Tip: set WEB_CONCURRENCY to core count * 1.5 and then tune MAX_THREADS. High thread values will see diminishing returns!)
https://t.co/QieVVDAXZ5 (2/2)
All-sleeper express trains between Auckland and Wellington. Overnight both ways, six night a week. Fully self contained cabins with private shower and toilet. Buffet car with wine steward.
Wishful thinking? Nope, just what used to run in the 70s.
Courtesy of @stateless
With Twitter's change in ownership last week, I'm probably in the clear to talk about the most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter.
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RT @[email protected]
"If you hate watching a billionaire destroy the place you live online, wait till you hear what they’re up to with planet earth."
- Meghna Jayanth
https://t.co/UWwdjCNqr6
There’s a long list of reasons why people say a passenger rail network wouldn’t work in Aotearoa. Here’s why they’re all rubbish...
https://t.co/c7bNIRxLN6
Here's more on today's National Ticketing Solution announcement. NTS will mean:
🚍Use your debit/credit card or phone for public transport
🚉One system for the whole country
⛴️You automatically get the best fare
A major step forward for PT in NZ. https://t.co/68dPh4K4E8
In the current state of regional rail in #NZ, worth reading this great @GreaterAKL post by @Nicolas_Reid about faster rail in #Malaysia, which has 1,000mm narrow gauge tracks & keeps investing in higher-speed rail (> 160km/h when complete to Johor Bahru) https://t.co/4RpfLjFUUL
Yet another photo of a bunch of houses wedged up against a rail line with no passenger trains🤦
A scene you can find in hundreds of communities across NZ. Ridiculous, especially when we have a housing crisis AND a climate crisis.
#TheFutureIsRail
Recently refurbished electric loco EF30163 on a test run north of Palmerston North this afternoon. Gotta say the new scheme looks great.
Photo by Jack Still
I decided to have a little rant about the Auckland rail omnishambles: "this just does not happen to entire transport networks in other cities. Moreover, it does not happen with the most privileged transport mode in New Zealand: roads." https://t.co/eqxYP4wgyE