Community briefing notes on the METRONET on Swan ferry project, prepared by Damien Smith.
PTA’s new ferry layout appears to rely on one practical passenger stream for routine boarding and alighting. Modelling suggests the 30-minute timetable only just works at low passenger turnover, while meaningful passenger numbers create accumulating delays. Is high speed being used to compensate for a passenger-flow problem that should have been designed out?
Community Briefing Note 05 — Did PTA choose the ferry system before comparing the alternatives? “Optioneering” is project-management language for something quite […]
COMMUNITY BRIEFING NOTE 04 High speed is not the same as high frequency PTA’s newly released ferry operations material points to roughly […]
COMMUNITY BRIEFING NOTE 02 Do the passengers fit on the ferries? PTA forecasts millions of additional public-transport trips from the ferry expansion. […]
COMMUNITY BRIEFING NOTE 03 What happened to good government? A 2004 PTA-funded study of the Mandurah Line shows how much more rigorous […]
COMMUNITY BRIEFING NOTE 01 Why discounting matters The Ferry Business Case Summary publishes a headline BCR of 1.7. This note explains why […]