Mr Hounsell
@hounsell.bsky.social
Aussie Transport Analyst - Writing on life in the urban jungle; places, living streets & quality transit. He/Him (They/Them is OK) https://linktr.ee/hounsell
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Mr Hounsell
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· Nov 7
OPUS at UTS: Using Big Data from TOTOR ETS to optimise public transport operations - Open Publications of UTS Scholars
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Hounsell, M. (2020). Using TOTOR datasets in transport operations - Facilitating an empirically-driven continuous-optimisation approach to sustainable transport operations using TOTOR datasets [Conventional Thesis, University of Technology Sydney]. hdl.handle.net/10453/144073
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Despite the anger, San Francisco’s new piece of street infrastructure decreased injury collisions and dropped average speeds at that location to 11 miles per hour.
S.F. installed an experimental street design called a ‘neckdown.’ Drivers hated it
Despite the anger, San Francisco’s new piece of street infrastructure decreased injury collisions and dropped average speeds at that location to 11 miles per hour.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Despite the anger, San Francisco’s new piece of street infrastructure decreased injury collisions and dropped average speeds at that location to 11 miles per hour.
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The metric should not be whether drivers hate it. The metric should be whether it makes our streets safer for everyone. And by all accounts this accomplished that. That’s more than worth a few seconds of all of our time
Despite the anger, San Francisco’s new piece of street infrastructure decreased injury collisions and dropped average speeds at that location to 11 miles per hour.
S.F. installed an experimental street design called a ‘neckdown.’ Drivers hated it
Despite the anger, San Francisco’s new piece of street infrastructure decreased injury collisions and dropped average speeds at that location to 11 miles per hour.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The metric should not be whether drivers hate it. The metric should be whether it makes our streets safer for everyone. And by all accounts this accomplished that. That’s more than worth a few seconds of all of our time
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I’ve always wanted to pay $450 a week to live in someone’s garage.
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I’ve always wanted to pay $450 a week to live in someone’s garage.
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This is a good move: Planning rules will no longer demand that everybody pays for parking at home that they don't need or use.
Better walking, cycling and public transport is also needed to help more people get around without having to drive.
Better walking, cycling and public transport is also needed to help more people get around without having to drive.
Victoria Scraps ‘Outdated’ Car Space Rules for New Projects
Rules that cost developers $70,000 per home have been scrapped as the government eases parking requirements near public transport…
www.theurbandeveloper.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a good move: Planning rules will no longer demand that everybody pays for parking at home that they don't need or use.
Better walking, cycling and public transport is also needed to help more people get around without having to drive.
Better walking, cycling and public transport is also needed to help more people get around without having to drive.
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Guangzhou Metro high speed metro Line 22 Fangcun Station. Line 22 Phase 1 North is getting ready to open for the end of the year. Fangcun Station is a massive 4 line interchange connecting Line 1, Loop Line 11, N-S high speed metro Line 22 and E-W high speed metro Line 28.
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Guangzhou Metro high speed metro Line 22 Fangcun Station. Line 22 Phase 1 North is getting ready to open for the end of the year. Fangcun Station is a massive 4 line interchange connecting Line 1, Loop Line 11, N-S high speed metro Line 22 and E-W high speed metro Line 28.
Know your river, know your flood risk! Northern NSW educational video from the SES www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Zx...
Flooding in the Northern Rivers - The Four Main River Catchments
YouTube video by NSW SES
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December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Know your river, know your flood risk! Northern NSW educational video from the SES www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Zx...
For a minute, I thought this was a comic about a butterfly in the future.
A few books to cover your graphic novel/ entomological x-mas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa gift list
#insectbooks #insectart #insectopolis #monarchbutterfly #coloringbook #adultcoloringbook #entomology #entomologyart
#insectbooks #insectart #insectopolis #monarchbutterfly #coloringbook #adultcoloringbook #entomology #entomologyart
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
For a minute, I thought this was a comic about a butterfly in the future.
Life in Australia .....
December 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Life in Australia .....
