A decision to ban all tour buses from Swanston Street has been criticised by The Bus Association

What sort of a message does it send to an international tourist or groups alighting a SkyBus in Russell Street then having to carry their bags to … [a hotel] in Swanston Street?

Chris Lowe (not the Pet Shop Boy), executive director of the Bus Association via theage.com.au

I ask: What sort of message does it send to an international tourist or groups alighting an aeroplane at Tullamarine to be shepherded into an expensive bus, rather than a relatively cheap train link directly into the city?

Even Brisbane - BRISBANE! - a city so public-transport-phobic that they bury their busses in a tunnel under the CBD - has a train to the airport.