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.
Limping – Daniel Bowen
6 days ago · Going up old railway station ramps can cause some pain. The gentler newer DDA-compliant ramps are fine. My leg pain will pass (hopefully soon!), and it’s mostly a mild inconvenience. But plenty of people are not so lucky, and work needs to continue apace to improve accessibility in all public spaces.
January 2025 – 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.
October 2024 – Daniel Bowen
Oct 22, 2024 · The Monthly Average Patronage By Day Type And Mode data was updated to include up to June 2024, and I thought I’d look at how V/Line is doing, given the fare cap introduced on 31st March 2023.
Farewell to 2024 – Daniel Bowen
Dec 31, 2024 · Just a quick post, because I can’t believe the end of the year has raced up like this. My favourite things of 2024? Thursday Island and Far North Queensland trip, chasing down ancestors, exploring new places.Wonderful.
Who decides how often the trains run? – Daniel Bowen
Dec 21, 2024 · Yesterday we experienced 20 minute frequency on the Geelong line for the first time. We were in Lara and literally left where we were visiting to walk to the station without even looking, as we turned the corner and saw the station a train came in which we missed, but by the time we fiddled around and got there we only had to wait another 14 minutes for the next one (where we had no problems ...
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.
Stopping patterns – Daniel Bowen
Apr 13, 2024 · One thing they can do is give each pattern a code and use that, like some overseas networks do. Or stick with the old arrangement, but simplify it to no more than one express section on each line, eg. a train running ‘express Richmond to Box Hill then all stops to Ringwood’, on the Frankston/Dandenong lines, the express trains could alternate between each, instead of the myriad complex ...
New Glen Huntly station – Daniel Bowen
Aug 3, 2023 · This means for citybound trains, lots of people will be boarding the rear carriage. Unfortunately, with the platforms being longer than the trains, and the stop mark being right at the far end, up trains stop past the main point of entry, the stairs.
Free fares: two charts – Daniel Bowen
May 26, 2024 · Free public transport has come up yet again recently, in an ABC online article (with a weirdly incorrect infographic), a segment on 3AW, and another on The Project.. And this morning the Queensland government has announced almost free fares – 50 cents – for six months from August. (Not entirely coincidentally there’s a state election in October.)