Hobart Streets
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Beam share e-bikes now on the streets of Hobart
May 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Beam share e-bikes now on the streets of Hobart
Compromise or compromised? Here's our look at the sharrows design for Collins Street between Victoria & Murray Streets. Council officers will be recommending it to council at the meeting on 31 March.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Compromise or compromised? Here's our look at the sharrows design for Collins Street between Victoria & Murray Streets. Council officers will be recommending it to council at the meeting on 31 March.
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Apparently each of these signs costs $1.7 million! Meaning the 15 signs installed in Hobart have cost over $25 million!
For some perspective, the federal government’s Active Transport Fund is $20 million a year. For the entire country!
Have we got our priorities right?
For some perspective, the federal government’s Active Transport Fund is $20 million a year. For the entire country!
Have we got our priorities right?
February 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Apparently each of these signs costs $1.7 million! Meaning the 15 signs installed in Hobart have cost over $25 million!
For some perspective, the federal government’s Active Transport Fund is $20 million a year. For the entire country!
Have we got our priorities right?
For some perspective, the federal government’s Active Transport Fund is $20 million a year. For the entire country!
Have we got our priorities right?
Real time tracking! Metro Tas app update available in the Apple App Store this morning.
https://hobartstreets.au/real-time-tracking-for-hobart-buses-ferries/
https://hobartstreets.au/real-time-tracking-for-hobart-buses-ferries/
February 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Real time tracking! Metro Tas app update available in the Apple App Store this morning.
https://hobartstreets.au/real-time-tracking-for-hobart-buses-ferries/
https://hobartstreets.au/real-time-tracking-for-hobart-buses-ferries/
RoadsTas helpful explainer as to why traffic is about to get congested.
February 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
RoadsTas helpful explainer as to why traffic is about to get congested.
Tassie's most overlooked road rule. If you're turning at an intersection while driving or riding, you must give way to pedestrians crossing the road.
From the Road Safety Advisory Council (rsac.tas.gov.au)
From the Road Safety Advisory Council (rsac.tas.gov.au)
February 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tassie's most overlooked road rule. If you're turning at an intersection while driving or riding, you must give way to pedestrians crossing the road.
From the Road Safety Advisory Council (rsac.tas.gov.au)
From the Road Safety Advisory Council (rsac.tas.gov.au)
Live tracking of Hobart buses now seems to be showing on Google Maps!
January 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Live tracking of Hobart buses now seems to be showing on Google Maps!
Let’s hope it’s not more copy & paste sets of traffic lights like Montrose foreshore because they’re not active transport friendly.
https://hobartstreets.au/montrose-foreshore-intersection-upgrade/
https://hobartstreets.au/montrose-foreshore-intersection-upgrade/
January 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Let’s hope it’s not more copy & paste sets of traffic lights like Montrose foreshore because they’re not active transport friendly.
https://hobartstreets.au/montrose-foreshore-intersection-upgrade/
https://hobartstreets.au/montrose-foreshore-intersection-upgrade/
There is (brief) mention of improving access to bus stops for people walking, wheeling and riding. Otherwise nothing about public or active transport. This is despite it being on the route for the proposed Hobart bus rapid transit network.
https://hobartstreets.au/bus-rapid-transit-in-hobart/
https://hobartstreets.au/bus-rapid-transit-in-hobart/
January 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There is (brief) mention of improving access to bus stops for people walking, wheeling and riding. Otherwise nothing about public or active transport. This is despite it being on the route for the proposed Hobart bus rapid transit network.
https://hobartstreets.au/bus-rapid-transit-in-hobart/
https://hobartstreets.au/bus-rapid-transit-in-hobart/
$100m for traffic flow improvements around the Mornington roundabout. Early days but sounds a bit “one more lane will fix it” to be honest.
https://buff.ly/4geYNis
https://buff.ly/4geYNis
January 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
$100m for traffic flow improvements around the Mornington roundabout. Early days but sounds a bit “one more lane will fix it” to be honest.
https://buff.ly/4geYNis
https://buff.ly/4geYNis
You can drive past a person on a bike anywhere it's safe. Must make sure it's actually safe.
