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hooman posted:Also, stop loving about with means tested oooh tax on this, tax exempt on that bullshit. Poor people have to travel further to work, often have worse access to public transit, so raise taxes on the rich and invest in public transport, bing bong, loving simple. I hate this policy brain bullshit. Public transport breaks down, requires track-work, requires drivers, requires fuel inputs, requires digging tunnels and/or ripping up streets, requires policy-brained planning bullshit, doesn't run 24/7, you have to wait for it, gets crowded, doesn't make people healthy, and doesn't service everywhere. Invest in a Cycle Superhighway, bing bong, loving simple. A few meters of flat ground. That's it. (and a handful of overpasses, fine). Will continue to work in the event of: Any disruption to global petroleum distribution network Financial Collapse Zombie Apocalypse Nuclear Winter And will free up enough space on the roads that we won't even care about who needs to drive. Reclaims communities from cars, revitalises local economies, facilitates genuine freedom of movement, saves the government and households billions of dollars per year, and allows the next generation of sporting heroes to get to weeknight practice. But philosophically yes I agree with your broader point. We should just do the cycle thing first, solve as many problems as we can with that, and then make the rest of the decisions based on how that goes.
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Bucky Fullminster posted:Public transport breaks down, requires track-work, requires drivers, requires fuel inputs, requires digging tunnels and/or ripping up streets, requires policy-brained planning bullshit, doesn't run 24/7, you have to wait for it, gets crowded, doesn't make people healthy, and doesn't service everywhere. I know cycling is your hobby horse, I love it too and would love to be able to ride to work again without inevitably consigning myself to being smashed into paste but we do need more than just cycling options. I should be clear that I consider things like accessable and safe bike and walking paths a part of public transport, in that it is created to be accessable to all. Which means seperated bike and walk paths running along major arteries as well as end of trip infrastructure to support it. However I recognise that not all people can or are willing to cycle and you need to take an approach that includes everyone which means it has to include buses, trains, trams etc. hooman fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Oct 19, 2023 |
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I like public transport, but continue to wear a mask on it. Also, I may like public transport because I get it for free. How, you may ask? I don't touch on. ... I have schizophrenia and forget. If you, too, have a disability that includes forgetting to touch on or a history of fines due to not touching on (and you're in Victoria), you can get your Dr to sign a form for an Access Travel Pass. Free public transport in Victoria is awesome. I just wish it was for everyone. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/tickets/myki/concessions-and-free-travel/access-travel-pass/ "To be eligible for an Access Travel Pass you must: have a significant permanent physical disability, cognitive condition or mental illness be unable to consistently touch on or off due to your condition be able to travel independently on public transport, without assistance from a carer or companion be a Victorian resident." 23 Skidoo fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Oct 19, 2023 |
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If only someone contacted their State MP on a possible bike pathway for the Sydney Region. Note: I am not a crackpot.
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what if we made the roads out of tyre rubber so there is less friction?
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Brucolac posted:Wear on the road is primarily correlated with vehicle weight. Tyre type would be a footnote. I know, but a tyre tax is stupid as gently caress. You want people with better tyres, not the cheapest they can find.
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This Twitter account ran the numbers on which polling places leaned yes/no in the referendum, this won't come as a surprise to anyone here https://twitter.com/DeadInLongRun/status/1714112545534218677 Links to their sources here
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Put a chicken wire canopy over every road and everyone can simply drive around in dodgem cars
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Those dash cam videos tell us that people already drive around like that.
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Lube Enthusiast posted:Put a chicken wire canopy over every road and everyone can simply drive around in dodgem cars Fire all police road patrol officers, replace them with bogans who will jump onto the back of your car, grab the steering wheel out of your hand and steer you back into your lane whenever you gently caress up
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Throw all the rich people into wood chippers and use them to fertilise native forrests. Turn their mansions into multi-tenancy public housing. Kick anyone who owns a V8 in the nuts (They are all men). I actually bought a copy of the Australian today (AUD$4.00). Surprisingly it isn't where there was a sensible and measured debate about the measures outlined above. Actually I have no idea what was in it. I needed something to put the litter trays on as I am currently fire evacuated. Perhaps mere proximity is all that is needed however as I would like to take this opportunity to deny climate change....
