Summary: “Passenger railway does a good job [in Australia] moving big numbers of people into city centers.” We bid 2019 goodbye with Paul Comfort breaking down the top three trends from interviewing transit’s top leaders over the past year. Additionally, David Franks, CEO of Keolis Downer, discusses public transit investment happening in Australia, how one of their light rail systems has 100% OTP (against its contractual commitments), and their new light rail line that doesn’t have catenary wires.
