Josephine Roper @jroper@transportation.social

😊 One of my main PhD papers is out: 'Incorporating diminishing returns to opportunities in access: Development of an open-source walkability index based on multi-activity accessibility'.

https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2308

What it's about 🧵

@mszll Here is a more typical retrofit project with the standard type of barriers.

@mszll This is the kind of thing we are getting as 'best practice' in new development areas. Two way bike lanes in less than the width of one car lane. In this case there is not even a space constraint, the provision of an extra wide footpath and wide plantings has been thought about, but the fact cyclists might not want to ride single file all the time has not.

@jedsetter @railmaps I love this! This is what slow travel is all about, adding opportunities and seeing more of the country.

@mszll very interested in this point. In Sydney we are getting more bike lanes, which is great, but I worry we are painting ourselves into a corner by making them narrow and difficult to expand (concrete barrier on both sides).

@milesmcbain my fantasy AFLW team is fueled by murder

Lovely weekend #rockclimbing around Mittagong by train and bike. Sent one of my projects (last picture).

It's a funny contrast bike camping in the land of cars though, and looking out over the sprawl between Mittagong and Bowral from Mt Gibraltar.

@mszll I still think it's a (bad) turn thing as well: the Google route has 2 turns, the osmr one technically has 4 because of the dogleg. But yes probably an issue with rating different types of protection vs quietness too.

@coolbutuseless I always smile at their riders and hope they understand the general all-encompassing bicycle support I am trying to express

on family messages that had arrived overnight, which is quite a nice and efficient use of time.

I liked not getting messages when I was heading to meet people though. None of the 'I'm running late' etc shenanigans... I just had to turn up at the appointed place and time and hope they did the same.

No real conclusion here, was just interesting going 'back to the past'. Overall I prefer the future, if only because I can watch AFLW games on the long train back from climbing in the mountains :)

all the time. Turns out I don't really need to check google/NextThere and find out that a train is leaving in 5 minutes, I can make it if I rush, otherwise it's in 15 minutes, etc.... Most of the time I don't need to be in that much of a rush, I know roughly how to get home, I can just go to the station/stop and take what's there. For unusual/new trips I'd look them up on wifi and take screenshots beforehand.

Main negative was not being able to use my commute (20 minute bus) to catch up ...

Just had a couple of months with mobile data on my phone not working. (Fixed by Apple store guy in 20 seconds, after probably 10 hours on the phone with Boost/Telstra tech support, but that's by the by).

I wasn't too rushed about fixing it because I thought it would be an interesting experiment in living more disconnected. Wondered if I'd become more mindful, remember what life was like before smartphones, etc. But no, not really.

Main positive was breaking the reliance on using maps... (1/)

@jon my life improved when I started appreciating good graffiti, it's just one less thing to be annoyed about. This is really nice work - imagine producing those sharp edges, gradients and textures with a spraycan. If it's not racist or offensive slogans, why does it matter? It's way more creative and human than an advertising wrap.

@jedsetter does this make you a meta-gunzel?

@jedsetter But I have this suspicion parts of our governments aren't interested in docked systems because they would be too permanent, maybe even too popular, and would create public pressure to actually have safe routes between all the docks, and providing all that (routes and dock space) would require unimaginable levels of cooperation between TfNSW and councils...

But maybe I'm getting a little conspiracy theorist here.

@jedsetter Look into pricing, like to ride one yourself? Cost is the only reason I don't use them often!

Yeah, around Erskineville I see at least 3 different systems but only Limes seem to be well used. Monopoly + government subsidy (like the most common docked systems, and public transport and roads for that matter) would surely be better ...

@jedsetter Yeah I think it would be great. Most Sydney blocks are small enough that it wouldn't diminish the convenience of cycling too much. Though I guess I'm imagining every side of the block, and maybe more if it's a long block.

Did you pick them up? I know it's annoying and we need better solutions, but until then...