Here is the news - Daniel Bowen
Dec 4, 2024 · If you watch all the way through, you’ll also notice they do a bunch of stories at the start, then have several commercial breaks in very quick succession. I don’t know if this is typical for American evening news bulletins, but I’m glad Australian TV news (even the commercial stations) doesn’t work like this. …but if you want a glimpse of another “ foreign country ” try this ...
January 2025 – Daniel Bowen
Jan 21, 2025 · Great to see Maidstone tram depot taking shape, but why have they made it more difficult for pedestrians?
Daniel Bowen
Something interesting out of the Australian Open tennis this year – 15 special “AO25 night bus” routes will run Sunday to Thursday night, if play runs after 11:30pm. The buses depart from the Russell Street side of Federation Square, 40 minutes after play finishes. This means many tennis fans have an option if they miss ...
October 2024 – Daniel Bowen
Oct 22, 2024 · Are trains faster since the Glen Huntly tram crossing was removed? Perhaps surprisingly, no.
Inside Anzac and Parkville stations – Daniel Bowen
Dec 9, 2024 · In summary: Once opened, the Sunbury line will be connected through to the Cranbourne/Pakenham line, via five new stations: Arden, Parkville, State Library, Town Hall, and Anzac. The project is nearing completion, though there’s still a lot of testing to go before the line opens. Previously I’d looked at Arden station in 2022 – at that time there was still a lot of construction going on ...
Council elections 2024 – Daniel Bowen
Oct 7, 2024 · Council elections are happening this month. In a lot of areas there’s been a change. Here in Glen Eira we used to have 3 wards with 3 councillors each. Now we’ll have 9 wards with 1 councillor each. I’m not so sure this is a good idea. Unfortunately some elected councillors aren’t great. In the past if you had an issue and needed to contact one, there’d be at least a couple of ...
New Glen Huntly station - Daniel Bowen
Aug 3, 2023 · The new Glen Huntly station opened on Monday, and I stopped past on Monday night. It’s great to have the trains running again, and shiny new stations are always fun.
Who decides how often the trains run? – Daniel Bowen
Dec 21, 2024 · This came up several times recently on social media, so I thought I’d work my answers into a blog post. Who decides how often the trains (and other public transport services) run? It’s not the private operator MTM (Metro Trains Melbourne), it’s the State Government. If you want to read the grisly details, it’s in the Public Transport partnership agreements. The web site says the train ...
Free fares: two charts - Daniel Bowen
May 26, 2024 · To put it another way Still reading? Jarrett Walker is one of the world’s foremost public transport experts, and is interviewed in this new podcast. From about 49 minutes in he tackles the topic of free fares: We have seen over and over… studies, surveys, but also revealed evidence, that ridership responds much more to service than it does to fares, and that quality service is the thing ...
More frequent? Faster? – Daniel Bowen
Oct 12, 2024 · So from 7am-9am, four more trains than the late-1990s; a 44% increase, with a more even frequency. I’d definitely call that progress. That hasn’t come about due to this specific crossing removal, though steady removal of many crossings means the increase in services doesn’t impact other transport modes around stations. Perhaps just as important as peak, trains outside peak have improved ...