Comments by "Teagirl009" (@Teagirl009) on "American Reacts to Australia's NEW Massive Infrastructure Projects" video.

  1. I'd say Australians are not as car centric as the US. We are not europe or parts of Aisa but we definitely use more public transport here in our day to day lives and work commutes than the US. We have great, safe, affordable and frequent public transport in our capital cities and the surrounds. Not just in Melbourne. I lived in Sydney suburbs for 13 yrs until 2021 and never owned or needed a car there. You'd have to be crazy to drive around sydney city or surrounding suburbs. Parking can be hard to find and expensive. People travel to work on public transport a lot. You can Jump on a train to the blue mountains for a day trip from the city, 90 mins or so and you're there. With busess, ferries trains lightrail airport train and metro... Sydney's transport is probably the best in Australia imo. Melbourne definitely a good second. Brisbane is pretty good these days too. And right now I'd rate it pretty high, just because the Qld Gov reduced all public transport in qld to a flate rate of 50cents to help with cost of living and reduce cars usage. Where as the other states have been increasing the costs. There's also free city loop buses and a free ferry loop service in Brisbane. Melbourne has free city loop Trams as well. You may notice that most of our stadiums don't have the massive sprawling car parks the US has. Thats because majority of events people use public transport. It's designed that way with buses and train stations at or very near the stadiums. Tickets always include gree transport to and from the venues. Each city will have free and increased train services to events and free special marked buses to these events. You can move a lot more people that way and reduce some rd congestion in and out. Of course those who live in rural areas, small regional towns and outback are definitely car centric. Small regional towns wont have rhe same frequency of public transport. Majority of Aus population live in and around capital cities around the coastlines. We do love a good road trip though, whether for a day trip or a weekend away. I think we have that in common with the US. 🙂
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