Last week on March 7 Public Transport Victoria finally released something many Melbourne coders and app developers have been waiting for – a public API to query their timetable data. So how does one go about using it?
Archive for March, 2014
Ardeer and the kink in the Western Ring Road
March 11th, 2014
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When wiewed on a map the Western Ring Road looks just like the name suggests – a ring around the middle suburbs of Melbourne, except for a major kink to the west around Ardeer. So why does the freeway take such a sudden turn in that area?
Dandenong line upgrade and probity concerns
March 7th, 2014
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Yesterday Premier Denis Napthine announced a $2–2.5 billion rail project to upgrade the Pakenham and Cranbourne railway lines, to deliver a 30 per cent capacity boost to Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs. So what concerns me is a single line in the media release from the Victorian Government: “This project is the first under the Government’s […]
Police fining nuffy drivers on Swanston Street
March 3rd, 2014
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I’ve written about Melbourne’s clueless drivers before, especially their obsession with driving through Swanston Street’s tram stops and the Bourke Street Mall, but now I fear the apocalypse is near – I recently saw Victoria Police doing something about it.
Fairfax: coincidence, or cash for comment?
When flicking through the ‘Money’ section of Melbourne newspaper The Age it’s isn’t uncommon to find full page advertisements for financial products. However the placement of the next article was more interesting.