Light Rail in Canberra: Too much, too little, too late: Is the price worth the cost?
Light Rail in Canberra: Too much, too little, too late: Is the price worth the cost? This presentation cosniders the cost of light rail and its impaxct on transport outcomes on Canberra. Since the advent of the tram, public transport patronage on a per capita basis has continued its trajectory of decline.
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Light Rail in Canberra: Too much, too little, too late: Is the price worth the cost?
- 1. Light Rail in Canberra Too much, too little, too late: Is the price worth the cost? Dr Michael de Percy FRSA FCILT
- 2. The Story of the Tram • Burley Griffin and the tram narrative • Light rail as urban renewal • Light rail as a green technology • Light rail as a superior technology • High-density living and Australian culture • Perverse policy outcomes • Is the cost of the tram worth the price?
- 3. Transport outcomes in the ACT 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 ACT Public Transport Boardings per Capita 1960-2022
- 4. Patronage and subsidy in the ACT • Transport Canberra reported the following in June 2022: • Bus journeys 9,830,134 • Tram journeys 2,403,625 • Subsidy per journey = $6.08, in 2023 $ = $6.51 • Total journeys = 12,233,759 • Therefore, total subsidy = $74,381,255 • But total expenses for Transport CBR = $261,900,000 • Subsidy in 2018 (pre-tram) in 2023 $ = $9.38 • So where did the other $187,518,745 go? • New reporting measures = % of overall cost, but no transparency