http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMchfBrIhj8&feature=youtu.be
I have to say instead of a negative TV media story a good one for a change this time from the commercial station Channel 7. It was the typical Car vs bike vs Public Transport in this case the bus. The starting point was in Yeronga down near the river and the End point was Bike (cbd) Car (Bowen Hills) and Bus (CBD).
In no great surprise the Bus lost out. This is because the route 107 is a needlessly windy route that has stops within 50 meters of themselves within Yeronga itself. This would make any bus route overly painful and slow. Stops so close to each other that you can throw a rock between them are stupid and wasteful. This is a route that needs to be fixed in the Bus Review that is about to happen. Luckily this route does use the Busway system but the damage was done, travel time over 50 mins
The car came next. In no great surprise it got caught in traffic. But of course this traffic was created due to so many people using there car for trips that could of been done by other means. Travel time came in at 25 but it did have to travel a fit further.
In what would be common sense from such a close suburb the Bike won and won by a long shot. Travel time came in at 15 minutes. I have to say this was quite a good time but it did go straight to the stereotype of male in Lycra on a road bike. That said the route used would of been along Annerley road, a road that has a bike lane all be it a doggy one at times. You can see in the footage him racing up the beside cars in the bike lane. If the bloke wearing Lycra was not enough of stereotype him saying it took "some effort" was enough for me to slap my head with a thud. I have never seen riding as an effort but that is me. That said it was still good to see the bike beat the car.
I have to say for my inner city cross town commute riding a bike is faster then the Bus even with it being mostly Busway. My normal Travel time for the bike is 28 mins, where the Bus even with perfect connections comes in at 35mins plus. As for the Car I have been told by a college that lives near by it is usually 20mins, mind you that is not including the walk he has t do after finding a place to park.
PS I with correctly like the Video in place as soon as you tube search function works properly.
All in all a welcome story about how bikes can make a very quick trip into work. Now only if they do the same story but with a woman on a city bike coming in from Toowong. I can wish.
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