Michael Cobbin

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Michael Cobbin

@michaelcobbin

Interested in urban planning, town planning, public transport and advancing Australian cities into great global cities.

Sydney, Australia Katılım Nisan 2012
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Michael Cobbin
Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@themanion6661 @tommorris32 He should encouraged to play county cricket for the English summer. Cam Green did well on the West Indies tour. In this series, he lifted his tempo at the very start of his innings compared but seemed to got out in his 30s and 40s.
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Luke@themanion6661·
Cam Green needs to go back to shield cricket and make some runs and take some wickets. Doesn't matter what he does at any level with a white ball he needs to go back and learn and get that battle readiness. Even Ponting early on got dropped made enough runs that he was undeniable in shield cricket that they had to pick him again
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Tom Morris
Tom Morris@tommorris32·
There is something extra special about Australia's Shield warriors growing into respected international players beyond the age of 30. Neser, Webster & Boland have spent most of their careers toiling & grinding on the domestic scene without fanfare. Finally given a chance, they flourish. And they do so because they are battle hardened. When's the last time any of these three played a bad game? Head, Starc, Carey & Smith obviously deserve plaudits, but the next tier warrant big ✅✅ too. @SEN_Cricket @1116sen #Ashes
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oscar with a little kid who gave him timtams 🥹🥹🥹
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@chickenuggets29 @f1trollofficial When Prost retired, he held the record for the most F1 GP wins at a time when cars unreliable. When he retired, he had the second WDC wins ever, Juan Manuel Fangio had 5, and Prost missed out on 5th WDC win by a 0.5 point.Prost also jad 5 WDC winners as teammates.
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warren aston@chickenuggets29·
@f1trollofficial People sleep on Prost. He was one of the most methodical drivers, the rest voted for Verstappen Alonso because they are DTs fans who don’t even care about Alonso, they just voted for Max, Senna and Vettel is also a deadly combo
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F1 TROLL@f1trollofficial·
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@f1trollofficial Which driver from this list has had most WDC title winners as a teammates? Prost. Prost had Lauda (3x WDC), Keke Rosberg (1xWDC), Senna (3xWDC), Mansell (1xWDC) & Damon Hill (1xWDC). Prost still won 4 WDC and had 51 wins (a record at the time). Prost & Hamilton is the winner.
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@fictillius @kookcove @retrobike_c16 Doesn’t either TfNSW or Sydney Metro own the majority of the land immediately surrounding Cherrybrook, Kellyville and Bella Vista stations? I believe they do. Every other Metro station has development occurring at the moment.
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Elsbeth Tascioni, Esq.@fictillius·
Residents in Sydney’s north-west are rallying against the state government’s push to add thousands of homes to their suburbs, with one council saying the area is already “bursting at the seams”. Therese Enright, a healthcare worker living in Baulkham Hills, says she supports more housing, but better infrastructure has to come first.
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@kookcove @retrobike_c16 @fictillius My take is that this NSW Government wants to be seen doing something more than the previous government in regarding housing densification but not spend the $$$ on infrastructure. The LGAs pushing back because they want $$$ for infrastructure.
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Kookaburra cove@kookcove·
@michaelcobbin @retrobike_c16 @fictillius I used to live in the hawkesbury. They are seeing substantial growth too all in housing devments. Their nearest hospital is the same as the hills (Hosp at Windsor is not ok) PT though Vineyard, all along Windsor Rd is awful. Not to mention high schools. It all feeds to BH & CH
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Michael Cobbin
Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@kookcove @retrobike_c16 @fictillius I lived the area for around this amount of time have seen the change. Look at Rouse Hill/Castle Hill, the closet public hospital is at least 30 minutes away. It doesn’t matter if it’s Westmead or Blacktown hospital because they both take the same amount of time to get there.
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@kookcove @retrobike_c16 @fictillius Box Hill, Riverstone, Gables, Vineyard, Grantham Farm, Riverstone, parts of Schofields, Tallawong and Rouse Hill are still reliant on country roads infrastructure and yet had a lot of growth. Even Baulkham Hills has seen a lot of growth over the past 10 years. 2/2
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@kookcove @retrobike_c16 @fictillius I also live in the North West region, my take is that the boundary between Metro and Rural areas has moved two to three times in the last 20 years. The problem is the $$$ to upgrade infrastructure from rural to metro status has been slow in coming from the NSW Government. 1/2
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@noreasonspec Definitely Blacktown and The Hills Shire LGAs have been doing the heavy lifting, which includes upgrading infrastructure from rural/country standards to metro standards. These upgrades cost a far bit of $$$ and can take 10 to 20 years to happen. 2/2
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@noreasonspec Which is fine, but the NSW Government needs to provide infrastructure funding for the additional housing. The LGAs are responsible for all non-State roads, parks, sporting fields, bike/shared paths and etc. 1/2
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the what an election chocobo@noreasonspec·
You fix nothing until you remove councils from planning Simple
Elsbeth Tascioni, Esq.@fictillius

