The new commuter cap does nothing for the poor!

Tomorrow at 10am I will catch 40 buses in a row in off-peak, zone one, to take advantage of the new "go 10 and then go free" fare cap. For 35 bucks I will have unlimited travel around SEQ for 6.5 days or I can sell it to a backpacker for a small profit!

Why 40 buses? Because the go-card only allows 3 transfers and therefore maximum 4 trips per journey. This is a huge impediment to economically and geographically disadvantaged people but an advantage for me in exploiting this new and unfair cap as I will be easily able to complete journeys between Mater Hill and The Cultural Centre.  
Either way I will aim to demonstrate how this new cap favours commuters over the economically disadvantaged who are being shafted by Translink and the Queensland government.

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Table of Shame.

This table uses information freely available on transit authority websites for each city.    

TABLE 1: Comparison of public transport fares, zones, and ticketing in Australian cities

	Brisbane	Melbourne	Sydney	Adelaide	Perth
Zone 1 Single trip	$3.90 ($2.65 with Go Card)	$3.80 (valid for 2 hrs of use)	$3.20	$2.80	$2.60
Radius of Zone 1 from GPO	2.5km	10km	10km	N/A	8km
Concession fares for health care card holders	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
Availability of return ticket	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
Availability of daily ticket	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
Availability of weekly ticket	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES