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No wonder only morons take it.

The government craps on about public transport, but according to the adelaide metro service for me to catch the bus to work would cost me $591 more than riding my motorbike. What a f**king joke, It'll take me about 50 minutes longer 1 way via bus, i have to walk to the bus station (not that it really bothers me) i have to change buses in the city, and for that privilege i have to pay an extra 591 dollars.

That really makes me angry, as i'm more than happy to take the bus to work instead of riding my bike each day but i'm not stupid enough to spend that much extra money to do it.

Sure i have to take into account costs like rego, insurance, tyres, etc, etc but i have to pay those no matter what if i have a bike, and i can use it whenever i like.

This really makes me angry, it's just plain dumb.

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Bus costs me $26 per week vs $20 for petrol and parking per day not to mention tyres, servicing and maint.

For the majority public transport works out way cheaper.

I prefer busing it; I get home in roughly the same time and its an easy relaxing cruise home.

Driving in traffic frustrates me due to all the morons on the road. :(

Adelaide Metro = SH*T

Seriously out of all the major cities in Australia i think Adelaide has the worst public transport system and the worst road networks/system what ever you want to call it.

my 2c

Edited by vinnie34gtt

On a motorbike though I can get from panarama to mile end in about 15 minutes on the motorbike and i use about 10 bucks of petrol.

I'm looking at getting a scooter in the next few weeks, and that will cost me even less, and the running costs will be lower.

cant use the bus myself

would have to walk 5 blocks from home to the bus, then 2 blocks from mooringe avenue to work

noting i have a toolbox, and a toolbag with harness, overalls etc

plus i wouldnt get out of bed an hour and a bit earlier to catch 3 different buses just to get me halfway around adelaide (the scenic way) to do a trip that i can do in 15mins in the car, and 18mins on pushbike if i get crazy

Bus costs me $26 per week vs $20 for petrol and parking per day not to mention tyres, servicing and maint.

For the majority public transport works out way cheaper.

I prefer busing it; I get home in roughly the same time and its an easy relaxing cruise home.

Driving in traffic frustrates me due to all the morons on the road. :(

Exactly!

With petrol at $1.45 a ltr, parking is at min (early bird) $8 a day, traffic (especially with Anzac/South they way it is these days, and just moron inattentive drivers..... bus or train anyday!

As long as you catch public transport in business hours it is fine, outside business hours it tends to attract weird people LOL

Edited by Rob

Yeah really depends on what ya driving/riding.. Me it costs 13.50 a week (concession ticket, shouldnt do it but im not paying 26.90, rather take the risk..) but yeah i use $50 for 2 days to and from work so works out alot cheaper to catch the bus, but nothing like driving a GTR to and from work tho and being spotted! :(

Edited by GTR-32
Me it costs 13.50 a week (concession ticket, shouldnt do it but im not paying 26.90, rather take the risk..)

Was so tempted to do this once, the day I thought about it an inspector got on the bus at the bottom of the hill at darlington!

Figured I didn't want to take the risk of being publicly shammed haha, as I catch the same bus every day and see the same people every day LOL

Was so tempted to do this once, the day I thought about it an inspector got on the bus at the bottom of the hill at darlington!

Figured I didn't want to take the risk of being publicly shammed haha, as I catch the same bus every day and see the same people every day LOL

You dont catch the 6.10 from noarlunga 721F in the morning do ya lol.. just to add, havta catch a bus 45 minutes to 1 hour earlier then what i would usually leave home when driving, doesnt really bother me tho, only get an extra half hour sleep when driving..

Edited by GTR-32
Yeah really depends on what ya driving/riding.. Me it costs 13.50 a week (concession ticket, shouldnt do it but im not paying 26.90, rather take the risk..) but yeah i use $50 for 2 days to and from work so works out alot cheaper to catch the bus, but nothing like driving a GTR to and from work tho and being spotted! :rofl:

you've never been caught with a concession ticket??

i've had a few fines written out for me, but never got them :(

(but i didn't have a ticket at all so yeah haha)

i love public transport, i only have to catch the train and go to wherever

i wanna go :rofl:, it's great and i'd prefer trains/trams/buses to driving LOL

Edited by pokie
You dont catch the 6.10 from noarlunga 721F in the morning do ya lol.. just to add, havta catch a bus 45 minutes to 1 hour earlier then what i would usually leave home when driving, doesnt really bother me tho, only get an extra half hour sleep when driving..

haha na first T722X

you've never been caught with a concession ticket??

i've had a few fines written out for me, but never got them :(

(but i didn't have a ticket at all so yeah haha)

i love public transport, i only have to catch the train and go to wherever

i wanna go :rofl:, it's great and i'd prefer trains/trams/buses to driving LOL

Not yet LOL.. I'll prob get whats coming to me now hey...

haha na first T722X

Ah ok.. so the one from seaford or where ever it comes from..

Edited by GTR-32
Not yet LOL.. I'll prob get whats coming to me now hey...

haha probably :(

you better be careful hehe

i thinks it's like $170 fine, unless they put it up again

which really doesn't surprise me.

*sigh* i remember when tickets were 90cents, those were the days :rofl:

hahahah

seems to work like that in Sydney too

i've worked out that if you can park for free where you work, it comes out about the same to drive a car rather than catch public transport

given the uber-freaks that use public transport, not to mention the sheer sloth-like pace- where's the incentive?

Buses are great during the morning/afternoon rush where you would usually be raging away at the stupid/slow drivers!

It only sucks when you gotta ride it with filthy scumbags that smells like BO/scum... and its worse with the newer buses that you cant open up the window!!!! :(

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