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Sorta wild how quickly Australia can build rail lines relative to the rest of the Western world.
(Middle Gorg, VIC, 2016 -> 2019)
(Middle Gorg, VIC, 2016 -> 2019)
September 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sorta wild how quickly Australia can build rail lines relative to the rest of the Western world.
(Middle Gorg, VIC, 2016 -> 2019)
(Middle Gorg, VIC, 2016 -> 2019)
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talking about the Adriatic railway line as a great example of the "long modernization"
Yesterday, a short 1 km section just north of the city of Ortona was finally double-tracked. It was the only remaining single-track bottleneck between Bologna and Termoli.
Yesterday, a short 1 km section just north of the city of Ortona was finally double-tracked. It was the only remaining single-track bottleneck between Bologna and Termoli.
March 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
talking about the Adriatic railway line as a great example of the "long modernization"
Yesterday, a short 1 km section just north of the city of Ortona was finally double-tracked. It was the only remaining single-track bottleneck between Bologna and Termoli.
Yesterday, a short 1 km section just north of the city of Ortona was finally double-tracked. It was the only remaining single-track bottleneck between Bologna and Termoli.
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Google searches for different emotions throughout the day. A fun way of displaying and grouping Google data. Love that the timing of each emotion makes intuitive sense. Source: buff.ly/3xqf6DT
January 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Google searches for different emotions throughout the day. A fun way of displaying and grouping Google data. Love that the timing of each emotion makes intuitive sense. Source: buff.ly/3xqf6DT
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the 'they're all corrupt, nothing matters' attitude is one of the reasons Russia is a godawful place and it's very worrying how much it's spreading in the United States
Since the “at their core, do they really *believe* in anything?” question is also leveled at the Democrats our core problem may be that a broad enough swath of the public believes that politics is all Kayfabe so why not vote for the most cynical bastard who promises to hurt your perceived enemies.
January 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
the 'they're all corrupt, nothing matters' attitude is one of the reasons Russia is a godawful place and it's very worrying how much it's spreading in the United States
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This is the clearest indication yet that light rail is not going to be announced for the 2025 WA state election.
www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 AM
This is the clearest indication yet that light rail is not going to be announced for the 2025 WA state election.
www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
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Our imagination of a “single” city is far more powerful than arbitrary boundaries on a map.
The Dutch know that transit shapes that imagination.
Treat your regional/intercity rail like a part of the local transit network, and intercity trips will *feel* like local ones.
youtu.be/Kfs1L6vevxc?...
The Dutch know that transit shapes that imagination.
Treat your regional/intercity rail like a part of the local transit network, and intercity trips will *feel* like local ones.
youtu.be/Kfs1L6vevxc?...
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Our imagination of a “single” city is far more powerful than arbitrary boundaries on a map.
The Dutch know that transit shapes that imagination.
Treat your regional/intercity rail like a part of the local transit network, and intercity trips will *feel* like local ones.
youtu.be/Kfs1L6vevxc?...
The Dutch know that transit shapes that imagination.
Treat your regional/intercity rail like a part of the local transit network, and intercity trips will *feel* like local ones.
youtu.be/Kfs1L6vevxc?...
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I played around with r5r last year to estimate the change in accessibility of jobs to residents from building new rapid transit lines
make_gtfs turns your crayon into a GTFS feed
r5r takes agency GTFS feeds and your crayon GTFS feed and calculates trip times between points in the network
A thread
make_gtfs turns your crayon into a GTFS feed
r5r takes agency GTFS feeds and your crayon GTFS feed and calculates trip times between points in the network
A thread
November 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I played around with r5r last year to estimate the change in accessibility of jobs to residents from building new rapid transit lines
make_gtfs turns your crayon into a GTFS feed
r5r takes agency GTFS feeds and your crayon GTFS feed and calculates trip times between points in the network
A thread
make_gtfs turns your crayon into a GTFS feed
r5r takes agency GTFS feeds and your crayon GTFS feed and calculates trip times between points in the network
A thread
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Encouraged to see lots of new followers in the past few days! I'm looking for 3,500 of my closest friends right now
November 11, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Encouraged to see lots of new followers in the past few days! I'm looking for 3,500 of my closest friends right now
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I can run through some of my favorites from the archives, sure! Let's start off with this cool "isometric" map from Stuttgart, c. 2000. One of the first to use this style, and to my mind, still the most successful out of all of them.
transitmap.net/stuttgart-is...
transitmap.net/stuttgart-is...
