ABSTRACT
Reflecting on the 1960s and 1970s reveals an era characterised by a rigidity of working hours, a predominance of full-time employment, one-worker households and an employer requirement to have people physically located at their place of work. This era preceded fax, mobile phones, computer networks and electronic mail. The absence of information technology and telecommunications was offset by the predominance of central business districts in providing employment opportunities. Against this context, relatively low personal incomes, locationand labour-intensive work practices worked well to assist the case for substantial public transport services (especially rail-based in the larger urban areas).
