Paul Mees in today’s Age

I see that Paul Mees has an anti rail tunnel article in today’s Sunday Age. It’s typical Mees fare - he seems to get half way there in his claim that the Loop (defined in a broader sense of the inner city rail system) was built to handle more trains than it gets today, and [...]

The Eddington Strikes Back

Sorry about my blog absence of late - I’m in the middle of exams at the moment so haven’t had much time for anything interesting. I saw an article by Melissa Fyfe that appeared in the Sunday Age a couple of days back and it reminded me (as did Tom) that I never finished my [...]

Alternatives to Eddington Part 1B - Western Suburbs Service Standard

I’ve noticed that in my recent post on alternatives to Eddington’s plan that I failed to have a good look at the service standard for the western lines. The need for a better service standard was the key reason for the works I was proposing, but for some strange reason I neglected to spell them [...]

Alternatives to Eddington Part 1 - Western Suburbs Options

The recently released Eddingtion report is proposing a lot of new rail infrastructure. Whilst new money for rail infrastructure is most welcome, parts of the project seem poorly thought out. For some background on the potential pitfalls, have a look at my post on the topic and Riccardo’s summary of the problems.
It’s all very [...]

Eddington report released - two new rail lines recommended

The Eddington report has finally been released, and to be honest it’s far better than I expected when the inquiry was announced. The road tunnel has been given the green light, which is disappointing but completely unsurprising; but the big news is that Eddington has reccomended the construction of a 17km rail tunnel through the [...]

How on earth did Alan Moran get a PhD in “public transport economics”?

My good friend Matt sent me an opinion piece that appeared in The Age a couple of days back; written by none other than Alan Moran - Director of the “Deregulation Unit” at the right wing Institute of Public Affairs. Moran apparently has a PhD in public transport economics, yet seems to think that [...]

Election 2007 - The Greens’ sustainable transport policy

With the election on I thought I might have cursory look at some of the transport policies on offer. First up is the greens, who as expected deliver a broadly pro public transport and freight rail policy, and they ought to be congratulated for doing so. There’s probably no point in my ticking the boxes [...]

perhaps this explains it…