Jan 21, 2025 · Great to see Maidstone tram depot taking shape, but why have they made it more difficult for pedestrians?

5 days ago · Post date Tue 4 February 2025 No Comments on Wangaratta’s bus tap and go trial ...

Stairs and steep ramps remain a barrier to some people in many public places

Dec 4, 2024 · If you watch all the way through, you’ll also notice they do a bunch of stories at the start, then have several commercial breaks in very quick succession. I don’t know if this is typical for American evening news bulletins, but I’m glad Australian TV news (even the commercial stations) doesn’t work like this. …but if you want a glimpse of another “ foreign country ” try this ...

5 days ago · A sign that the Metro tunnel project is nearing completion – On Wednesday they partially reopened the Degraves Street subway. You can now use it again to interchange between platforms at Flinders Street Station. Lifts have replaced stairs on one side of the subway – mostly the eastern side ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Much of this blog post is about transport, but it’s mostly simply observational, not looking in-depth… I wonder if I should put these in a different category or something? What happens when I combine my interests of retro video games and public transport? This: I spent a few hours on a train out to Bendigo and back to hunt down an Atari 2600 cartridge at Cash Converters. I recently bought ...

Oct 22, 2024 · Are trains faster since the Glen Huntly tram crossing was removed? Perhaps surprisingly, no.

May 16, 2024 · The problem is that it’s no longer right. Since the Glen Huntly level crossing removal last year, all Frankston-bound trains normally use platform 3. The incorrect signs are at Patterson, McKinnon and Ormond. I sent in feedback to PTV about this in January. Obviously ideally they’d replace it with the correct wording, but a quick fix would be to just remove the signs pending later ...

Aug 3, 2023 · The new Glen Huntly station opened on Monday, and I stopped past on Monday night. It’s great to have the trains running again, and shiny new stations are always fun.

Oct 7, 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 past if you had an issue and needed to contact one, there’d be at least a couple of ...