Naththan
@nathanpittman.bsky.social
PhD candidate, writing about the art of government of transport planning: maps as manifestations of power, models as inseparable from plans, questions of what planning is as questions of what it should be, and good planners as bad planners.
Seriously how bloody hard is it to take an actual photo of the inside of an actual train or search for a stock one?
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Seriously how bloody hard is it to take an actual photo of the inside of an actual train or search for a stock one?
Is this CoM? Seems weird that they're using a Google doc.
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Is this CoM? Seems weird that they're using a Google doc.
But I swear this happens with every damned toll road opening and so it's exasperating to have to read the same story again and again and again.
Mark my words: in three years or whatever when the North East Link is about to open, there'll be some story about exhaust stacks in Rosanna or wherever.
Mark my words: in three years or whatever when the North East Link is about to open, there'll be some story about exhaust stacks in Rosanna or wherever.
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
But I swear this happens with every damned toll road opening and so it's exasperating to have to read the same story again and again and again.
Mark my words: in three years or whatever when the North East Link is about to open, there'll be some story about exhaust stacks in Rosanna or wherever.
Mark my words: in three years or whatever when the North East Link is about to open, there'll be some story about exhaust stacks in Rosanna or wherever.
It's all too easy to say "well what did you think was going to happen with all the pollution", but I imagine when you're living in a truck-choked suburb in a semi-permanent mist of exhaust and tyre dust, and being fed misleading/incomplete info, it's hard to come to the obvious conclusion.
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It's all too easy to say "well what did you think was going to happen with all the pollution", but I imagine when you're living in a truck-choked suburb in a semi-permanent mist of exhaust and tyre dust, and being fed misleading/incomplete info, it's hard to come to the obvious conclusion.
This probably explains why they crash so damned often.
October 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This probably explains why they crash so damned often.