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• Post #4465319

  As the active transport advocates in this article point out, this is so stupid, and directly counter to a bunch of the City of Melbourne's own transport plans. --- Dubai luxury comes to Collins Street: High-end valet parking service launches https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/dubai-luxury-comes-to-collins-street-high-end-valet-parking-service-launches-20260802-p60knz.html

• Post #4465318

  A bunch of train service upgrades around Melbourne (long planned and budgeted for) will commence on Sunday 23 August It'll be so good to finally have Werribee and Sandringham services linked together, no more waiting in the dank basement at Flinders Street! https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/more-trains-way-today

• Post #4465317

  Edwin over at Hot Rails has gotten his hands on some juicy stats for the Overland. https://hotrails.net/2026/08/the-overland-patronage-2026-update/ (h/t @ThermiteBeGiants) It seems clear to me that it is no longer a train in terminal decline, there is latent demand for rail travel on this corridor, and if a government (Vic, SA, Fed or some combination) invested in it, it could be a real success. Doesn't need to be anything too wild. The investment in V/Line in the last ~25 years acts...

• Post #2652554

  Uncovered an interesting bit of @ptua lore today while looking for something else - apparently Yarra Trams threatened to sue them for defo in 2003, to which the PTUA said "Yeah, nah." https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/CICrimJust/2005/6.pdf

• Post #1964094

  The 1970s oil crises famously led the Dutch to develop their cycling network. The French went for high speed rail. Australia went back to doing things exactly as before. The instincts of our political class have not changed. If we want to change direction we'll have to drag them kicking & screaming. https://bsky.app/profile/roycerk2.bsky.social/post/3mktlfzxcq22f