October 21, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I can run through some of my favorites from the archives, sure! Let's start off with this cool "isometric" map from Stuttgart, c. 2000. One of the first to use this style, and to my mind, still the most successful out of all of them.
transitmap.net/stuttgart-is...
transitmap.net/stuttgart-is...
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Found it, turns out Dunn made a referencing error as he lists it in the August 1966 issue of Railway Transport, when its actually in the July 1966 issue.
Long story short, it would have been a new line between Sydney-Canberra and Melbourne designed for a max speed of 160kph, with an average of 130
Long story short, it would have been a new line between Sydney-Canberra and Melbourne designed for a max speed of 160kph, with an average of 130
Hate doing research, because you think you've found everything and then you spot something like this >:/
Guess I need to find out about that 1962 high speed rail proposal.
Guess I need to find out about that 1962 high speed rail proposal.
October 22, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Found it, turns out Dunn made a referencing error as he lists it in the August 1966 issue of Railway Transport, when its actually in the July 1966 issue.
Long story short, it would have been a new line between Sydney-Canberra and Melbourne designed for a max speed of 160kph, with an average of 130
Long story short, it would have been a new line between Sydney-Canberra and Melbourne designed for a max speed of 160kph, with an average of 130
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Trump's talking about Arnold Palmer and Johnny Carson and Hannibal Lecter and other 1960s-80s guys because he's senile and it's easier to remember stuff that happened 40 years ago than stuff that happened a few months ago
October 20, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Trump's talking about Arnold Palmer and Johnny Carson and Hannibal Lecter and other 1960s-80s guys because he's senile and it's easier to remember stuff that happened 40 years ago than stuff that happened a few months ago
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A noticeable influx of Aussie gunzels onto Bluesky this week👍
October 19, 2024 at 8:28 AM
A noticeable influx of Aussie gunzels onto Bluesky this week👍
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Funny thing about Italy is that minors over the age of 14 or 16 (there are all of these different levels that I can’t decipher) can obtain a special license which I suspect was mostly intended to allow them to drive mopeds, but which also lets them drive these tiny little cars with limited speeds
October 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Funny thing about Italy is that minors over the age of 14 or 16 (there are all of these different levels that I can’t decipher) can obtain a special license which I suspect was mostly intended to allow them to drive mopeds, but which also lets them drive these tiny little cars with limited speeds
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It's election day in the ACT! To celebrate here's a fantasy rail map. In this future Canberra, light rail lines have been added on three new corridors, plus a faster heavy rail line connecting more far-flung suburbs.
Is it unrealistic? Probably. But it was fun to make.
Is it unrealistic? Probably. But it was fun to make.
October 19, 2024 at 1:37 AM
It's election day in the ACT! To celebrate here's a fantasy rail map. In this future Canberra, light rail lines have been added on three new corridors, plus a faster heavy rail line connecting more far-flung suburbs.
Is it unrealistic? Probably. But it was fun to make.
Is it unrealistic? Probably. But it was fun to make.
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One downside of bluesky’s increasing popularity is that there are now so many posts in my feed that I barely get time to look up from my phone while driving
October 18, 2024 at 7:33 AM
One downside of bluesky’s increasing popularity is that there are now so many posts in my feed that I barely get time to look up from my phone while driving
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Interesting transit hub configuration at Grange Blanche line D metro station in Lyon, where a counter clock inner bus-only circle act as the main bus terminus for multiple lines, with a direct connection to the metro station below (and the tram lines T2 & T5 at the southern edge of the square).
October 18, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Interesting transit hub configuration at Grange Blanche line D metro station in Lyon, where a counter clock inner bus-only circle act as the main bus terminus for multiple lines, with a direct connection to the metro station below (and the tram lines T2 & T5 at the southern edge of the square).
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October 18, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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Bluesky is like if canberra was a social media
October 18, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Bluesky is like if canberra was a social media
