If you’ve been following my Brisbane holiday blogs, you’d know we caught a few buses.. Brisbane once had a big tram network.They were all replaced by buses in the 1960s. By 1988 they’d built the CBD ...

Unfortunately pestering people works. Same reason business websites annoy us with pop-ups and creepy emails. But many charities are pretty conscientious in how they manage their donor lists – there is ...

(Converted from Excel to HTML using Tableizer — very handy!). Sources: State Labor: Only Labor will remove 50 level crossings Coalition’s anonymous blogger “SpringStSource”: Level crossing removal by ...

Here’s something I learnt yesterday: There’s a small town called Eucla, WA, near the SA border. Population: 53. Get this: It has its own timezone, which is halfway between Perth and Adelaide time. The ...

Here’s an update on the state of level crossing removals. I’ve done these lists before: 2020, 2018, 2017, 2014. They’re all based on the 2008 ALCAM list, which ranked Victoria’s level crossings by ...

Route length: Longer routes probably help a bit, giving Sydney’s train network a bigger footprint across the city, though Melbourne actually has more railway stations. EDIT 5/6/2021: there’s revised ...

Off-peak fares. As a further incentive for people to stagger peak trips, they’re going to introduce off-peak discounts: 30% off Myki Money fares for trips that include Zone 1, between 9:30am and 4pm, ...

Adelaide’s tram network is confusing. It used to be just the one line to Glenelg. Now they confusingly listed as four different acronyms on the web site (why not route numbers?), but the route map and ...

Cutting waiting times. One of the keys to making sure the metro tunnel works as intended is high frequency services at all times of day, on all lines, to ensure interchange to and from the tunnel is ...

Dedicated lanes aren’t the only way of improving bus speeds. Queue/jump start lanes at key intersections can help as well. And smarter traffic light programming can help buses get through without ...

Wow! I did not know that residents (in Glen Eira) could get a free myki in lieu of parking permit. I have noticed streets near the beach where I live (Bayside council) can be 2 hour limited and some ...

Channel 9 and The Age got hold of a previously unpublished rail plan, or at least the summary maps from it. Age: Leaked rail plan shows few extra services for regional commuters. Channel 9: I assume ...