It looks to be the Paint Spot in Windsor, so I would say that picture was
taken on the corner of Albert & Chapel Streets, adjacent to Windsor station..
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 8:44 AM, 'Roderick Smith'rodsmith@...
[TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roderick Smith [mailto:rodsmith@werple.net.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 October 2017 9:34 AM
> To: 'transportdownunder@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: snippets, Tues.17.10.17
>
> Re yesterday's photo, Paint Spot has outlets in Niddrie, Footscray,
> Preston and Bundoora. Did the photo look like any of those?
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> Attached:
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> 171015Su Melbourne 'Age' - energy costs. with tdu.
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> 171017Tu Melbourne 'Age' - Yarra oBikes. with tdu.
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> 171017Tu Metro Twitter - Point Ormond.
>
> 171017Tu Melbourne 'Herald Sun':
> - energy, gas; - letters, energy; energy and politics. with tdu.
> - emu.
> - oBikes. with tdu.
> - fare evasion.
>
> Roderick.
> Metro Twitter, Tues.17.10.17
> Melbourne Tram Museum. You can still travel by Melbourne tram to the
> beach, just not to Point Ormond. That line was closed in 1960.
>
> Melbourne Express: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 .
> •Contractors have pulled 44 oBikes from the Yarra River on Monday (8.08am
> post).
> 8.22 Dandenong Road is cactus inbound after a four-car smash outside the
> cemetery near Chapel Street.
> oBikes are not only an eyesore, they're becoming pollution in our
> waterways.
> Contractors working for City of Melbourne and the Singaporean company
> pulled a whopping 44 bikes from the Yarra River on Monday.
> Jason Wittmann and Robbie Stavenuiter spent yesterday hauling the yellow
> bikes from the depths of the river, filling an entire barge with the
> pushies.
> I've seen people riding the bikes many times so the argument about no one
> using them is a little tired, but I wonder how much time this company has
> left.
> Jason Wittmann (hat) and Robbie Stavenuiter (cap) collect O bikes frim the
> Yarra. 16th October 2017 Fairfax Media The Age news Picture by Joe Armao.
> Jason Wittmann (hat) and Robbie Stavenuiter (cap) collect oBikes from the
> Yarra. Photo: Joe Armao, Fairfax Media.
> Jason Wittmann (hat) and Robbie Stavenuiter (cap) collect O bikes frim the
> Yarra. 16th October 2017 Fairfax Media The Age news Picture by Joe Armao.
> Contractors pulled 44 oBikes from the Yarra River on Monday, October 16.
> Photo: Joe Armao, Fairfax Media.
> 8.04 3AW Breakfast is reporting a four-car smash on Dandenong Road inbound
> near Chapel Street. Route 75 trams are also being diverted along Swan
> Street due to a smash on Burwood Road.
> <www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-express-tuesday-
> october-17-2017-20171016-gz261n.html>
>
> The simple truth: Coal-fired generators have no future in Australia 13 Feb
> 2017. with tdu.
> <www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-13/ian-verrender-the-simple-
> truth-on-renewable-energy/8264296>
>
> Councils announce crackdown on oBike share scheme.
> Herald Sun October 17, 2017.
> THREE Melbourne councils are cracking down on the operators of the city’s
> oBikes, with plans to confiscate bikes not parked properly and enforce
> fines to release any bikes they impound for breaching the new rules.
> Melbourne, Yarra and Port Phillip today announced a set of terms in a bid
> to improve public safety and tidy up the inner city, where many of the
> bikes are being dumped in groups and left in trees.
> The agreement requires oBike Australia to ensure their bikes:
> * do not obstruct footpath access;
> * are parked upright at all times;
> * are not parked on steps, ramps or other areas that provide assistance to
> the vision impaired;
> * are parked clear of roadside kerbs, and not on traffic islands or
> against trees, buildings, light poles or street furniture.
> The rules also require any dangerously placed oBikes are relocated within
> two hours.
> Any oBikes reported as faulty, damaged or unsafe are to be immediately
> removed and then repaired.
> The operators will also be responsible for moving excessive numbers of
> oBikes left at a single location within 24 hours.
> The councils will impound any bikes breaching the rules.
> The operators will have to pay a $50 fee for the bikes to be released.
> The crackdown comes just a day after at least a dozen oBikes were fished
> from the Yarra, the second major clean-up in three weeks.
> Melbourne councillor Nicolas Frances Gilley said cycling was great for
> health and helped reduce traffic congestion.
> “The safety of all city users shouldn’t be compromised in the process,” he
> said.
> “The signing of the MOU is a step in the right direction for sustainable
> transport options like oBike and a safer, clutter-free environment for bike
> users and pedestrians.
> “It means oBike and the three municipal councils are on the same page when
> it comes to expectations, roles and responsibilities.”
> <www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/councils-announce-
> crackdown-on-obike-share-scheme/news-story/26b091cd341e4cd16966a5bce21626
> 48>
> * Haw haw haw.....this is Australia right? Get rid of bikes from our
> streets, and let's have everybody driving a car.
> One person, one car.
> We seem to really like traffic congestion here in Melbourne, just about as
> much as we like bleating to the government to "do something" about it.
> Fools.
> * Everyone is missing the point; including the councils. It is NOT O Bike
> that is the problem. The problem is good old ocker Aussie Human Nature. No
> one cares, has any respect, or is civic minded . It's all me me me. The O
> Bike scheme merely allows antisocial behaviour to be highlighted. This
> disgraceful behaviour is endemic. What we need to do is to tackle the real
> problem and forget this O Bike symptom bashing. Melbourne the most
> unliveable city.
> * Isn't this more of a blight on Melbournian's and how we treat things
> more than anything else. The other day all along Lonsdale st someone had
> deliberately pushed them all over when they were neatly parked. No wonder
> we can't have anything nice here.
> * Not good enough. Have the councils twigged that the company doesn't even
> bother paying the $50 fine to get the bikes back? That's how much the bikes
> are worth to them.
> Epic fail.
> * In the State of Victoria no one does any time let alone pay the fine!
> Get real.
> * Getting rid of the obikes is a god start. Now get rid of all the barely
> used bike lanes in and around the city that block traffic and cause
> congestion that costs the economy a fortune and increases pollution.
> * Just give everyone a free bike.
> Probably cheaper and save $$ on the health bill FURTHER READING:
> 42 BIKES FISHED FROM THE RIVER.
> BIKES PEDAL TO THE SCRAP METAL.
> OBIKES LEFT IN CRAZY PLACES.
> ‘UBER FOR BIKES’ COMES TO THE CITY.
>
> Malcolm Turnbull to unveil ‘affordable’, ‘reliable’ energy strategy to cut
> household power bills AAP, News Corp Australia Network Tues.17.10.17
> <www.heraldsun.com.au/business/work/malcolm-turnbull-to-unveil-affordable-
> reliable-energy-strategy-to-cut-household-power-bills/news-story/
> abf2ec45058cabb5c9fabe1519ca1111>
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