00:02If public transport in South Australia's Adelaide Hills region fails to improve, Rachel Snowball says she'll have to leave.
00:09In the future, I won't be able to stay here.
00:12She's 28 and has epilepsy so she can't drive. And buses and expensive taxis don't always work.
00:19Ever since I moved up here, it's been very challenging.
00:22The Adelaide Hills used to have passenger rail, but it stopped in 1987. Now there's only public buses.
00:29John Hill wants rail to return to improve accessibility and get cars off the freeway.
00:34Any incidents you've got now, they're not going to just double, they'll be full fault.
00:39And the safety issues associated with that are enormous, particularly with that freeway.
00:43Several Adelaide Hills residents have raised it as a key concern via the ABC's pre-election forum, Your Say.
00:50It's also a hot topic in other regional areas.
00:53Peter in Murray Bridge says access to public buses is the top issue.
00:58While Brenda in Loxton wants better rail and ferry services to regional towns.
01:03In areas like Gawler, Thomas wants more buses.
01:07And Anthony says trains to new developments like Dry Creek and Concordia are key.
01:12In the city, Linda in Goodwood wants policies to get people using public transport.
01:17The Transport Action Network agrees, especially as population and congestion increases.
01:23You can't kind of build your way out of it with more roads.
01:27You actually have to think about the diversity of transport options.
01:32So that's public transport.
01:33Some of the policies on offer from Labor and the Liberals.
01:37We've got a policy for 50 cent fares for anyone who's on a train, tram or bus in Adelaide Metro.
01:43The majority of people stay in the hills or they go up further into Murray Bridge.
01:48And that's why we've invested there as well to make sure that we can get public transport to Murray Bridge
01:53with the MetroCart.
01:55While transport, and especially public transport, is on the minds of many voters,
02:00the major parties have largely had their focus elsewhere,
02:03with most of the commitments so far relating to housing and cost of living.
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