VS REALITY FOR COMMUTERS Futurist vision of Western Sydney

„ DALLAS SHERRINGHAM

FUTERISTS and dreamers see a Western Sydney where everyone lives less than 30 minutes from work, but the reality is far different for today’s commuters.

A recent survey showed the average trip to work in Sydney was 62 minutes – or more twice the ideal time. And that commute costs an average of $22, equal with Hobart as the dearest cities in Australia.

The Real Australian Commute Report said the average Australian travelled 33km at 54 minutes, paying $20 for the privilege,

And they sped $4003 per yearn on average, or $43 billion getting from point A to point B.

‘That’s a lot of money and with rising financial concerns and a potential recession, times are tough on the buses, trains and ‘freeways’,” the report said.

Most of the 5000 commuters surveyed at 85% believed that Governments could do more to ease the cost of their daily commute.

The report found 83% of commuters agree the trip to work has never felt as expensive as now and 47% said the growing cost had placed considerable financial pressure on their household.

When it comes to travelling on public transport, bad behavior is another major problem for our embattled commuters.

Three quarters of commuters believe that commuters with bad manners should be fined or banned from public transport.

Life on the roads isn’t much better