Shared rides ease commuters€™ bus-strike misery

TRUDGING miserably in the rain, sharing cabs or catching a ride with neighbours, Sydney com-muters complained they had been given too short notice of yesterday€™s bus strike, and blamed the union and the State Government.

Rotting trams once a symbol of city

MELBOURNE'S W-class trams are being allowed to rot, the boss of the city's tram union says, as part of what he argues is a Government strategy to take all but a handful of the vintage vehicles off the rails.

Heavy traffic in serious complaints made against bus companies

AN INTELLECTUALLY disabled man whose valid bus ticket was taken from him by a malfunctioning ticket machine had to walk the four-kilometre trip home after he was told by the bus driver to get off.