The cuts reverse an increase to services four years ago to ease congestion on peak-hour trams, particularly along St Kilda Road while the construction of the new Anzac station near the Domain made it difficult to drive into the CBD.
Passenger numbers on trains, trams and buses were still at only 70 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, Carroll said, and were expected to rise to 80 per cent in the September quarter, with flexible working the major drag on patronage. The opposition’s public transport spokeswoman, Steph Ryan, said cutting trams on busy routes into the city was a further setback for the CBD.
Tram services are not as congested as before due to working from home, reducing the risk of those on trams, so trams services will be cut to increase congrstion in trams, increasing the COVID-19 risk for travellers, leading to more cases and more people WFH. Gotcha.
what a stupid move to make it harder to travel around a so called international city