Canโt tell you how many times we had the debate in โpublic consultationโ on Sydney Light Rail about how it would transform the streetscape. I remember banging the table a couple of times
Itโs clearly a disaster, compared to the previous traffic sewer ๐ซ
Loving these types finally realising Candace Owens is an idiot. Why didnโt the penny drop when she was saying insane shit that matched your prejudices? Any reflection? Hmmm?
Morons ๐คก๐คช
Iโm genuinely agnostic on nuclear but it seems a bit rich to bag the policy on the basis of it not being โfully costed including all the implicationsโ when exactly the same applies to the renewables + storage alternative
@9NewsQueensland
That's what packaging is for. Does he imagine all the parcels at every point in their journey are lovingly levitated by elves and indvidually cared for?
A hill Iโm quite prepared to die on: the purpose of a public transport system is to transport the public, safely, quickly, conveniently, accessibly & efficiently
Not to provide jobs to union members
@jburnmurdoch
Best solution: do one long haul flight with toddlers
Any further long haul flight without them will feel like utter bliss and be completely fine, no matter how terrible the food, seat or service
IME the inoculation from this experience is lifelong
Youโre welcome ๐
One of the earliest design debates on Metro at Central was this view
Tender design had flat sandstone blocks. Was Uber-exxy & had durability issues when we got to it.
Lots of proposals. We ended up with sandstone-look faceted GRC (lightweight concrete)
I think it looks ace
A word about Sydney Metro (I know thereโs been tons)
The product *matters*. It is just a train, & yes they already exist here
BUT this has been designed from ground up to be reliable, accessible, safe, frequent & fast
Thatโs a difference. Itโs wonderful people are seeing it ๐
@LinusEkenstam
@paulsalele
This is just nonsense. How can it be 5x cheaper than trams to operate? Think, man
Start with considering the rolling resistance of rubber-concrete vs steel-steel
You can get all wanky if you want, look up Hertzian mechanics, but itโs easy enough to grasp at the macro level
Anyway, this is why โpublic consultationโ gets way too much weight in the Anglosphere
Every session was full of a self interested minority who were really just scared of change
We live in cities, guys! By definition they are dynamic places where things happen/change! Chill ๐ค
All the โfreedom loversโ in the comments hankering for banning things, itโs weird
Why do conservatives hate individual private transport so much? Itโs completely inconsistent with their purported values
Hire e-scooters could soon be banned from Melbourne's CBD, with a motion to be put forward at a council meeting tonight to cancel contracts with operators Lime and Neuron.
The companies will be given 30 days notice to remove their e-scooters from the streets if the motion
@QuentinFry
I mean, thereโs an easy way out for them that will give them an extremely comfortable retirement, right? I doubt theyโll take it though as theyโre fixated on โdeservingโ a welfare payment ๐คทโโ๏ธ
I literally lol when people use Chatswood as a perjorative
Itโs excellent, a vibrant and thriving sub-CBD. The preferred hangout for my son & mates. Great mix of resi, commercial, food & drink, totally multicultural
Plus superb transport. Buses, Trains, metro, CBD in 15 mins
Whole lot going on here:
- Burwood and Chatswood used as negative examples ๐ค Those are wonderful places with extremely active high streets that people love to visit.
- Pushing apartments onto Parra Rd instead of a few streets back where theyโd have better amenity.
@anon_opin
Nah. Heโs good but would have played it for laughs too much. Only Oldman could mix smart/slobby, brutal/caring & with an undercurrent of menace in such a convincing way. Superb actor, his versatility is second to none
Itโs a weird, racist dump with a medieval government dedicated to conspicuous consumption where hardly anyone has a real life. Tolerable for short periods only
No, you canโt have an engagement click
@westaustralian
What a ridiculous statement, the state is bursting at its seams. Housing to both buy or rent is unobtainable. Why would anyone even consider bringing any more immigrants to any part of Australia? More training programs by employers might be a start to upskill.
2ndry benefit thatโs really become apparent in the last 18mths:
The section of George south of Bathurst was always pretty grotty and low rent
Itโs totally different now. Ties World Sq/Regent Place etc together, feels like the multi-ethnic centre of Syd, alive every night
Putting on more express trains isnโt as simple as it sounds, as it can *reduce* the capacity of your railway by quite a lot
How? Railway capacity isnโt very intuitive
The key constraint is how close trains can safely run together - the โheadwayโ
If someone quotes you a price for a service, you agree on that basis, service is delivered and then 2 months later they come to you saying they under quoted and can they have some more money, they should wear that mistake, right?
@Mon4Kooyong
@ItsBouquet
Tough. Where were your demands for all the evidence when rules were instituted?
