I was pondering the speeds of trams on different parts of the network. A key determinant is the type of route: separation from motor vehicles, and priority at intersections. Route 109 has a good range ...

The Big Switch timetables for 1st February have just been released. You can find them in the online timetables (which still ...

Long waits and packed trains for Moomba are a reminder that weekend services are not keeping up with travel demand Last weekend was the the Labour Day long weekend, with the Moomba festival in central ...

Fare prices have risen, but right now are displayed almost nowhere on the PT system. Public transport fares rose on 1st ...

There’s ongoing interest in the Suburban Rail Loop project, with a new batch of information published last month. Unfortunately some content is somewhat hidden in an “Virtual Engagement Room“, which ...

Fare prices have risen, but right now are displayed almost nowhere on the PT system.

Right from the opening slide of a Melbourne landmark, Julian O’Shea’s Comedy Festival show is very, very funny As a kid I had two copies of the Guinness Book of Records… initially an old one from an ...

First, we can break down the number of songs by band. As you can see, quite a bit of songs from Wings and his solo career, but there’s more Beatles than anything else. If we find the original album ...

Julian O’Shea is doing a show for the Comedy Festival, and he got in touch and kindly offered me tickets. In about an hour, he goes through an A to Z of Melbourne, with plenty of interesting and very ...

I managed to avoid it for three years, in part thanks to no school aged kids and spending much of the time living like a hermit, but now I am no longer a NOVID… no longer an immunicorn. And I’m ...