‘WA Labor will introduce a free CAT bus service between Stirling Station and Scarborough Beach, if re-elected, under a $14.2 million commitment’, reported WA Business News on 24 February.
What about Freo’s long gone CAT bus that every local knew was the most used bus in Fremantle and which the State and local government closed because they didn’t have $30,000?
Freo’s Famous Blue CAT in its heyday
This link to Scarborough Beach already has a bus service every 15 minutes and is of course the route that Stirling suggested should be a Trackless Tram.
The idea is that urban development will follow if a high-quality public transport link is provided. The CAT bus will not do that. Urban regeneration is the goal not just a free bus.
* By Peter Newman, Fremantle
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