@mathewsharp.bsky.social
MTPA, PIA (Assoc.) Transport planning and policy professional, researcher, advocate. Hobart born and raised. Views mine. www.mathewsharp.com
Live in fear. I am the train driver now.
04.10.2025 06:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why not talk to a planner? Not a property agent with a vested interest? "...also provides for compatible use or development, including residential, that does not
adversely impact on the protection, conservation and management of the
landscape values..." It was exhibited last year.
I may or may not have bought this... a Hobart tram destination roll. #hobart #tasmania #transport
26.09.2025 01:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The fact there are buses running every twenty minutes to 1am means I can get wrecked and support the nighttime economy is great. Get good.
12.09.2025 13:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mail call, and its the first transport study ever conducted for an Australian city. The 1965 Hobart study still remains one of the most contentious, maligned, and interesting pieces of work by a consulting firm in Australian transport planning history.
#politas #tasmania
I'm baaaaaack.
Namely because I forgot this existed, and because I don't like splitting my content up across platforms. Does anyone know any decent (free) aggregators where I can cross-post easily?
I started writing this on the weekend and unexpectedly it has become quite topical.
Learn how the MTT became Metro, and how it staved off privatisation in the 1990s. #politas
mathewsharp.com/privatise-or...
Isn't it pretty? The Metropolitan Transport Trust Hobart network map from 1988. It was the first year the swept-M logo and two-tone green was used. Kingston and Blackmans Bay were not included in the urban area, and services were operated by Hobart Coaches/Hazell Brothers. #politas #hobart
25.01.2025 00:59 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Here is the 2014 Main Road Transit Corridor study, including some superceded options. Surprising that not many of these were delivered, given there was apparently funding. Interesting that land use was also reviewed. #politas t.co/lWEKOqatmG
25.01.2025 00:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Of course, there is an obsession with mode. I genuinely believe that a $445m+ project does not address the key issues with the wider PT network. Investing in frequency, service levels and span of hours, can drive patronage growth. BRT or LR is about land use growth, ignoring the problems.
24.01.2025 11:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today's Mercury, some interesting survey results. 56.69% support Light Rail, while 24.11% support BRT. Trackless tram is 9.87% and None of these is 9.33%. It confirms that buses have a public image problem. Frequency and reliability over big projects is what's needed. #politas
23.01.2025 22:33 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0This was bound to happen. Demand-side fixes like cheaper fares don't improve transport in the long run. QLD is banking on it, but they are doing the inverse too. It's the supply, i.e. frequency and reliability, that gets passengers on board.
23.01.2025 06:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Half-price fares fail to improve Metro patronage. No surprise as the service is unreliable even after accounting for "service adjustment" and there is still no tracking (supposed to be coming this month) #politas pulsetasmania.com.au/news/half-pr...
04.12.2024 23:33 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 2Greetings. I am migrating across from X. Keen to engage with transport and urbanism peeps here!
23.01.2025 06:28 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
