Guy Segev (they/them)

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Ex Atlassian and Canva Software engineer, musician, public transport/infrastructure enthusiast.

As Australia prepares for a horror summer fuelled by the climate crisis, Randwick council in Sydney voted to remove a cycleway planned for Maroubra Road through Maroubra Junction, Eastgardens and towards the beach.

A motion to rescind the change failed.

See the BicycleNSW submission: https://bicyclensw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/230829-Maroubra-Road-Cycleway-Letter-to-Councillors.pdf

Thanks @kymtje (Greens) for your support of the cycleway.

#sydney #cycling #randwick #auspol #sydney #urbanism #bicycles #climatecrisis #australia

@jessta yeah they seem to be slowing down and waiting for pedestrians more!

In such road types I noticed that a big challenge is getting pedestrians to feel comfortable taking space on the “road”, so I think that using design to give them permission is great. The various streets in Melbourne that tackle this in different ways show a great comparison

Loving the new mixed use roads in Redfern. Such a great example of how design is essential for making a mixed use space “feel” mixed use.
#urbanism #pedestrians #walkablecities
@timrichards AI ethical concerns in applications like this are huge. However, I find the way the article conflates the intentionally mismanaged robodebt scheme with AI being left unmanaged. Though the automated messages were sent with too much autonomy, the “robo” part was largely used to avoid responsibility. This was a human and organisational act, rather than an honest mistake as we’ve seen from recent reports.

Why do pedestrians in Sydney wait so long at traffic lights? I tried to find out the answer and wrote a blog post: https://jakecoppinger.com/2023/07/shining-a-light-on-the-traffic-signals-of-sydney/

I cover previously unpublished maps of signal timings, ODbL crowdsourced data from a open source website I built, how it costs $200 to buy data on a single intersection from the government, details on signal programming in a proprietary format, comparisons with best practice and more.

#urbanism #planning #walking #maps #openstreetmap #sydney #australia

Shining a Light on the Traffic Signals of Sydney - Jake Coppinger

This blog post provides an overview of traffic signal operation in Sydney (focusing on the inner city), based on technical documentation, conversations with government & industry experts and data I've collected after building Better Intersections.

Jake Coppinger - Jake Coppinger's blog and portfolio. I'm currently working as a full stack software engineer at Atlassian in the Linking Platform team, improving the features and reliability of Smart Link experiences in products like Confluence, Jira and Trello.
@jakecoppinger they look so uncomfortable and hostile 🥲 at the very least it is seating that exists, which at least could be slightly accessible for people with disabilities or elderly people (so long as they are slim enough to fit directly within the bars 😅)
@annettewade @MorpheusB if it was hostile architecture, I would have thought they would have done the standard hostile benches. I don’t condone that either, but it seems odd to have none at all. My other thought was maybe space saving? Especially in town hall
Wondering about the lack of seating options in Central and Townhall stations. Is this just hostile architecture or what?

There appears to be a fledgling pro-YIMBY movement starting in Sydney: https://www.sydney.yimby.au/

They are hosting a launch night if you are interested: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sydney-yimby-launch-tickets-652714856707

There is also https://www.yimbysydney.com/ run by @JessScully

#sydney #housing #auspol #density #missingmiddle #yimby #nimby

Sydney YIMBY

Sydney YIMBY
@jessta this article tries so hard to spin this as a negative it’s almost funny. Even the wording of “lives in a car-less apartment block” rather than “car free” or “pedestrianised” is clearly very intentional. Every heading paints such a negative picture that’s not backed up by the meat of the article. The “evidence” they use to back things is just opinions of people on the street. Shoddy biased writing that I’m sorry to see come out of the ABC