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Adelaide public bus drivers have been told it’s not their job to monitor QR code compliance aboard their vehicles, as the Transport Department works on rolling out the system across more than 1000 buses, as well as all trains and trams, as part of the state’s emergency management directions.
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The RAA is calling on the State Government to introduce a new tap-and-pay system on buses and trains and to fund councils to install more bus shelters, after public transport patronage plummeted over the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Walking and cycling infrastructure will be prioritised in road upgrades, while tram, train and bus services will become more efficient, accessible and frequent under a State Government plan to deliver a new “modern, low emissions” transport system to combat climate change.
If the Marshall Government follows through on its decision to bulldoze the historic Urrbrae gatehouse, it will be a scar inflicted on Adelaide by the state’s refusal to properly fund public transport.
The state budget’s billions for the South Road upgrade represents another lost opportunity to invest in public transport and get more cars off the streets, argues Craig Wilkins.
Transport Minister Corey Wingard is under fire after claiming that the Marshall Government’s $2b privatisation of Adelaide’s metropolitan train network will save taxpayers “hundreds of millions of dollars a year” – despite being unable to state the network’s current annual running costs.
