Tom Andraszek

tom_andraszek@mastodon.social

<p>A software developer believing in liveable cities and liveable planet. Not investing in fossil fuels. Vegetarian. No longer flying for pleasure. Solar panels, heat pump, battery home. E-bike, bus, train, tram 💚<br />Gold Coast, Australia. My home's walk score is 4/100: car dependent. We own one small EV, which is used mainly by my wife for commuting to work, shopping, etc.<br />The time to use sunlight reflection methods (SRM) is now. Sortition is the ultimate democratic method.</p>

Posts

Post #2183928
Chris Cox explains the moronic laws regarding e-bikes introduced recently in Queensland, which effectively ban 90-95% of legal e-bikes. Why ban? Because in addition to the car driver&#39;s licence requirement, which means you need to be minimum 16 years old, and a 10 km/h speed limit on 95% of paths, a sticker with this exact text is required: EN15194 (2017) A+1. My e-bike only has the EN15194 part. Trikes don&#39;t comply with EN15194 at all. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Aff5Ba_mW-M...
Post #2183927
Travelling back in time to 1999 Ireland: https://tandrasz.blogspot.com/2026/04/dublin-and-bray-ireland-1999.html?m=1 #Ireland
Post #2183926
Helsinki already had a fantastic bike infrastructure when I visited in 2023, and it is still getting better. The opening of the longest tram/bike/pedestrian only (no cars) bridge in the world: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/tCtsm-zO7vk https://tandrasz.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-trip-to-spend-bit-of-time-with-mama_4.html?m=1 #Helsinki #Finland #bike #FuckCars
Post #2183925
RE: https://newsie.social/@TheConversationClimate/116446040953431858 &quot;Greening is popular. A study of Warsaw residents found more than 90% viewed their city’s green tracks positively, rating them around five times more favourably than conventional paved track. A Swedish study found a similar pattern. Residents described the grassed tram track as beautiful, calming and a clear improvement over a hard, traffic-dominated corridor.&quot;
Post #2183924
These are not the clumsy Star Wars droids: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/4gx6ffSltjc #robotics #unitree
Post #2183923
RE: https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/116473017559259664 &quot;But from the previous year’s high of 3,202 megawatts across 14 projects that reached financial commitment, the investments crashed in 2025: only two projects saw financial close, totalling 510 megawatts.&quot;
Post #2183922
An interesting look at AI coding agents: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7UIQ1aTvXgk #ai #programming
Post #2183921
Chris Cox providing feedback on the proposed anti e-bike laws to the Qld Parliament commision: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aduxKTEJ7V4 #bike #queensland #Australia
Post #1860597
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tom_andraszek/116351870232633940 Tomorrow 10am is the deadline for public submissions. The online form is here: https://qldparlcomm.snapforms.com.au/form/transport-and-other-legislation-managing-e-mobility-use-and-protecting-our-communities-amendment-bill-2026 #Queensland #bike #Australia