Do these drongos not realise that the car markets are not free? That the markets are highly distorted by tax subsidies, tariffs, sales channel controls, and the desire to use cars to turn people into indenture serfs? That the station wagon was killed by tax law not consumer choice?
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Do these drongos not realise that the car markets are not free? That the markets are highly distorted by tax subsidies, tariffs, sales channel controls, and the desire to use cars to turn people into indenture serfs? That the station wagon was killed by tax law not consumer choice?
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“Even if the Vacant Residential Land Tax were applied to all the empty houses, though, it’s unlikely it would make a big difference. 1/3
redflag.org.au/article/weve...
redflag.org.au/article/weve...
‘We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas’: Labor turns blind eye to Melbourne’s 100,000 empty homes | Red Flag
“Melbourne may be an unhappy home for its 24,000 homeless residents”, begins Prosper Australia’s
redflag.org.au
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Even if the Vacant Residential Land Tax were applied to all the empty houses, though, it’s unlikely it would make a big difference. 1/3
redflag.org.au/article/weve...
redflag.org.au/article/weve...
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I no longer give benefit of the doubt to those who comment on casual mentions of "don't support Harry Potter" with "what's wrong with Harry Potter?"
If this conversation is IRL it's *possible* you might not know. But you're online enough to comment on YouTube, there's no way you don't fucking know.
If this conversation is IRL it's *possible* you might not know. But you're online enough to comment on YouTube, there's no way you don't fucking know.
a cat wearing a hard hat is looking at a blocked button
Alt: a cat wearing a hard hat is looking at a blocked button
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December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I no longer give benefit of the doubt to those who comment on casual mentions of "don't support Harry Potter" with "what's wrong with Harry Potter?"
If this conversation is IRL it's *possible* you might not know. But you're online enough to comment on YouTube, there's no way you don't fucking know.
If this conversation is IRL it's *possible* you might not know. But you're online enough to comment on YouTube, there's no way you don't fucking know.
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“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
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This is Poncho. He's trying to fix some mistakes on his medical record. Actually does not require any more shots, must have been a typo. 12/10 (TT: veterinariabarranquitas)
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is Poncho. He's trying to fix some mistakes on his medical record. Actually does not require any more shots, must have been a typo. 12/10 (TT: veterinariabarranquitas)
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The fact that this is even remotely legal makes a mockery of the claim that the UK is a democracy.
Reform gets record £9m donation from British billionaire who helped bankroll Brexit
Nigel Farage’s hopes of winning the next election have received a major boost with a record donation from aviation entrepreneur Christopher Harborne
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The fact that this is even remotely legal makes a mockery of the claim that the UK is a democracy.
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Still waiting for a godlike AI superintelligence to solve climate change.
Meanwhile, Chevron's soon reaching FID on a 2.5 to 5 gigawatt fossil-fuelled power station being built exclusively for data centres.
(while climate-tech folks dismiss this as a meaningless rounding-error nothing-burger)
Meanwhile, Chevron's soon reaching FID on a 2.5 to 5 gigawatt fossil-fuelled power station being built exclusively for data centres.
(while climate-tech folks dismiss this as a meaningless rounding-error nothing-burger)
Chevron updates timeline for gas-fired power plant project
Chevron's first facility, to be based in West Texas, could come online in 2027, executives say
www.upstreamonline.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Still waiting for a godlike AI superintelligence to solve climate change.
Meanwhile, Chevron's soon reaching FID on a 2.5 to 5 gigawatt fossil-fuelled power station being built exclusively for data centres.
(while climate-tech folks dismiss this as a meaningless rounding-error nothing-burger)
Meanwhile, Chevron's soon reaching FID on a 2.5 to 5 gigawatt fossil-fuelled power station being built exclusively for data centres.
(while climate-tech folks dismiss this as a meaningless rounding-error nothing-burger)
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Today is Gunzel Day, (it's 412 after all, [don't ask]), and this year, for the first time, we're in the Oxford English Dictionary:
www.oed.com/dictionary/g...
www.oed.com/dictionary/g...
