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Offer of help: journey planning for your bicycle route

23 March, 202023 March, 2020 Cycling

Since the COVID-19 situation has changed rapidly over the past 1-2 weeks and people are now seriously avoiding public transport, there seem to be many more people people riding bikes […]

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Hike & ride to the You Yangs

19 March, 202028 February, 2020 Walks

Just after New Years Eve and before the smoke had started to set in, I went out to visit the You Yangs – a small cluster of hills about 55 […]

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Melbourne bus route patronage data for 2008 – 2019

28 February, 202028 February, 2020 Transport

Download and view the data here. The latest installment of my ongoing publication of transport data for Victoria is two more years of usage data for all bus routes in Melbourne […]

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Road under yacht level crossing removal

27 February, 202026 February, 2020 Transport

In 2005, a level crossing was pre-emptively removed in Melbourne. This is not noteworthy in itself – there have been tens of these types of projects completed in the city […]

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Things to be grateful for

16 January, 202015 January, 2020 Transport

It’s the beginning of a new year, and sometimes I think that us gunzels complain about things just a little too much. Often these are perfectly valid and being introspective […]

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2019 in photos

31 December, 201931 December, 2019 Meta

Another year, another few thousand photos uploaded to Flickr. Here’s a small selection of some from 2019. I rode my bike up through Woodlands Park and the aircraft observation area […]

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Tram roundabouts of Melbourne

19 December, 201919 December, 2019 History

With 85 percent of Melbourne’s tram network mixed with general traffic, it is inevitable that they will have to pass through some interesting intersections. In Melbourne, there are 19 roundabouts […]

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Are more people living in apartments now than in 1954?

28 November, 201927 November, 2019 History

65 years ago the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) released the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. This formed the foundations for our current planning system. Some aspects, like car […]

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Station patronage in Melbourne for 2005-2019

14 November, 201913 November, 2019 Transport

While accountants may be excited by the end of a financial year, gunzels get excited for another reason – new station patronage data! Using the same method as last year, […]

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Crossing the Rubicon

17 October, 201916 October, 2019 Walks

Last week I crossed the Rubicon River on a hike in north-central Victoria. Unlike Julies Caesar, doing so didn’t start a war. The main reason for this trip was to […]

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