Slogans ring hollow

Updated April 24 2018 - 9:41pm, first published June 7 2016 - 8:44pm

Having failed to persuade a large proportion of voters that the Capital Metro scheme makes any sense, the ACT government is resorting to slogans and buzzwords. The latest are "choice" and "integration". "Choice" appears to mean that public transport users will be able to choose between buses, trams, taxis and Uber, in various combinations and with various adornments: in other words, what we have now, with the addition of trams.

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