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KezR33

By KezR33,
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ARTZ Grand Master

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Ok, are those times based on peak hour or normal traffic, does trip planner allow for red lights..??

I find 59 mins very hard to believe seeing as I do Thomastown to Frankston in an hour in normal traffic

I dont know, but in normal traffic I reckon I would do it quicker on the ring road than you would your way..especially to King and Collins..peak hour could be a different matter though.

In your position I would go your way too , you save on tolls and freeway traffic is very unpredictable...

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Its full business attire.

If I can get onto the Monash its literally just off the Toorak Rd exit, so if I can find a place close to the Monash entry heading outbound to Toorak Rd I might be okay driving. Otherwise I think you're right, trains and trams it is for me.

I might actually head up there one day during peak out and make the trip on public transport from say Carlton to see how painful it is and how long it takes. Actually no, that's a lie. I couldn't be effed doing that lol.

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There's no friggin' way in hell I'd contemplate driving when I could jump a train/tram or bus and be there in 30 minutes.

Carlton (Elgin/Lygon) to The Coles building (near Tooronga Station) on Toorak Rd is 35 minutes by Public Transport. You'd struggle to drive that in twice the time.

Public transport all the way.

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30 minutes from crn of Elgin and Lygon to Coles on Toorak Rd in peak hour?

Only on a builders RDO and if you get really lucky. I'd say more like 40-45 on average and if shit happens somewhere along the route more like an hour.

But either way, I'd rather spend 35 minutes vegging out on my Xoom on public transport than 35 minutes battling peak hour traffic. It would also work out far cheaper. It's all zone 1 so that's not even $7 a day.

Yep, I do Hurstbridge to Collins St (business end) in ~45 mins.

ARTZ Grand Master

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Yeah I could do it in peak hour as well..afternoon for sure, not certain about morning cause m never around there that early, and yeah its dependant on tunnel traffic which isn't very dependable.. I'm getting paid to do it though ;)

But yeah 45 on a treadly is wow, u bike guys get around..

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