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today is Gunzel Day, (it's 412 after all, [don't ask]), and this year, for the first time, we're in the Oxford English Dictionary:
www.oed.com/dictionary/g...
www.oed.com/dictionary/g...
Australia can't rely on the USA for our defence. Imagine if a vicious neighbour took 53,200 sqkm of territory and you ally said you should let them have it.
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Australia can't rely on the USA for our defence. Imagine if a vicious neighbour took 53,200 sqkm of territory and you ally said you should let them have it.
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Italian police visited the headquarters of 13 high-end fashion firms, asking them to hand over documents on governance and supply-chain controls as part of an investigation into alleged worker abuse at fashion subcontractors, judicial documents showed reut.rs/4izctrg
Italian police seek governance documents from 13 fashion firms in labour abuse probe
Italian police on Wednesday visited the headquarters of 13 high-end fashion firms, asking them to hand over documents on governance and supply-chain controls as part of an investigation into alleged w...
reut.rs
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Italian police visited the headquarters of 13 high-end fashion firms, asking them to hand over documents on governance and supply-chain controls as part of an investigation into alleged worker abuse at fashion subcontractors, judicial documents showed reut.rs/4izctrg
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Flash floods reported in western Singapore; 36% of December’s average rainfall recorded in under 2 hours - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/flash-floods-western-singapore-pub-month-monsoon-rainfall-5549376
Flash floods reported in western Singapore; 36% of December’s average rainfall recorded in under 2 hours
SINGAPORE: Several flash floods broke out in western Singapore on Thursday (Dec 4) after heavy rainfall across the island in the afternoon, national water agency PUB said.The heaviest rainfall of 113.4mm was recorded in the west from 1.45pm to 3.25pm, PUB said in a post on Facebook.This amount correspo
www.channelnewsasia.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Flash floods reported in western Singapore; 36% of December’s average rainfall recorded in under 2 hours - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/flash-floods-western-singapore-pub-month-monsoon-rainfall-5549376
The EU bureaucrats missing the real problem again.
Meta's WhatsApp AI policy in EU antitrust crosshairs - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/metas-whatsapp-ai-policy-in-eu-antitrust-crosshairs-5550341
Meta's WhatsApp AI policy in EU antitrust crosshairs
BRUSSELS, Dec 4 : EU antitrust regulators opened on Thursday an investigation into Meta Platforms' new policy regarding AI providers' access to its messaging service WhatsApp, saying this may prevent rivals from offering their services in Europe.The European Commission said the policy, which will apply from J
www.channelnewsasia.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The EU bureaucrats missing the real problem again.
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Fantastic to see these plans for barrier removal and dropped kerb improvements on loads of traffic-free routes around Hull.
#Disability #Access
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Disability #Access
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bollards and barriers to be removed on Hull cycleways - BBC News
Officials say the changes would make Hull's cycle routes more accessible.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Fantastic to see these plans for barrier removal and dropped kerb improvements on loads of traffic-free routes around Hull.
#Disability #Access
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Disability #Access
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Apparently people are once again asking who's at fault here. We can improve road safety dramatically by revoking the driver's licence of everyone who thinks it's the cyclist's fault.
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Apparently people are once again asking who's at fault here. We can improve road safety dramatically by revoking the driver's licence of everyone who thinks it's the cyclist's fault.
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It's interesting how this article uses an image of wind turbines and a cyclist (blame them!) yet the second paragraph (which most people won't read) says:
"Most of the money will go towards maintaining gas networks..."
🤔🫠 #NetZero
"Most of the money will go towards maintaining gas networks..."
🤔🫠 #NetZero
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It's interesting how this article uses an image of wind turbines and a cyclist (blame them!) yet the second paragraph (which most people won't read) says:
"Most of the money will go towards maintaining gas networks..."
🤔🫠 #NetZero
"Most of the money will go towards maintaining gas networks..."
🤔🫠 #NetZero