fed by services from adjoining suburbs that do not make it all the way into the city. That is just an extract but the concept is a no-brainer. Hubs linked with hi-frequency services. Feeder routes would be shorter and thus could run at higher frequency, fewer buses and no additional cost (or lower cost). And it goes without saying, a sensible and simple e-ticketing system. "In Sydney, this would mean a limited number of extremely high frequency bus routes travelling along roads like Anzac Parade and Parramatta Road, fed by services from adjoining suburbs that do not make it all the way into the city." [Michael R James, 14] Not quite. In those two locations what is needed is large trams operating on their own tracks. Check on NearMap or Google and you will see that almost the whole of Parramatta Road from Norton Street in is 6 lanes, but the two kerb side lanes are bus lanes. Thus in the peak direction, buses occupy a full lane, and cars/other vehicles the other two. Put trams in the centre on their own lanes and there are still two lanes free for cars/other vehicles. Better still, the buses tend to move outside their own lane if they wish to overtake a bus at a stop, and delay other traffic. Trams can't. But given their own lanes, and traffic light priority, they can do the trip from Norton Street to Circular Quay in 20 minutes, peak and off-peak. Buses can do it