urbanism and transport issues #transportvictoria
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined September 2014
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Huge growth in SRL support on FB (not my group)
theres also a ‘SRL discussion group’ (which doesn’t allow discussion) but I have been banned from that group. @saveheatherton
#suburbanrailloop
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Tyler Durden🚈🚲🚌 retweeted
Hopefully this is the start of a lot pf sensible and much needed upgrades to the existing rail network. Much of which was neglected under the previous government
Tyler Durden🚈🚲🚌 retweeted
A reminder that Sydney's just opened secondary airport is beating Melbourne Airport on PT access to surrounding suburbs. More, including a plan to better connect Melbourne Airport, here:
melbourneontransit.blogspot.… #springst
Tyler Durden🚈🚲🚌 retweeted
Local councils are excessively obstructionist.
95% of refusals that are appealed are overturned.
"Local control" is code for stopping new homes.
smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-…
Approved by council (unusual in #Melbourne )
So possible construction next year @bikemelbourne @ratcoffin1 @bikeboroondara @progportphillip @PortPhillipBUG
One step closer to the franco cozzo link
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@bikewest
Tyler Durden🚈🚲🚌 retweeted
Calling a corrugated iron shed in a Geelong sheep paddock a 'competing international airport' is elite levels of Melbourne cope
Over the SRL construction period it will cost trillions.
Yeah that’s the cost of car dependency. SRL won’t convert every driver to PAT but a solid all round investment will save consumers and govt and corporates. Billions per year.
I didn’t think about this, but Nimbys are one of the culprits for causing sprawl threatening our green wedges and countryside, virtue signalling pricks
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“SRL is too expensive, debt, bankruptcy, end of the world“ 😫
Sprawl costs govt $2000 more per annum (indefinitely) not incl cost of car dependency and apparently thats a small price to pay (and it certainly doesn’t make housing more affordable).
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I didn’t think about this, but Nimbys are one of the culprits for causing sprawl threatening our green wedges and countryside, virtue signalling pricks
m.facebook.com/groups/653967…?
Tyler Durden🚈🚲🚌 retweeted
My reasons re-tweeting:
1. ❤️ @metrodesantiago
2. Improving PT isn’t the terrain of only ‘progressives’. Hell, in Chile even a dictatorship thought it important
3. Since opening, it’s still dev: 7 lines + 2 in dev
4. Why such little commitment to improving PT in Vic?
#SpringSt
I didn’t think about this, but Nimbys are one of the culprits for causing sprawl threatening our green wedges and countryside, virtue signalling pricks
m.facebook.com/groups/653967…?
Tyler Durden🚈🚲🚌 retweeted
University Avenue during rush hour. Better rip out those bike lanes and relieve the horrendous traffic.
Elites like yourself.
Talk about hypocrisy
“Many Bothan spies died to bring us this information“
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Just a pisstake on the anti SRL trope “it doesnt have a business case” 🙄
Do you know what the cool 😎 people do on a Friday night 👇
They read the SRL business and investment case
bigbuild.vic.gov.au/__data/a…
Do you know what the cool 😎 people do on a Friday night 👇
They read the SRL business and investment case
bigbuild.vic.gov.au/__data/a…
Tyler Durden🚈🚲🚌 retweeted
Car-first metro growth scales unbelievably smoothly up to ~5M people, but as the 60-90min commute zone bogs down, you end up wishing you'd chosen more balanced growth + road pricing
Most US cities aren't on track to grow that big, but the ~dozen that do are super important
Purely auto based commuting networks do seem to allow for larger commute sheds and scale up to about 5 mil workers; remote work and AVs probably allow you to push that up further
nber.org/system/files/workin…
Melbourne Doesn't Want a Fare Cap. It Wants Trains. youtu.be/B_jd0UC5nUg?si=OzNX…
@BenCarrollMP @AnthonyC4PV @SarahConnollyMP
@Steve_Dimo @paul4frankston @mjfregon @VickiWardMP
