stolen) , more bike
> cages are likely to be implemented.
>
> Thank you for raising this matter with the Public Transport Division.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
>
> Adrian Webb
> Victorian Fare Policy Manager
>
>
>
>
>
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