DAEMONICUSMEDICUS
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Public Transport - 2007/10/15 00:57
How is the public transport system at the place where you live?
Currently I am living in a suburb of Brisbane in Queensland (QLD) Australia. According to a recent newspaper article, they claimed that "the Brisbane traffic was about as bad as that of Los Angeles'..." Well, in reality, they don't come anywhere close to L.A. I know, because I lived in the L.A. area most of my life. Though they purchased a few brand new buses recently, but generally they are still reluctant to spend much money in the infrastructure of public transport.
However, there is a bright side to all of this chaos. I had travelled to many countries in the world, and I think the Aussies are probably among the more polite, more acceptable, more courteous, and more tolerant people. You rarely see people exiting the buses without saying thank you to the drivers. I even witnessed with my own eyes, an Asian gentleman pay the driver for the fare, accepted the ticket from the driver, take a deep bow, and said, "xie xie ni..." (I believe it means thank you in Chinese.) Though the driver may not understood what he said, but I am sure the gesture is universal.
Its also extremely rare that when I entered a bus or a train carriage full of passengers, no one would get up and offer me a seat simply because I was walking with a cane. I never had to say a word or to ask.
Post edited by: DAEMONICUSMEDICUS, at: 2007/10/15 01:16
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