Transport blogger / campaigner and spokesperson for the Public Transport Users Association / professional geek.
Bunurong land, Melbourne, Australia.
Opinions on this blog are all mine.
Why do five Melbourne trams have a bee logo? Because back in 2008 during a patronage surge, the government leased 5 surplus trams from Mulhouse in France. They were shipped over and put into service in their original black and yellow livery, for which they were nicknamed “Bumblebees”. Subsequently the trams were purchased and given ... [More]
Right from the opening slide of a Melbourne landmark, Julian O’Shea’s Comedy Festival show is very, very funny
I missed last month’s ten year old photos post, so here’s bumper crop from March and April 2015. Remember when they tried to brand a residential development at the western end of the CBD with the New York-style “Upper West Side” name? Attending a Southland station consultation (at Southland naturally)… …then getting a photo at ... [More]
(Not a transport post) I suspect some people would rather forget 2020, but I just wanted to mark that it’s five years since the COVID-19 pandemic really took hold, and lockdowns began in March 2020. Previous blogs have included posts from the midst of lockdown, a summary the events of 2020, and I also wrote ... [More]
Long waits and packed trains for Moomba are a reminder that weekend services are not keeping up with travel demand
Shorter trains, but more of them
I’ve been pretty busy and missed my usual posting of ten year old photos from January, so here’s two months in one hit. January 2015, two months after Labor got into power pledging they would remove the level crossing at Bentleigh and rebuild the station – but the previous project to upgrade the crossing was ... [More]
No real surprises in the latest data, but it seems like service provision is holding back patronage growth.
Fixing buses is a big opportunity for government to help the outer suburbs.
It seems to work well, but how much are they actually testing?
The central subway at Flinders Street has reopened for interchange between platforms
Some observations from a quick trip north west