Travel writer living and working on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, Australia. Rail travel expert, current books on sale include Heading South and Ultimate Train Journeys: World. See my published writing at iwriter.com.au.
@ajsadauskas @awelder @jedsetter @nictea @philip @fuck_cars And Perth doesn’t even have much of a pre-car inner-city, so it’s dominated by car-friendly suburbia. The new train lines are good, but it’s a pity they run between freeways and thus miss out on local walkable neighbourhoods around them.
@ajsadauskas @philip @fuck_cars “planned railways” to significant locations are never built. Take the airport as an example.
@whybird @skribe @ajsadauskas @eatham @unionagainstdhmo As someone said the other day - let’s go for the existing Wattle Day on 1 September!
@skribe @ajsadauskas @eatham @unionagainstdhmo Could always be moved.
@ajsadauskas @eatham @unionagainstdhmo I think 9 May, when federal parliament first met in 1901. It’s the right year, and more convenient than 1 Jan.
@ajsadauskas @pluralistic @technology Needs to be nationalised; or more precisely, converted to a non-profit body.