Haven't had time to post here for a while but I thought some of you might like this one: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/27/bus_spotter_case/ Bus spotter admits £11k database fees fraud The wheels of justice go round and round... A Suffolk man has admitted to defrauding his employer of £11,000 ...

That Lilydale shot is awesome.

I think it is not a time to blame about the performance target base. It has been already told in the contract long before and now The Age is blaming it seems not a wise idea. Furthermore, I believe MTM can do much better than Connex in terms of punctuality and customer service, particularly emergen...

So it looks like Kosky has given them a cushy contract - once more proving that she only wants a private operator in order to have someone to blame. If we're going to have privatisation and get one of the world's top rail operating companies in, give them enough rein to make a difference! Make the p...

The answers would vary widely depending on the type of bus, the company's maintenance policy, and the style of work the bus does.

Not a bad looking body.

Ministers aren't supposed to be experts in their area - they're supposed to be a go-between from the department (which is supposed to be full of experts) and Parliament (which is supposed to be responsible to the people). The problems come when the department keeps a lot of deadwood in place because...

Damn, the Myki web site still won't let me sign up for one!

Also, it's as buggy as all hell - did they get someone to use it before rolling it out?

Economies of scale only really work up to a point. Once you need multiple levels of management to keep the thing going, it's getting too big.

When trams are bustituted for works, don't buses run on the tram tracks? I've seen it on Collins Street, a couple of Ventura Scania 113s passing each other at the Swanston Street super stop. It must be possible! It is time we made the move to 100% pre-pay here in Victoria. It was by far the majority...

It's not like these are hostile takeovers, or that the big companies can "squeeze" the little ones financially and encourage them to sell. There's no real competition between companies for customers - Ventura can't say to the Route 623 passengers "Hey why are you riding Driver, come a...

Introducing a totally new ticket type (eg the off-peak thing) is not easy under Metcard because every ticket vending machine has to be modified to have an extra button installed. The only way they could bring in Sunday Saver was to use the button that had previously been the Short Trip monstrosity. ...

I have posted my concern on my bad encounter with a rather abusive rude Adelaide Metro bus driver on Route Service 136F. Why has it been deleted or deemed not fit for posting ?? Please do us all a favour and get lost. If your last thread was deleted, it obviously annoyed a moderator. You Do Not Ann...

I'm told that Myki treats a bus stop as being in a certain zone, no matter what route you're on - so they had to make the routes reflect that. Personally I think it was way overdue - so Myki has been the push that forced them to what should have been done anyway. If you make it so simple a computer ...

Chrome - it's SO fast!

EComStation 2.0. Average system uptime is round about a month and a half. And that's usually to do hardware mods etc.

What's the procedure for dealing with a flipped pan? Does it involve switching off the overhead in that section, or can it be done just by grounding the tram?

Deciding which brand to buy is a science in itself. While it's better cost-wise to get all the same type (common parts, economies of scale) you can also shoot yourself in the foot that way if that particular type has a design flaw that has to be expensively modified. Also, there's innumerable combin...

Love the Metlink sign in the second B&W one!

They always tell me they can save me lots of money off my phone bill. If I have time, I play with them a bit - most politely of course. Massage the truth slightly when talking about my current service. I have cable internet, four mobiles and four fixed lines for which I pay about $300 a month (it's ...

The poor Corporate Communications guys/gals at Grendas must be tearing their hair out at all the new body shapes they have to deal with...

VQ wrote:That NCBC is very odd to see with SA plates on it!

It looks bloody good in that livery though.

I think the idea has a lot of merit. The police have always relied heavily on ordinary citizens to report offenses and come forward as witnesses. The question of false accusation doesn't come into it - all the driver does is hit "record" on the forward facing camera and the footage is time...

It works with VLC Media Player which is freeware (google it).

No further elaboration needed on the chk-chk-boom idiot. Go straight to the top of the class.

Re the tradies' grant... I bet it's another of the sweet deals governments do with big companies. They don't like dealing with self-employed people, they don't pay payroll tax!