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transport

Bus ride detour

What happens when your driver misses a turn?

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transport

Stopping patterns

The Belgrave/Lilydale line timetable is way more complex than it needs to be

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transport

Walking in Moorabbin

The tragic news of a pedestrian death in Moorabbin should spark action – but will it?

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Culture Melbourne

Julian O’Shea: M is for Melbourne

This Comedy Festival show is very funny. Go see it.

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Photos from ten years ago

Old photos from March 2014

I missed doing this last month: ten year old photos from March 2014. Expansion of the rules banning smoking around public transport were very welcome. No more having to dodge the smokers on the platform to find a spot with clear air while waiting for a train. One of the biggest transport policies announced by  ... [More]

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transport

High Capacity Signalling in action

Two trains in 48 seconds is pretty impressive

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transport

SRL Burwood/Box Hill

A few weeks ago the Suburban Rail Loop peeps invited me and a few others to look around the work sites at Burwood and Box Hill. PTUA members can read about it in the latest PTUA newsletter (pay wall), but we couldn’t fit photos in the article, so here are a few. First stop on  ... [More]

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transport

Transport in a cost of living crisis

This modelling of a hypothetical family’s transport expenses is very limited, but it’s clear that substantial savings can only be achieved by reducing the number of cars in the household.

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transport

Patronage update

Weekend Metro and V/Line train patronage is booming

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Photos

Old photos from February 2014

It’s end of the month, so here’s another batch of photos from ten years ago: February 2014. The State Election was 7 months away, and Labor launched its “Homesafe” all-night weekend public transport initiative. They won, and this was introduced as PTV’s Night Network. The Bumblebee trams were still in their yellow livery from their  ... [More]

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transport

Tay Tay at the ‘G

Lessons for the every day

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transport

Dumb Ways

I thought these guys were dead. But there they were, large as life in the Bourke Street Mall on Valentine’s Day – which probably explains the balloons. Why? Honestly I don’t know, but the characters went way beyond the originals after the franchise was sold off in 2021 – almost to ridiculous extremes. Anybody want  ... [More]