Residents in Sydney’s north-west are rallying against the state government’s push to add thousands of homes to their suburbs, with one council saying the area is already “bursting at the seams”. Therese Enright, a healthcare worker living in Baulkham Hills, says she supports more housing, but better infrastructure has to come first.

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Michael Cobbin
Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@noreasonspec You also need to factor in that the areas south of the M2 got moved to the Parramatta LGA responsibility. The Hills Shire Council lost 30,000 residents to the LGA amalgamation process, and yet it still has the 2nd largest population across all NSW LGAs over the last 15 years. 2/2
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@noreasonspec Except in this case, The Hills Shire LGA has done way more of the heavy lifting over the years than the NSW Government. The evidence can be shown in Google Streetview & ABS stats. The Hills Shire LGA has had the 2nd largest population in NSW. 1/2
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Michael Cobbin
Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@fictillius @ajmnsaus Is that a Landcom issue or the NSW Government constantly moving the goal post issue? I would say a bit of both, but more lately the NSW Government trying to move the goal post.
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Elsbeth Tascioni, Esq.
Elsbeth Tascioni, Esq.@fictillius·
@michaelcobbin @ajmnsaus The surplus vacant land around the stations is still empty 6 years after the metro opened. It should have been under construction as soon as metro handed the vacant land over
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@fictillius @ajmnsaus In meantime, the North West Growth Areas has occurred and a lot of roads are still country roads. You have dangerous intersections that have not been upgraded, when they were just country roads 15 years ago. The rural boundary of Sydney moved but the infrastructure hasn’t.
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@fictillius @ajmnsaus Historically, public transport has been historically poor in the region and never kept up. Yes, it now has the Metro but it’s going to take another 20 years for the transformation of Castle Hill, Hills Showground, Norwest, Bella Vista and Kellyville into proper TODs.
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@disco___cat @fictillius Do you realise how many buses travel along Annagrove between Dural/Round Corner and Rouse Hill per day? Only 3 buses in each direction. When it comes to the outer regions of Sydney, public transport can be lacking. Which global city has this sort of challenge that Sydney has?
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Michael Cobbin
Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@disco___cat @fictillius Which other cities are trying to reduce private car usage? Remember that Sydney sits in the “Alpha +” category and has made significant steps in improving pedestrianisation of its CBDs and town centres.
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discocat@disco___cat·
@michaelcobbin @fictillius What other ‘great global cities’ (as per your bio) are increasing road capacity? Great global cities are trying to reduce private car usage not increase it.
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Michael Cobbin@michaelcobbin·
@ajmnsaus @fictillius If you include Shared Paths then The Hills Shire Council is doing a way better job than most of the LGAs in Sydney. It’s still a bit of a challenge in some older parts of the LGA but there is about the LGA has spent around 15 years in the developing the Shared Path network.
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