From the Road Safety Advisory Council (rsac.tas.gov.au)
From the Road Safety Advisory Council (rsac.tas.gov.au)
January 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You can drive past a person on a bike anywhere it's safe. Must make sure it's actually safe.
From the Road Safety Advisory Council (rsac.tas.gov.au)
From the Road Safety Advisory Council (rsac.tas.gov.au)
Great article in The Mercury this morning about Streets People Love Hobart.
(suspect the old age advice of don’t read the comments applies)
(suspect the old age advice of don’t read the comments applies)
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Great article in The Mercury this morning about Streets People Love Hobart.
(suspect the old age advice of don’t read the comments applies)
(suspect the old age advice of don’t read the comments applies)
Hope they also fined them for stopping in the bike lane (such as it is).
January 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Hope they also fined them for stopping in the bike lane (such as it is).
Concept design of the new Sandy Bay ferry terminal has dropped! Check it out on our updated ferries post.
https://hobartstreets.au/derwent-ferry-service/
https://hobartstreets.au/derwent-ferry-service/
December 6, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Concept design of the new Sandy Bay ferry terminal has dropped! Check it out on our updated ferries post.
https://hobartstreets.au/derwent-ferry-service/
https://hobartstreets.au/derwent-ferry-service/
"However cost isn’t the main or even one of the main reasons people don’t use public transport. This makes intuitive sense given it’s already much cheaper than driving. Level of service is far more important."
https://hobartstreets.au/half-price-fares-on-tasmanian-public-transport/
https://hobartstreets.au/half-price-fares-on-tasmanian-public-transport/
December 4, 2024 at 10:19 AM
"However cost isn’t the main or even one of the main reasons people don’t use public transport. This makes intuitive sense given it’s already much cheaper than driving. Level of service is far more important."
https://hobartstreets.au/half-price-fares-on-tasmanian-public-transport/
https://hobartstreets.au/half-price-fares-on-tasmanian-public-transport/
Hobart needs a modern high-frequency high-capacity public transport system. It needs to be on its own corridors to be reliable. That means either bus rapid transit or light rail.
https://hobartstreets.au/bus-rapid-transit-in-hobart/
https://hobartstreets.au/bus-rapid-transit-in-hobart/
December 4, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Hobart needs a modern high-frequency high-capacity public transport system. It needs to be on its own corridors to be reliable. That means either bus rapid transit or light rail.
https://hobartstreets.au/bus-rapid-transit-in-hobart/
https://hobartstreets.au/bus-rapid-transit-in-hobart/
Sounds like real time tracking for Hobart buses is coming very soon! A small step towards a modern public transport system.
hobartstreets.au/real-time-tr...
hobartstreets.au/real-time-tr...
December 3, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Sounds like real time tracking for Hobart buses is coming very soon! A small step towards a modern public transport system.
hobartstreets.au/real-time-tr...
hobartstreets.au/real-time-tr...
The result of this poll has prompted the headline "56% of Hobart residents oppose Collins Street dual bike lane project".
This headline is wrong — it should be "56% of polled Hobart residents". Sounds pedantic maybe but let's look at why this distinction is important.
This headline is wrong — it should be "56% of polled Hobart residents". Sounds pedantic maybe but let's look at why this distinction is important.
November 26, 2024 at 7:34 PM
The result of this poll has prompted the headline "56% of Hobart residents oppose Collins Street dual bike lane project".
This headline is wrong — it should be "56% of polled Hobart residents". Sounds pedantic maybe but let's look at why this distinction is important.
This headline is wrong — it should be "56% of polled Hobart residents". Sounds pedantic maybe but let's look at why this distinction is important.
Real data in today’s Mercury. Almost 8000 bike trips a day, up more than 50% in 5 years.
Maybe Facebook comments aren’t actually representative?
Maybe Facebook comments aren’t actually representative?
November 24, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Real data in today’s Mercury. Almost 8000 bike trips a day, up more than 50% in 5 years.
Maybe Facebook comments aren’t actually representative?
Maybe Facebook comments aren’t actually representative?