Youโve backed the wrong horse here. Vast majority are just moving on. You will eventually, but not before embarrassing yourself further
This would do my head in if I lived in Melbourne, itโs relentless
โRephasingโ will ALWAYS increase total costs. It canโt not, anyone saying otherwise is a liar
Tunnelling contracts are signed and early works constructed. The only feasible pause is to delay fitout, butโฆ..
The Suburban Rail Loop could be put on hold and the money allocated to other projects with very little electoral backlash, a polling company director says >
Overheard convo on train:
โwe normally drive but 1 carโs in for serviceโ
- โdoesnโt parking cost a lot?โ
โItโs not too bad, $38 if we go in together, train return for 2 would be $20โ (ignores the ~35c x 50km)
- โdo you mostly go together?โ
โNot oftenโ
$20 PT vs $110 car ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Iโm sure thereโs some subtweeting going on here but this is legit one of the great things about Australia - amount of well maintained green space for people with public facilities like this
@Riogallica
@KobieThatcher
Itโs been China Town for decades, bizarre take
โSpot the Aussieโ how? By colour of skin? Want to have a think about that?
Why are otherwise intelligent people being sucked into this nonsense that Melbourne Airport rail will require a change at Sunshine? Itโs moronic stuff
@SParnis
You kinda bring the โpile onโ yourselves tbh
Thereโs an easy solution: stop banging on about masks as an effective population level mitigation. Because what you are doing here is precisely why they donโt work; in highest risk settings of all no one wearsโฆ.not even avid maskers
@ConversationEDU
@UNSW
This is desperate. Almost all of their complaints are precisely WHY community masking canโt be shown to work - people wear them imperfectly or not at all in many settings. Thatโs the point guys; itโs real world effectiveness that matters
@fesshole
I dunno, itโs a metaphor for the whole thing. Cats think they are hard, independent carnivores, red in tooth and claw
But are actually fat lazy layabouts, completely reliant on handouts
Lol. Typical Teal NIMBYism
Complaining about developmentโฆ.outside a train station with frequent service, that integrates with a bus station above, in easy cycling distance to the city
You couldnโt make it up
Great morning at
#Edgecliff
#Vaucluse
residents are very concerned about the 500 apartments the government want to build here. It's impossible to drive down New South and Old South Head Roads.
We need to address our infrastructure needs first before we increase density.
Lots of talk about extra stations on Metro West today. This is going to cost a lot if they so decide
I say this because many lay people imagine things can be changed easily until the day before construction, but they canโt.
Will try and speculate on change process /1
@SharriMarkson
I think he deliberately set it up and tried to provoke, for reasons of performative outrage. Why else is he filming the whole encounter? Thatโs weird
Now he/you are trying to get a lowly shop worker sacked. Thats pretty grubby
Just used public transport to get home from the other side of the city (~55km) in 1.5 hrs without using a timetable, catching 2 trains
Turn up, wait (10 mins), catch train. Changeover in city at 10.25pm, 10 mins. Frequency is everything
The Melby brane cannot comprehend this ๐
๐The Parramatta Light Rail project reached milestone today as a 45-metre tram made its first test run into the heart of Parramattaโs central business district during the off-peak hours of between 10am and 3pm.
Head to our website for more information: .
@ACABylonBee
I love the way it shows up one of the key issues about trying to make something out of flat panels when โtoleranceโ enters the chatโฆ.just as everyone told the tool it would
Itโs almost been 100 years since construction started on this enduring masterpiece. Iโm still awestruck. A truly remarkable feat of vision by our forebears.
Good to see the Greens getting really arsey at being rightly tagged as hypocritical NIMBYs. Criticism must be hitting home
Thereโs an easy solution guys ๐
Your regular reminder than unlike public transport cycling is not a solution to mass transit & is inherently exclusionary. It merely disproportionately excludes the old, the young, the disabled, women, those on lower incomes. Very 'progressive'.
I fear Australia is heading down a path of increasing NIMBYism, anti-immigrationism (with the usual whiff), anti-privatisation & general cynicism (eg obsession with seeing everything as corrupt)
It all feels very short sighted and whingey. Whereโs the opportunism & future focus?
@Matty2002au12
@DanielAndrewsMP
@Dom_Perrottet
What? From Melbourne, which wonโt have a line to the airport for another 6-8 years, whereas trains to Sydneyโs currently run at a better frequency than that?
The width of this road is egregious. An absolute joke. Needs one general traffic lane e/w even for its current service. If I had my way it would be buses, taxis, trams & pushbikes only
1961(?) ~ 2024
Top photo shows removal of the tram tracks along Eddy Ave next to Central Station.
Trams are back here, now being placed next to the Central Station building, rather than on the middle of the road.
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