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From your own anecdotal observations have you seen PAT usage in general (includes #cycling and #escooter usage) rising in #melbourne since the fuel crisis. Apologise if you answered previous poll I just wanted to extend the poll deadline.

There’s something ironic about a municipality like Joliet approving a data center the size of Central Park while so little of the city allows for apartments.

down the stairs and through the tunnel i am now in the munnel

While Castlecrag NIMBYs are horrified they may be able to see new apartment buildings, real estate ads frequently boast of "skyline views" as a major selling point. I like being able to see the Chatswood towers from my breakfast table. NIMBYs are just afraid of change.

Fascinating 🧐. I think usage will go up but the govt need to rethink the cost of short distance fares. Many of the longer distance fares are already captured by the low cost of the fare caps but shorter distance costs are quite high compared to many other cities around the world

Houses are turning into decorated car storage boxes

@gladwin_love @JacintaAllanMP Yeah it was big drop. Even $20 is more reasonable and competitive with cars,

@Llib7 @JacintaAllanMP Yup. Makes sense. Capping of Vline for non metro area same as metro area doesn't make much sense. I'm sure people from Bendigo or Shepparton happy to spend a bit more, let's say $20 or $30 for up & down with half fare for under 12.

Fit for a Queen. Priced for the people. We made V/Line fares fair.

@gladwin_love @JacintaAllanMP It’s better but still expensive compared to a 100km trip to the border

@Llib7 @JacintaAllanMP Not to be one with the lens but not technically 😅. If you are in zone 2, it's kinda okay but the bus frequency is terrible.

@cityaestheticss Filtered streets are better. Still blocks cars but allows pedestrians and bikes

I understand the appeal of cul-de-sac life. It’s seen as a multipurpose space for kids to play and calms traffic. A much better solution is to create neighborhoods with better parks that kids can play in and have places that people can walk/bike to instead of driving.

here’s a crazy fact: under congestion pricing, NYC subway ridership grew by more than the *total* number of riders on BART last year

@wheelreinvent Well PT is still much cheaper than driving so a more important element is service. Although short distance fares should be cheaper

The news is full of people talking about how they’ll have to drive less because of increased fuel costs And yet, you still have every midwit public transport fan and train nerd insist that fares are of no importance to PT usage.

I’m still trying to get over the fact that the mayor of Yarra released this video presentation celebrating the return of 48 on-street parking spots like it was the announcement of a new library or possum orphanage. Local politics is another world. 😁

@gibberishsgrbd @Nirgal451 Just an in joke between me and @taipan168 although I’m the one laughing at my own jokes

@Llib7 @Nirgal451 ‘Sydney’ and ‘ no crime’ in the same sentence 😵

This is a 1:500 scale model of the entire City of Sydney council area in the foyer of the Sydney Town Hall. It is constantly updated as development applications are all required to submit a model. Who does it better? Sydney or Melbourne?

In an election year the ALP can focus on cost of living by boosting public transport services. Incl the north and west but also buses @MelbOnTransit #melbourne @BenCarrollMP @ColinBrooksMP @AnthonyC4PV @SarahConnollyMP @Steve_Dimo @paul4frankston @mjfregon @SonyaKilkenny

Well well well...

@analyticflying Do you think it was a good decision.

@Llib7 Well, technically they were Jetstar's orders 🤣 When Qantas made the big order in December 2021 they did some switches with Jetstar's order from 2019, which explains how they got them so soon 😉

🚨With Qantas's 5th & 6th A321XLRs due for delivery soon we have some schedule updates where they'll be deployed: 🔴Significant increase in Sydney-Brisbane flying → increasing up to 3x/day 🔴New route: Brisbane-Perth → initially up to 1x/day, increasing to up to 3x/day

@analyticflying Interesting 🤔 that Qantas is one of the earlier ones to get the XLR delivered.

@Llib7 Indeed, I was somewhat narrow in my response in Qantas's context. It's a versatile aircraft & use cases will vary. North America-Europe is probably most interesting. Europe-Asia probably needs the cargo lift of widebodies a little too much (nevermind airspace issues).

@mel_wright123 Just plain rude to talk like that

@Llib7 It’s really high time to do it. This is truly appalling. “Why didn’t you tell ME about Pearl Harbour?” Wtf 🤦‍♀️ Using the event as leverage in negotiations 85 years later shows a staggering lack of respect for Japan & world order. Everything is transactional with this moron.

Operation Epic Ignorance 🤦‍♀️

@analyticflying Yes I’m just thinking city pairs that may not be viable for a wide body, as well as an airline offering convenience while still making money. I’m just thinking globally there would have to be dozens of city pairs such as Europe to Asia or Africa or North to South America etc

Kinda. Narrowbodies typically have lower utilisation than widebodies. More turnarounds plus less overnight flying; gets more difficult when one has multiple types with smaller fleets/subfleets. They're always trying to increase utilisation with limited success XLR gives them unique proposition of increasing utilisation with longer sectors without payload problems previous narrowbodies had on longer sectors, but still giving them narrowbody efficiency & economics on short sectors. But it still doesn't give them widebody economics on longer routes. So it's more niche on the longer side of things, but stock standard on the shorter routes.