Culture
Articles focussed primarily on cultural issues in transport, such as managerial culture and passenger behaviour.
Some inconvenient thoughts
The start of a new year turns our thoughts toward the year ahead, while the end of the first decade of the 21st Century in one year's time gives us further pause for reflection and thought. There's been some points about the rail industry ripe for debate that have been rolling around in my... »
A Summer reading list
It's a tradition in the British Parliament that during the Summer recess, the deeper thinkers in some of the political parties compile a Summer reading list for MPs to read. With the end of the academic year, the last exam taken care of and as the work year starts to run down, the long,... »
On the seventh day he rested: Discussion post
Transport reviews and planning are still regarding Sunday as different from Saturday in terms of service standards. The latest offender is the Sydney SW sector bus servicing plan, which has a Saturday service standard till midnight but a Sunday one till 9pm only. Let’s talk lifestyle everyone. What do people do these days? Are they... »
Incrementalism, and the lack of success of an “Australian Road Lobby”
I'll try to keep away from my hobbyhorse polemic language from my own blog and stick to some reasonable »
Are Melburnians Wedded to Their Cars?
I’ve been catching up on some of the posts that I’ve missed, and reading MJJA’s most interesting post on achieving modal shift and the resulting discussion, I was brought back to the question of whether people in Melbourne are – for want of a better term – wedded to their cars. Melburnians supposed psychological... »
Making rail commuting a Capital experience
I wrote this yesterday as a travel-log. It probably should go on my blog, as it is more narrative than textbook item. But I’ve revealled in real time how the whole commuting experience can be done well. ********************** A very respectable load of passengers – in both senses. **************************************************** I’m writing this from onboard the capital connection from... »
What is the purpose of public transport?
Somebody – this one’s for you. It’s time to nut out exactly WHY we are advocating for significant improvements to public transport. Obviously it’s because the system is in bad shape, but WHY do we want it in good shape? In other words, what is the purpose of a good public transport system? 1. It... »
Our problem in a nutshell
I posted this on Smart Passengers forums and Riccardo invited me to share it here for a wider audience. Problem: Transport planning in Victoria so far has largely been based on each different service being provided by one technology, for instance urban transit with trams, metro transport with electric trains and interurban transport with diesel trains. On... »