‘Absolutely world beating’: How a year of metro has shaken up the way Sydney moves. As Sydney marks the first anniversary of opening of the city section of the Metro line, figures show stations in the CBD are consistently surpassing patronage forecasts. smh.com.au/national/nsw/a…

Article today in The Age about the proposed removal of crossovers used by freight trains from Victoria's north-west and west by the Melbourne Airport Rail project.

A bike-lane moved 2.5X as many people as a regular traffic lane in a @TFL study, & given that they are half the width, the study concluded that bike-lanes are 5X as efficient as vehicle traffic lanes. HT 21st Century City Mobility in cities is about space.

G'day Queensland Rail I note the isolated weekdays track closure on the Sunshine Coast line Tuesday 16 Sep, Wednesday 17 Sep. This is unusual. Why is it during the week and not weekend? translink.com.au/updates/836711 Thanks.

As part of Queensland Rail’s 160th anniversary, we’ve launched a special $160,000 community grants fund to support rail heritage operators preserve our rail history across the state.

RATP has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to upgrade the train control system on Paris metro Line 13 to enable fully automated driverless operation. railjournal.com/passenger/metr…

Will freight trains and Traveltrain be impacted also by this closure Queensland Rail ? Thanks.

Ozbob's Gallery - Photographs of public transport and railways. ozbob.info

Massive American-style utes that don't fit in most carparks are getting big tax breaks. "They're not being bought by farmers and tradies, they're being bought by people who just want to have a big car to drive around city streets." - Research Director Rod Campbell #auspol

“More than 1m cars that are too big to fit in parking spaces are sold in the UK each year, and numbers are growing.” SUVs also pose high risks to pedestrians especially children, and cyclists, increase air pollution from big tyres. ⁦Jenny Jones⁩ theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

Good connections make public transport more useful for more people. But buses running every 30 minutes can't efficiently connect to trains running every 20 minutes. More frequent services can fix this. #MoreServicesNow

Andrew Potts Gold Coast Bulletin Imagine having a world-leading transport link that has exceeded expectations and is the envy of cities everywhere, and then saying "nope, we don't want any more of that here".

Railmaps Andrew Potts Gold Coast Bulletin A terrible outcome. GC light rail is booming! Annual patronage as a % mode share.

This is incredibly stupid. Stage Four gets the light rail to the airport... Gold Coast is pretty much a straight line. Having one connected Light Rail line from the North all the way to Cooly was a no-brainer.

Burleigh to Border Light Rail Cancellation “Bitterly Disappointing” forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/burleigh-to-… Better Transport Queensland