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 ...

Once the Metro tunnel opens, the Frankston line will via the Loop… but they’re not doing that for the 21st. They are running extra Frankston line services to cope with the Cran/Pak loads, though ...

Exploring. Anyway I walked across Victoria Bridge into the CBD, and explored, taking in the main pedestrianised mall in Queen Street. I walked alongside the separated bike lanes in Edward Street – ...

I attended the State Budget stakeholder lock-up on Tuesday.. In the lock-up they take away your phone, and sit you in a big room. After speeches from the Deputy Premier, Premier and Finance Minister, ...

Less than a week until the Federal election. I wanted to highlight the Sunshine station upgrade, which has become a Federal election issue. They say “do it once, do it right” – of course there’s a ...

Some interesting data updates recently from the Victorian government: They recently added train platform details to GTFS, as well as replacement bus stop data, which makes it easier to navigate around ...

One source in the ABC story called the trial pointless.. I don’t think that’s quite right – it’s not quite the equivalent of just buying a Square card reader and mounting it in a bus – those wouldn’t ...

A couple of things from PAEC’s (Public Accounts & Estimates Committee) Inquiry this week in State Parliament. Trivial pursuits. The Opposition decided to make a big fuss about the new X’Trapolis 2.0 ...

A quick trip to Ballarat on Sunday to visit the gallery. Train seemed the most convenient way to get there. You can’t tell from the usual timetables, but the Network Service Plan includes information ...

Pretty strange looking tunnel. Thankfully within the Hoddle Grid itself there’s been plenty of traffic calming, protected bike lanes and speed reductions, but if the traffic from the WGT fills up the ...

Just a quick post to note that the new lifts at Flinders Street station have recently been unveiled. They’re obviously a little way off commissioning, but this is a part of the Metro tunnel project ...