Maribyrnong got about 60m of protected lanes from the state pop up program. City of Maribyrnong removed that when they resurfaced. Other than WGTP on Hyde st. I'm pretty sure Maribyrnong is net negative protected lanes for the last 4 years.

The other piece of this, as I've pointed out elsewhere, is that AI boosters intentionally expand the term "AI" to include things that are perfectly sensible and reasonable to provide narrative cover, exactly the same way police do things like direct traffic to shield themselves from public […]

"OpenAI uses as much electricity as New York City and San Diego combined, at the peak of the intense 2024 heat wave. Or as much as the total electricity demand of Switzerland and Portugal combined. That's the electricity of roughly 20 million people."

#energycrisis