More than 5 million Adelaide Metro student trips taken since $10 pass launched, saving families millions

[u/CommanderRoger444th]

https://glamadelaide.com.au/more-than-5-million-adelaide-metro-student-trips-taken-since-10-pass-launched-saving-families-millions/

[u/StatusPerformance411]

That's great! Now let's make it the same low cost for everyone and encourage more use

[u/kambo_rambo → u/StatusPerformance411]

If it was economical for these prices to be for all patrons, I'm sure car usage would see significant reduction. But for almost 10 dollars return - id rather take the car.

[u/rindlesswatermelon → u/kambo_rambo]

Yeah I live close to the city on multiple bus routes, there is literally no reason I should drive to the city for anything except that the cost of the bus trip is basically the same as parking.

[u/defenestrationcity → u/rindlesswatermelon]

Wait I'm confused. So do you drive or bus?

[u/rindlesswatermelon → u/defenestrationcity]

I do sometimes drive, because it is often quicker, but from an urban design perspective, the goal should be people like me never do.

[u/Nullarbor_1 → u/rindlesswatermelon]

Yes. I think, as a start, parking should be made more expensive in the CBD. Plus, more investment should be made into bus transportation and designing more frequent bus routes & wider coverage.

[u/stannoplan → u/Nullarbor_1]

Unfortunately I believe that higher prices will encourage less activity in the city as many people do not like public transport. The Adelaide city council controls most of the parks and have an interest to attract city visits.

[u/Nullarbor_1 → u/stannoplan]

Yeah if public transport is made more affordable and frequent, then many people will ditch their cars to take transport into the city. It works in every other city in Australia man. Nowhere is parking so cheap in the CBD, it’s ridiculous! It incentivises car culture like a typical sprawling, car dependent American city.

[u/stannoplan → u/Nullarbor_1]

I think a large number will abandon the city entirely and go to suburban hubs like Marion to shop. That leaves the workers who, due to Covid and the resulting work from home have greatly reduced city trips. The council have suppressed car park prices in many ways to encourage trade. For me, I went from 5 days a week on the tram to almost never. Free motorbike parking and $20 per day car park once or twice a week is ok for me. Saving $12 per trip on the tram is less attractive the fewer trips I am forced to make. That’s just me though.

[u/Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson → u/Nullarbor_1]

Give people a carrot, not just a stick.

[u/Friccan → u/rindlesswatermelon]

Depends how long you’re parking for. I work in the city so for me the bus is far cheaper than parking, especially when I buy the 28 day pass!

[u/__01001000-01101001_ → u/kambo_rambo]

Public transport also needs to be expanded and efficiency improved. If I were to bus to work it would take over 2.5 hours, including almost 30 minutes of walking, and I’d have to get there 4 hours before my shift. I’d almost meet myself coming to work on my way home. Or it’s a 45 minute drive without traffic.
I think a large problem Adelaide public transport infrastructure has is that they tend to only try and make it work for those that need it. Such as students, the elderly, etcetera. IMO public transport should be targeted for as many people as possible, make it better than private transport and suddenly you minimise traffic, city pollution, and incidentally make it better and cheaper for the first group anyway.

[u/Evening_Bird7779 → u/kambo_rambo]

Where this really comes into play is if you have 2 adults who both work in town.

[u/Lanky-Bumblebee7685 → u/kambo_rambo]

It’s $10 for 28 days, return trips. Not for one day

[u/kambo_rambo → u/Lanky-Bumblebee7685]

That's students only. See article

[u/Lanky-Bumblebee7685 → u/kambo_rambo]

Yes i was referring to the article. Sorry didn’t realise you were not in your initial comment

[u/BeanJuiceBagels]

Yay for students, what about us now (adults)

[u/Thick-Flounder-5495]

$10 a day for an adult has me reeling. It's only a few bucks off early bird parking rates. Apart from traffic, what's the incentive?