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Bucky Fullminster posted:Public transport breaks down, requires track-work, requires drivers, requires fuel inputs, requires digging tunnels and/or ripping up streets, requires policy-brained planning bullshit, doesn't run 24/7, you have to wait for it, gets crowded, doesn't make people healthy, and doesn't service everywhere. Mate, these already exist. I see people cycling on the M4 out to Mt Druitt
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Cartoon posted:Throw all the rich people into wood chippers and use them to fertilise native forrests. Turn their mansions into multi-tenancy public housing. Kick anyone who owns a V8 in the nuts (They are all men). Taking the grid Australian wide you say
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Alright, clearly you've all put a lot more thought and effort into understanding the intricacies of tyres than I. I don't think using the existing tax system is a great idea though, rich fuckers rort it constantly. The point of the fuel excise was to match payment to use, how do you track electric vehicles usage other than straight up tracking chips?
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Look, it's real easy. Make it a law that every time an EV recharges the owner has to buy the equivalent of a tankful of fuel and dump it down the drain. That way everyone's happy!
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hooman posted:Tyres are also releasing microplastics into the environment which we have no idea of the impacts of on health. I’m sure the micro plastics will be fine. We just need a great filter to resolve it.
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Wish ur posting had a great filter
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hambeet posted:I’m sure the micro plastics will be fine. We just need a great filter to resolve it. Would you say that microplastics are a separate great filter to climate change obliterating us all, or all part of the same fossil fuels as the great filter?
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Konomex posted:Alright, clearly you've all put a lot more thought and effort into understanding the intricacies of tyres than I. I don't think using the existing tax system is a great idea though, rich fuckers rort it constantly. The point of the fuel excise was to match payment to use, how do you track electric vehicles usage other than straight up tracking chips? How were Victoria going to charge their km tax? From what i understand they were just going to make it an honour system thing which is far easier than some tax on a consumable that isn't really frequently consumed.
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When it came out it was something about either charging a minimum yearly amount eg 15,000km if you didn’t report or possibly even de-register your vehicle.
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go_banana posted:If only someone contacted their State MP on a possible bike pathway for the Sydney Region. Note: I am not a crackpot. appreciate the nudge, you gotta understand, I gently caress everything up, anything I do is a mess, it's crippled my confidence and my faith in anything happening, it can all feel a bit overwhelming, so I have to choose my approach to how I put things very carefully, in between everything else going on. Procrastinating is a part of loving it up too of course, but posting can sometimes help roll things around a bit to find some words. If you want an update, I did reach out to the guy at transport NSW who I met with the first time, and two more who were in his Out of Office reply, asking if I can get into the tool that made this thing, because I do think that's the most important next step. It's a few weeks later and haven't heard back. But being able to communicate it in specific street level detail is essential for any serious conversation, otherwise it's just talking poo poo. And that tool is the only way I can see how to do that, unless anyone can figure out an easier way. Or unless of course you think we can talk about it without the street-level detail? Can I go straight to local groups / state MPs with the map as-is? In the meantime I am drafting a letter to a friend/acquaintance with contacts and experience in both state and local levels of government, who has been one of the best and most effective advocates for cycling. But look, the fact is that if you guys want good cycle infrastructure, don't rely on me for anything other than the map is my advice. It's a great map, that much I can promise, but I'm a disaster, so don't let it languish with my ridiculous lack of people skills. I'm gonna keep trying, but I just think we should be upfront about that. hooman posted:I know cycling is your hobby horse, I love it too and would love to be able to ride to work again without inevitably consigning myself to being smashed into paste but we do need more than just cycling options. Yep, get all that. Oh and one other thing about PT like trams is that it involves sending lethally massive hunks of metal hurtling down busy pedestrian thoroughfares, which sucks. Or at least it's something I'm still not used to and don't think I ever will be. (I guess I'm talking about George st specifically here, light rail can work in some contexts obviously) And about the "will continue to work in the event of: Any disruption to global petroleum distribution network, Financial Collapse, Zombie Apocalypse, Nuclear Winter"... We understand just how possible at least 3 of these are, right? One ship goes sideways in the Suez, or one virus gets out, and the whole thing goes to poo poo. It's all so goddamn precarious. Those are just accidents, imagine how easy it would be if someone was trying. Our entire society is based on imaginary numbers on a screen which are more easily spooked than a flock of fainting goats. And our transport system is based on pumping petrol which has an eye-wateringly complex and vulnerable supply chain. Recoome posted:Mate, these already exist. I see people cycling on the M4 out to Mt Druitt The M4 actually has some of the more inspiring sections of path:  A proud soaring skyway, fully protected, so you can safely glide right over all the cars sitting in the traffic below. It shows what we can do if we're willing to put our minds to it. But yes, this magnificent route basically abandons you around Wentworthville, and needs to be extended all the way out to Penrith. Mt Druitt is a few km north of that route though, you'd take the trainline cycleway to get there.
