👇 This thread about a mad German funicular railway is so good I barely need to make the video I was planning to do about it any more

There's been a lot of bad vibes on this site recently. We need more support for our non-binary friends and family. Diversity is strength. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Woohoo, so this kicks in in March and then AT raises fares 6%. So a bus ride will be 112% more expensive next year! i.stuff.co.nz/national/polit…

Off topic, but honestly I miss the golden age of the internet when trolls has real teeth, with a measure of dry wit thrown in for good measure. Now it's just the likes of @DanilaBagrov50 who hide their irrelevant responses from anyone they aren't directly replying to. *boring*

Today's vintage transport posters: A terrific series of six by Per Arnoldi for Danish State Railways (DSB), 1975.

Salt Lake City is so car brained that light rail in the city is forced to weave around left turn lanes. Was 6 lanes for cars in a major urban area not enough? (Rick Egan)

An interesting proposal that isn't outlandish theguardian.com/australia-news…

Bus and van drivers stopped heavy lunchtime traffic in the Sydney CBD when they left their vehicles to exchange wild blows in a dramatic road rage fight. #9News nine.social/3Jj

Overdose of Christmas spirit

Take a deep dive into Inland Rail through our #interactive maps. 🤿🗺️Explore detailed info, route specifics, and view our awarded contracts to see the national benefits #InlandRail is delivering to businesses across Australia. 👍👷 Learn more: inlandrail.info/3zw9SJh

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What are the most important walk (and bike) infrastructure projects to build in Greater Sydney? We are putting together a list that is large enough for the big end of town to be interested. Details are good.

Bloody hell, imagine trying to get home to the Blue Mountains on #sydneytrains this evening Catch train Change for bus Change for train Change for train Change for bus

Aurizon Yellow on an ALF. A fresh paint job for one of South Australia’s longest serving locomotives (built 1977) (📸Chris Felice via FB)

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The main western rail line through the Blue Mountains will be closed for repairs from Sunday morning for at least five days following a freight train derailment earlier this week. transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-event…

I may reduce my activity here, as the way Twitter is run becomes more like a derailed wagon tearing up 10km of the Blue Mountains line. The Android app is getting buggy, and proposed upcoming changes sound particularly unappealing. Not disappearing fully, but not as active.

In case I get suspended for the elephant-like creature in the room/on my profile, I want to say a massive thank you to everyone I have interacted with here over the years - this was a great place, and you were all what made it great. See you on the other side I hope. 🐘

I'm still on a social media break, but this was too good not to share: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/1…