On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 08:45, David McLoughlin mcloughlin.dj@...>
wrote:

> Richard Youl wrote:

>

> > Why is Sydney's heavy rail patronage much higher than Melbourne's'?

> www.danielbowen.com/2020/07/03/sydney-vs-melb-rail-patronage/

> https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.danielbowen.com%2F2020%2F07%2F03%2Fsydney-vs-melb-rail-patronage%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHuGEWtzDa5WCAz0Ji4hQ2zXjH0_g

>

> I've been thinking of that since I read the article and comments on

> Daniel's blog at weekend.

>


Just for a change online, the comments are adding a lot to the article!

> I think one question Daniel might also have asked is "Why is Sydney's bus

> patronage much higher than Melbourne's?" I think the two are related and

> they are also related to Melbourne's trams.

>


Definitely agree, and I'm planning on exploring this in a follow-up, when I
have time to get some consistent/comparable data together. (I have left a
comment on the blog with some rough figures.)

Regards,
Daniel