remember back on the birdsite when you could tag #PTV in a gripe about the lack of mobile service in royal park and huge bits of the loop and you'd actually get a passive-aggressive non-defense from an actual bureaucrat? good times.

Nightmare commute home today thanks to a problem on the Werribee line. Left the queue to others and decamped to the pub. #ptv #melbourne

A lot of PTV passenger information either hasn't improved at all or has become worse recently.

Latest example - the official website showing the Upfield Line on an impossible route

#MelbourneTrains #Melbourne #PTV #ShowMeASign #PublicTransport #Transit

the ios #ptv app needs a big-ass 'near me' button right there on the main screen and probably on every screen #ux

Melbourne's busses finally enters the 21st century in terms of passenger displays. If we want to try and convince people to use buses, we have to work hard to improve their ride experience, and passenger displays are one of those areas that needs serious work on (along with frequency and reliability). Unfortunately it's one of the areas that Melbourne is seriously quite far behind when compared to other similar cities. #ptv #melbourne #busses #publictransport

Route 42 was abolished almost 30 years ago, yet it's still showing up on Tramtracker screens

#YarraTrams #PublicTransport #Tramstodon #Trams #MelbourneTrams #Transit #PTV #ShowMeASign #MelbourneTrams

PTV has messed up disruption information yet again. This time for the various CBD bus routes coming from the western suburbs.

For a start, the online disruptions webpage contains way too much information in one go. As with many other examples, it's not well formatted and confusing: https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/disruptions/disruptions-information/article/routes-216-220-232-234-235-236-and-237-temporary-bus-stop-closure-from-wednesday-11-january-to-wednesday-5-april-2023

The main thing though is the on site signage. The first photo is at the temporary bus stop on Market Street. It's obviously no longer in operation but nobody has come to remove the signs or update the online information. Some poor bus driver has had to write on the sign themselves to clarify things!

Then there are severl similar issues around the city, like the Southern Cross Station bus stop being clearly signed as "not in use" but has been used by buses for at least a few days.

Yet again, this kind of thing really puts people off using public transport and is easy to fix.

#Melbourne #ShowMeASign #PTV #PublicTransport #Transit #MelbourneBus

#ptv this is really frustrating. I'm waiting for the 907 bus to get to Mitcham. I've been here 20 minutes. I've seen like 10 buses going to the pines, and 0 buses on the 907 line. The ptv app says they are coming... But the ETA just stays above a few minutes..

I know what you are thinking.

Damn he looks good, and you would be right.

But, you are also thinking; didn’t he just buy a ship..wait..2 ships, already this week?

https://turnipstyle.com/lemsyn/i-know-what-youre-thinking/20230212

##thelemonadesyndicate
#lemsyn
#lemon13
#lordpith
#starcitizen
#greycatindustrial
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As a passenger, you might want to know which trains depart from these platforms at Southern Cross Station because multiple lines service these platforms.

Unfortunately these screens only show the immediately next train, and none of the ones departing later.

Not very helpful.

#Melbourne #PTV #MetroTrains #PublicTransport #ShowMeASign #Transit

30 minute delay now. Opportunity for a bit of a mini rant in my ongoing series about poor passenger information from #PTV and #MetroTrains

While the platform announcements are good, the on-board announcements are incomprehensible or absent.

Platform screens are useless as they just show "stand clear train departing".

#PublicTransport #Transit #ShowMeASign #Melbourne

More bad travel information for passengers from #MetroTrains and #PTV tonight at Flinders Street Station.

The screen on the left shows a random train to Hawksburn when all trains are being replaced by buses.

The screen on the right has multiple problems. Not only does it show incorrect colours for trains & directions, it also claims that no trains run to Richmond from Flinders Street or the City Loop.

People rely on these boards, maps and screens to make quick decisions about where to go. It's vital that they show accurate and timely information.

#Melbourne #PublicTransport #transit #ShowMeASign

Location; #aclandStreet, #StKilda, #Australia.

Trams are a major form of public transport in #Melbourne, #Narrm, #Australia.

The system is the largest operational urban tram network in the world.

#Melburnians also benefit from an extensive network of #trains (above ground and an underground loop in the city - CBD), including regional above ground #VLine services) and a magnificent bus network.

#PublicTransport here is world-class, especially now with the huge, ongoing network expansions and upgrades / capital works designed to meet current and future commuter needs.

Stats (source; wiki):

Melbourne tramway network consists of 250 kilometres (160 miles) of double track

493 trams

24 routes

763 tram stops

Trams are the second most used form of public transport in overall boardings in Melbourne, after the commuter railway network

#Trams have operated continuously in Melbourne since 1885 (horses used to power the first tram line)

A total of 206 million passenger trips were made in 2017–18 (most recent available stats)

These new trams (pictured) were made in Melbourne

#PublicTransportVictoria aka #PTV do a terrific job getting #Melburnians and #victorians where they need to be… you can tell I’m a big fan!!

:dingding:

#victoria #melbourne #narrm #publictransport #aetherichedonist #makesmehappy

Sign showing public transport arrangements for New Year's Eve 2023 in Melbourne. This seems sub-optimal.

There are large gaps between tram routes in the CBD. In particular, St Kilda Road trams are only operating up to Domain and Melbourne Central. They should at least run up to the Arts Centre from the south.

There are also some oddities, omissions and minor errors on what is otherwise a pretty good passenger information sign.

For example, Flinders St Station is marked as being serviced by metropolitan buses (it isn't), and there is no information on this sign about any services other than trams.

#NYE #PublicTransport #Melbourne #transit #ShowMeASign #TransportInfo #YarraTrams #PTV

#BLAKLOVE rolls down the tracks!

The #Melbourne #ArtTrams have been rolling around the largest tram network in the world in 2022, with six trams featuring designs by #FirstPeoples artists.

The collected works each respond to the theme “Unapologetically Blak”.

And more than three decades later a design by acclaimed artist, painter and sculptor Lin Onus (#YortaYorta) hits the tracks for the first time since 1991—a harmonious symbol of balanced opposites: circles and diamonds, day and night, black and white cockatoos.

2022 ARTISTS :

* Lin Onus (Yorta Yorta)
* Louise Moore (Wamba)
* Patricia Mckean (Gunditjmara/Kirrae Wurrong)
* Dr Paola Balla (Wemba-Wemba/Gunditjmara)
* Tegan Murdock (Burapa)
* Darcy McConnell / Enoki (Yorta Yorta/Dja Dja Wurrung)

I’ll share various web sourced pictures here… and I hope to do some #tramspotting on my return to the big smoke next week.

Here’s the #LinOnus original (first #indigenous painted #tram), from 1991.

It’s lovely :firstnations

❤️💛🖤

#melbourne #victoria #australia #yarratrams #ptv #makesmehappy

Anybody else tried to top-up their #Myki online recently? When I try, the web site asks me to confirm my mobile... sends a code. Entering the code produces an error and a prompt to send the code again. Rinse and repeat. Marvellous. #Melbourne #PublicTransport #PTV