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23 Skidoo posted:"To be eligible for an Access Travel Pass you must: Holy poo poo, I'll see if WA has something like this. I have pretty bad ADHD and I'm tired of paying fines due to tagging on/off incorrectly. I'll either get hit with the maximum fare because I forget to tag off or get a fine due to forgetting to tag on. Edit: WA does not have something like this. yoloer420 fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Oct 20, 2023 |
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yoloer420 posted:Holy poo poo, I'll see if WA has something like this. I have pretty bad ADHD and I'm tired of paying fines due to tagging on/off incorrectly. I'll either get hit with the maximum fare because I forget to tag off or get a fine due to forgetting to tag on. https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/smartrider/types-of-smartrider/pensioner-smartrider From what I can tell, that's about it. Sorry. :-(
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 https://www.theatlantic.com/technol...tent=edit-promo quote:But at some point this past spring, Speiller noticed that the Facebook group, called “Bluey Memes💙,” had taken on a different character. At first the change was subtle—a slow drift into the culture wars. One post from April shows Bluey at the park with Bandit, who is pointing out of frame and saying, “Look at these butthurt groomers.” Another meme from May had a friend of Bluey’s thinking, “It’s okay to be white.” By then, the drift had become a rush: Fat-shaming Bluey memes had appeared, alongside anti-nose-ring memes, homophobic memes, Roe-reversal memes, and many more. By August, Speiller felt that she’d seen enough. “It was the picture of Bandit in the MAGA hat that made me quit,” she told me. Good article I guess, but it's not "strange", it's exactly what I've been specifically trying to warn about :  
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i tapped my bank card instead of my go card the other day and didn't realise until I got home from work and saw a 10 dollar translink fee on it and I did the math in my head and decided wrangling a customer service rep to complain about it when it was user error was just obnoxious and time consuming enough I would rather eat the 10 bucks. I didn't think about it until just now but basically my mindset has been irrevocably damaged by these forums that ten bucks seems like a fair price to pay for being an idiot
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bucky go have a look at some of the simpsons shitposting groups on facebook
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Konomex posted:Alright, clearly you've all put a lot more thought and effort into understanding the intricacies of tyres than I. I don't think using the existing tax system is a great idea though, rich fuckers rort it constantly. The point of the fuel excise was to match payment to use, how do you track electric vehicles usage other than straight up tracking chips? Don't tax vehicle usage because poor people both have to drive more, and the taxes represent a higher % of their income. It's regressive and trying to make it not so just makes it more annoying and increases overhead and enforcement costs. Dump it and crack down on tax rorts by the rich instead.
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GoldStandardConure posted:they are all about as insane as the bluey groups talked about in that article, i am sure there would be a lot of cooked poo poo you could filter through for your thesis (please don't take this as me dismissing your ideas on where this started it and what is currently causing it) I don’t enjoy it, it sucks, I do it to collect data for the thesis, and have more than enough already, but thanks for the heads up
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Jezza of OZPOS posted:getting data about how misinformation travels by reading cooked facebook group posts feels like trying to take a photo of the ocean while drowning in the middle of the pacific Our ship is sinking, because specific people are drilling very specific holes in very specific places. They are literal ex-military guys, using weapons-grade drilling machines, and targeting them with tactical precision. We can see them doing it, I'm shouting as loudly as I can, trying to tell journalists about it, and they all either ignore you or call you crazy and tell you to shut up and gently caress off. Then they go and write think-pieces or tweet threads that are essentially like "gee look at all this propaganda coming in, and all these people going nuts, seems kinda bad, how strange". meanwhile the radicalisation continues https://x.com/BrentHodgson/status/1715007516000890944?s=20
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