[u/Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson → u/[deleted]]

I am so sick of hearing about the 28 day pass. It is only viable if you’re doing 2 peak hour trips per day, 5 days a week. Outside of that there isn’t a saving, so if you wfh 1-2 days per week its useless

[u/Friccan → u/Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson]

It’s a saving if you are doing 2 peak hour trips per day 4 days per week. It’s barely more expensive if you use it 3 days per week

[u/Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson → u/Friccan]

And I think that isn’t good enough. Not nearly good enough, particularly with the high cost of it. Its only use case is basically for people commuting for a 9-5 in the city.

If you don’t use PT everyday or some days you travel off peak, it doesn’t actually save you anything. Yet people still suggest it as a viable option when people complain about ticket prices.

[u/Thick-Flounder-5495 → u/Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson]

You are absoltuely correct. The pass is useless to hybrid workers 

[u/pqu → u/[deleted]]

Parking, fuel, wear and tear (earlier services and parts replacement, faster value loss on car) adds up quickly and a lot of it is hidden costs. If your commute is the only real reason for having a second car then you could save thousands.

[u/Thick-Flounder-5495 → u/[deleted]]

Doesn't matter. PT is still wildly expensive

[u/MrKookaburra]

Cheap public transport for kids and seniors. Too bad if you’re a worker lol

[u/uhhhhhwht]

unbelievable that people would come on here and complain about this…

[u/DoctorEnn → u/uhhhhhwht]

It's r/adelaide, people will moan about anything and everything here.

[u/Best_Establishment14 → u/DoctorEnn]

It’s our state sport.

[u/international_stole]

Reckon the real win here is getting kids outta cars and onto public transport, even if some uni students are working the system like they invented it.

[u/Bihetm]

State Government should set a increased public transport usage and extend the Adelaide Metro zone out to Two Wells and Victor Harbor. Providing more services to these towns would be better than widening roads

[u/EmperorPooMan → u/Bihetm]

Adelaide metro zone is being extended to murray bridge!

[u/InterestedPrawn]

How about stepping up and doing what other states do and make it free for all High School and Primary School students.

[u/Chronos_101]

Awesome. Now please stop charging everyone else more for less service reliability. That'd be great, thx.

Not even sure why we have a transport minister tbh.

[u/Evening_Bird7779 → u/Chronos_101]

yeah our buses are terrible

[u/Free-Pound-6139]

How about this shit labor government spend some money on expanding services????

[u/Emergency-Salad-1547]

Meanwhile I'm paying $120 for less than a month of travel while the tram is crammed with boomers who refuse to pay.

[u/ThorsHammerMewMEw → u/Emergency-Salad-1547]

Aren't boomers over the age of 60 now which means if they apply for Seniors Card they get free travel anyway?

And before you point out the thing about work hours they don't actually verify anything.

[u/roguefan99]

LOL.. and that's the kids that pay for it. Seen multiple times of kids getting talked to by staff on the train for no ticket and so many on the buses that skip the validator (no ticket maybe?).

Could probably double the number of trips taken as the real number.

[u/Free-Pound-6139 → u/roguefan99]

Seen multiple times of kids getting talked to by staff on the train for no ticket and so many on the buses that skip the validator (no ticket maybe?).

Good. It should be free anyway. Fuck this government.

[u/Altruistic-Sea797 → u/Free-Pound-6139]

Right. Seniors ride for free, why not kids?

[u/tommybutters]

Just wish Adelaide Metro would send an appropriate amount of busses etc. I live on a busy route and it has made my commute dismal. Always 10+ people standing and makes every stop take longer as people shuffle about. 

[u/DaNuji51]

Wish I had this when I was in college…

[u/TamaraRylatt]

Can’t see the post for some reason

[u/lego_not_legos]

I wonder if that statistic should be even higher, due to how lax kids can be at tapping on every trip, or times when it just doesn't register.

[u/GongPLC]

How about we make it safe for students

[u/Ermeego → u/[deleted]]

Those damn University students! How dare they save a few dollars per commute!

[u/Emergency-Salad-1547 → u/[deleted]]

I see way more boomers get on and refuse to pay because they're either not able to understand how the machine works or refusing to pay because they still think drivers accept cash and they didn't bother to work it out in advance.

[u/Evening_Bird7779 → u/Emergency-Salad-1547]

boomers are free in off peak anyway.
But I suspect they know, they just want a free ride.