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transport

V/Line patronage surging on weekends

The Monthly Average Patronage By Day Type And Mode data was updated to include up to June 2024, and I thought I’d look at how V/Line is doing, given the fare cap introduced on 31st March 2023. Here’s the chart, with weekends highlighted, as I’ll talk about them a bit more below. The overall pattern  ... [More]

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transport

More frequent? Faster?

Are trains faster since the Glen Huntly tram crossing was removed? Perhaps surprisingly, no.

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Politics and activism

Council elections 2024

Council elections are happening this month. In a lot of areas there’s been a change. Here in Glen Eira we used to have 3 wards with 3 councillors each. Now we’ll have 9 wards with 1 councillor each. I’m not so sure this is a good idea. Unfortunately some elected councillors aren’t great. In the  ... [More]

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transport

Brunswick stations: 3 or 2?

The Age reported that the State Government is planning to reduce the three stations in Brunswick (Jewell, Brunswick and Anstey) to two during the project to remove 8 level crossings. Looking at the current distances between the stations (source: Vicsig) we can see they’re pretty close. Station km from Southern Cross km from previous stop  ... [More]