Mastodawn

Jake Coppinger 8h ago

Bony empath 9h ago

My fellow Australians, we've gone mad! We're offering crazy discounts on fuel!! Also, please don't buy fuel.

#auspol

Jake Coppinger 1d ago

TfNSW SCATS to triple revenue next FY?

https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2026/BN25-00534-Post-Travel-Report-to-India-January-2026.pdf

#auspol #nswpol #urbanism #trafficsignals #tfnsw

Jake Coppinger 1d ago

ABC did not change an article which failed to describe high powered e-bikes as e-motorbikes - like https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-27/mother-calls-for-change-zeke-hondow-killed-emotorbike-crash/106038102 did

Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-22/doctor-calls-for-action-children-illegal-electric-bikes/106469324

Ombudsman: https://www.abc.net.au/about/ombudsman/complaints/resolved/action-taken/106515846

Diff: https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20260328002149/20260331033111/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-22/doctor-calls-for-action-children-illegal-electric-bikes/106469324

Her 8yo son was killed in an e-motorbike crash. Now Kloe Weedon wants new rules to protect kids

Kloe Weedon's son Zeke William Hondow, a schoolboy with a sharp wit and even sharper haircuts, was farewelled at a funeral last week.

Jake Coppinger 1d ago

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John Spurlock 1d ago

- TelephonyMessagingKit: new end-to-end encryption stuff

presumably to support RCS https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/30/ios-26-5s-messages-app-has-rcs-end-to-end-encryption-in-beta/

iOS 26.5's Messages app has RCS end-to-end encryption in beta - 9to5Mac

iOS 26.5 beta 1 gives the Messages app support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging, after previously being available in the iOS 26.4 beta.

9to5Mac

Jake Coppinger 1d ago

Daniel Bowen Mar 25

Blog post: there's some new PT patronage data out for #Melbourne and regional Victoria. Up and down through 2025, and an interesting bump during the "Summer Start" free weekends... but for train only, not bus or tram. https://danielbowen.com/2026/03/25/patronage-during-2025/

Patronage during 2025

Updated public transport patronage data has just been released, including for January 2026. This is particularly interesting given the Summer Start free weekend travel that applied during December and January. Unfortunately the other data set that separates out patronage by days does not include weekend data for this period. It's not clear if this is [...]

Daniel Bowen

Jake Coppinger 4d ago

Yarra Bicycle Users Group 4d ago

From Bicycle Network: Yarra pushes on with sub-standard bike lanes

'To squeeze the new redundant parking in, the council has opted for a too-narrow bike lane configuration that does not satisfy national, state or local guidelines for such infrastructure.' /1

https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2026/03/25/yarra-pushes-on-with-sub-standard-bike-lanes/

Yarra pushes on with sub-standard bike lanes

City of Yarra contractors have begun preparations for installing a substandard bike lane on Elizabeth Street in Richmond.

Bicycle Network

Jake Coppinger 5d ago

Tim Sherratt 5d ago

Even though my residency at SLV has finished, you can keep georeferencing their digitised maps. I've set up automated processes to save all the data and feed it into the apps I created for exploration and use. 1,460 maps have been georeferenced so far! https://wragge.github.io/slv-allmaps/ #maps #GLAM

Georeferencing SLV Maps

Jake Coppinger Mar 25

Regional Overnight Sleeper Services!
#auspol #nsw #victoria #trains
https://industry.transport.nsw.gov.au/tfnsw/tiip/pipeline

Jake Coppinger Mar 24

Michael West Media FOI on fuel security emergency plan:

https://michaelwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Fuel-Security-Policy-Documents.pdf

Linked by SMH without attribution: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-s-emergency-plan-starts-with-carpooling-escalates-to-fuel-caps-20260325-p5wob6.html

#auspol #fuel #petrol #oil

Jake Coppinger Mar 24

/Mar 24

"Expectation bias and a lack of effective risk controls contributed to a passenger train travelling through a turnout near Blacktown Station at four times faster than the posted speed limit" https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/news-items/2026/lack-effective-risk-controls-prior-blacktown-rail-overspeed-event