Pierre Vairo

Active/Public Transport
Urban Design
Energy nerd
Regreening the suburbs

[Pierre Vairo @PierreVairo]

@tibbinz hook me up Tim!

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@tayser82 this is great stuff.

still another decade or so until c02 emissions from transport hit their peak though iirc.

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@griffonboi @GreenGunzel wow.. 🤯
when was that said?

[Pierre Vairo @PierreVairo]

@griffonboi @GreenGunzel that sounds apocryphal - even in the early planning days the stations were called CBD South and North.

I'd guess the marketing department wanted to have "5 new stations" as opposed to 3 new stations and extra platforms at MC & FSS

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@Llib7 no joke, I had forgotten!

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Is Brad Battin stupid, or does he just think his constituents are?

Either way, best of luck with your petition 👌

https://t.co/5MIskB3BqU

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@hamhammer27 they also do an excellent ube!

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@hamhammer27 Kariton Sorbites in Footscray (and the CBD) does an excellent uber

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@suburban_melb @aussiewongm I'm gonna start carrying a sharpie so I can cross out stations that the HCMTs no longer stop at...

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I was referring to the noisy diesel engine

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blatantly false advertising

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@CumsonLance @metrotrains fyi @MelbOnTransit

can I pick your brain about a couple of potential routes?

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Footscray station platform 6 escalators finally set to open at night!

After a month of back-and-forth emails, I'm glad to report that @metrotrains will trial allowing passengers to use the escalators on P6 on certain evenings (AFL games & other major events)

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@CumsonLance @metrotrains that's a big job! and one better suited to a passionate local 😊

my next mission is to get some N-S bus routes happening in the inner West.

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@joininthechorus @metrotrains Thanks!

but I am dreading another email from Metro saying 'errr ackchyually, we've had a complaint from a single resident and youse passengers aren't that important to us'

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@aussiewongm thanks for your support @ptua :)

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@aussiewongm's blog post about the part-time escalators.

https://t.co/5jLB8fgGuN

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@suburban_melb @boomerangmadi surely at this stage @metrotrains sends someone round to each train to remove the outdated maps?

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4 months after opening our flagship new metro tunnel and the maps on the trains are still misleading passengers with outdated info!

apparently the maintenance PPP for the HCMT fleet is to blame?!

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@OperationalInc1 hard agree.

whether it was born out in the statistics or not, many people had the perception that the trains were off limits after dark. now, they're full.

a far cry from 30 years ago when only 1 out of 3 carriages had lights on for the handful of hardy souls onboard.