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  Thread: Phone-free call for a quiet ride (Herald Sun)
Michaelje

Replies: 64
Views: 1637

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:38 pm   Subject: Re: Phone-free call for a quiet ride (Herald Sun)
I think this whole situation is more of a situation where people are getting annoyed at the new generation and how we live and use technology. There has always been changes form generation to generati ...
  Thread: Connex - Oaks Day Fiasco
Michaelje

Replies: 116
Views: 5451

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:05 pm   Subject: Connex - Oaks Day Fiasco
My take on this. I am a passenger and not a driver, don't work for Connex or anyone associated with transport.

The faults - I have no issues with Connex, Infrastructure is generally out of their co ...
  Thread: $1.50/L fuel to put pressure on PT
Michaelje

Replies: 37
Views: 1865

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:24 pm   Subject: Re: $1.50/L fuel to put pressure on PT
a) would you prefer that people drive to work, or park-and-ride instead?
Welcome to the real world. Bus frequencies are very rarely ever good enough to make someone bus and train it, rather than park ...
  Thread: $1.50/L fuel to put pressure on PT
Michaelje

Replies: 37
Views: 1865

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:01 pm   Subject: Re: $1.50/L fuel to put pressure on PT
This is very visible, at Upper Gully over the last two years I've gone from seeing a few empty car spots mid morning to a full car park and cars parking in the side streets on the northern side of the ...
  Thread: Driver spooked and an (In)Appropriate Reaction??
Michaelje

Replies: 82
Views: 4518

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:42 pm   Subject: Re: Driver spooked and an (In)Appropriate Rection??
Unless you've heard the thump that a person makes on the front of a train or felt the rush when some peanut is running across in front of you and you can do nothing more than blow the whistle, brake a ...
  Thread: Driver spooked and an (In)Appropriate Reaction??
Michaelje

Replies: 82
Views: 4518

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:34 pm   Subject: Re: Driver spooked and an (In)Appropriate Rection??


I'd say you would probably be wrong, there would be nothing that would allow the driver NOT to take the passenger unless they were violent, quarrelsome, drunk, causing a scene on the train, etc.
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  Thread: Driver spooked and an (In)Appropriate Reaction??
Michaelje

Replies: 82
Views: 4518

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:10 am   Subject: Re: Driver spooked and an (In)Appropriate Rection??

I'd say you would probably be wrong, there would be nothing that would allow the driver NOT to take the passenger unless they were violent, quarrelsome, drunk, causing a scene on the train, etc.
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  Thread: Driver spooked and an (In)Appropriate Reaction??
Michaelje

Replies: 82
Views: 4518

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:48 am   Subject: Re: Driver spooked and an (In)Appropriate Rection??
Heard on the radio tonight about an incident at Glenhuntly station that happened earlier in the day.

It seems that after some person ran in front of the train coming into the station (illegally a ...
  Thread: Flinders Street. Platforms 2 and 3 Evacuated
Michaelje

Replies: 12
Views: 1161

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:08 pm   Subject: Re: Flinders Street. Platforms 2 and 3 Evacuated
Smoking affects the smoker more so then people standing around.

Non smoking - A Bit of coughing maybe some dicomfort

Smokers - Cancer.

Solution - If someone is smoking in a place where it is ...
  Thread: Myki
Michaelje

Replies: 1065
Views: 47212

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 10:57 pm   Subject: Myki
On another note, I've noticed that the yellow plywood boxes at many stations have been either replaced with black & yellow striped plywood boxes or stickered with black & yellow transfers. Thi ...
  Thread: What Station is this?
Michaelje

Replies: 9
Views: 748

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:50 am   Subject: Re: What Station is this?
Paisley. This station should really be re-opened when the extra platform goes in at Lavo. The car park may actually get some use then Smile

Can't see much point in it. People from Altona North just ...
  Thread: A $1 Billion balls up and a really bad joke called 'Myki'
Michaelje

Replies: 274
Views: 11981

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:42 am   Subject: A $1 Billion balls up and a really bad joke called 'Myki'
Thats it.....
If Metcard works, then why in h*ll is the Government persisting in trying to change it?

If the idea is to have a system for the state, why not cover the state by extending the Melbou ...
  Thread: A $1 Billion balls up and a really bad joke called 'Myki'
Michaelje

Replies: 274
Views: 11981

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:22 am   Subject: Re: A $1 Billion balls up and a really bad joke called 'Myki
The Age: Travel card faces more costly delays

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/more-travel-card-trouble/2008/05/25/1211653848657.html

The Age: THE trouble-plagued myki ticketing system fac ...
  Thread: [The Age] - PT fails Monash Uni students
Michaelje

Replies: 18
Views: 1322

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:25 am   Subject: Re: [The Age] - PT fails Monash Uni students

That is quite possibly the biggest load of smeg I have heard all week, and trust me, Ive heard plenty of smeg this week. Sure, the Smartbus PID screens sometimes play up a little, but this is hardly ...
  Thread: State budget 2008 -09
Michaelje

Replies: 83
Views: 5168

PostForum: Melbourne suburban   Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:50 am   Subject: State budget 2008 -09
Give us a break.

The duplication of Altona Loop is a base line routine project that should have been completed years ago.

Like

Oh, give us a break ZH836301. What have you been doing for publ ...
 
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