"Depending on where you live in Melbourne, it could take longer to get into the city than it did in the 1920s," according to an article The Age. But really not much has changed.
Tom Cowie writes: We've come this beautiful 1925 colour-coded map from the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission. It shows the estimated time it took to journey into the city using public transport nearly 100 years ago."
"Public transport advocate Daniel Bowen says the map shows how little things have changed in Melbourne in the past century because there hasn't been a lot of new rail infrastructure."
The article provides a detailed analysis of the historic map and how it compares to current transit service. One note of hope: five times as many people live in Melbourne areas now as in 1925. That so many more people can reach the city in about the same amount of time should be seen as a significant benefit for transit over automobile commutes.
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