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From: Roderick Smith [mailto:rodsmith@werple.net.au]
Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2017 3:40 PM
To: 'transportdownunder@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: Snippets, Sat.27.5.17
A bit peripheral:
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Not transport, but Australian history, and we all know the product and the
ads:
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ews-story/4b77c389ef09e87d7857f01e17450dff>
Attached:
170527Sa Melbourne 'Herald Sun' - tourist horse vehicles.
Roderick.
Fri.26.5.17 Metro Twitter:
13.47 Inbound route 75 trams are delayed in Camberwell Rd by a tram fault.
13.49, clearing.
Infrastructure Australia Board.
* Mark Birrell, Chairman, a lawyer by training, has deep public policy and
industry experience. His current roles include being Chairman of Regis
Health Care Limited, the Australian Payments Council and PostSuper Pty. Ltd.
He was previously Chairman of the Port of Melbourne Corporation (2011-16),
founding Chairman of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (2005-13) and
national leader of the infrastructure group at Minter Ellison (2002-12).
Previously, Mr Birrell held Cabinet positions in Victoria as Minister for
Major Projects and as Minister for Industry, Science and Technology.
He holds Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws degrees and is a Fellow
of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2014 he was awarded an
honorary Doctor of Laws by Monash University.
[unstated, he pushed through Victoria's disastrous privatisation].
* Julieanne Alroe was appointed to the position of CEO and Managing Director
at Brisbane Airport Corporation Limited in July 2009...currently holds board
positions with Tourism and Events Queensland.
....extensive experience within the aviation industry after holding a number
of roles at Sydney Airport Corporation. These roles included executive
management positions in the commercial, operations, corporate affairs, and
planning and infrastructure departments. Previous board appointments include
the position of chairman of Airports Coordination Australia Ltd and Airports
Council International Safety and Technical Standing Committee.
* Gerard Blood has 27 years of experience in creating, managing and
restructuring infrastructure and development projects in Australia, UK,
Canada, Middle East, North Africa and Asia. PPB Advisory's director and head
of infrastructure until December 2014.
* Michael Carapiet ...the Chairman of Link Group Limited, the largest
administrative services provider to Australian superannuation funds and a
leading provider of international share registry and corporate services.
* Peter Corish AM... President of the National Farmers Federation from 2002
to 2006. From 2007 to 2011, he served as a member of the Council of
Australian Governments Reform Council.
* Colin Duffield Professor in engineering project management and civil
engineering discipline leader at the University of Melbourne's department of
infrastructure engineering.
* John Ellice-Flint a businessman and petroleum geologist.
* Dianne Leeson has extensive experience in the NSW Public Sector and urban
planning.
* Nicole Lockwood...the Principal of Lockwood Advisory providing strategic
advice to government and the private sector in the areas of regional
development, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement...is a member of the
Board of the Water Corporation, the Board of Tourism WA, Chair of the
Freight and Logistics Council.
* Daniel Norton AO... has extensive industry experience at both the
corporate and government levels in a wide range of sectors including
infrastructure, agriculture, transport and health...has been the Chairman of
Tasports.
* Gabrielle Trainor is a non-executive director and advisor...more than
twenty years involved in the governance of organisations in the public and
private sectors.
* Peter Watson has over 25 years of experience in the engineering,
construction and services industries. He was the Chairman of Regional Rail
Link Authority in Victoria, a position he assumed in August 2010 until its
completion in October 2015 [a project which was conceived shoddily, and
executed shoddily].
http://infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/about/board.aspx
Green Square: 6.00-59, 8 trains; 7.00-59, 8 trains; 8.00-59, 10 trains,
including one pair on 3 min headway. I deduce that city inner is being
shared with another route (which?). Because of incompetent engineers
feeding gullible politicians, Sydney routes are wasting capacity by not
running good headways: 24 tph is totally achievable, and signalling for 30
tph is much cheaper than building new metros.
Aha inbound via Bankstown shares: 6, 6 and 8. Hence running at 14, 14 & 18
tph: lamentable unless there is a third line too.
Self-defence push for ticket inspectors to combat violent passengers.
Herald Sun May 26, 2017.
An advertising campaign to combat the "endemic lack of respect" towards
public transport staff could be on the cards while the union has pushed for
combat-style self-defence training to protect employees from violent members
of the public.
Since 2015 there had been 141 reports of physical assault - with 11
committed in the first three months of this year alone.
Since June 2014 on V/line services there had been 72 reports of staff being
attacked.
Shocked by the attacks transport bosses are investigating rolling out a
staff public relations boosting advertising campaign across the network.
The Rail Tram and Bus Union has said there has been alarming incidents of
staff being bashed threatened or abused in the last year.
The RTBU's budget submission to the Andrews Government called for an
advertising campaign to boost staff's public image and also for combat-style
self-defence classes.
Woman being arrested on Flinders street.
It says while there is an "unruly" mob that attacks staff there is an
"endemic lack of respect from the general public towards staff more
generally, from which this behaviour stems."
RTBU secretary Luba Grigorovitch said no one deserve to be abused,
threatened or assaulted for doing their job.
"When someone is violent or abusive on public transport, it's like someone
walking into your office and starting a fight."
Ms Grigorovitch said the union was pushing for more authorised officers and
staff on platforms to keep employees and passengers safe.
Public Transport Victoria said it was investigating rolling out the bus
driver "We wear your Words" campaign to all of the public transport network.
A man is arrested near Flinders Street Station. Picture: Nicole Garmston.
Metro and V/Line says there had been more than 340 million passenger
journeys putting the rate of assault at very low levels.
Metro Trains spokeswoman Sammie Black said the company would shortly be
introducing a StaySafe app that can be used to report incidents.
She said staff carry two way radios and duress alarms to contact help if
trouble is brewing.
Ticket inspectors are also given training in conflict management and
de-escalation.
V/Line spokeswoman Catalina Filip said its hard working staff deserved
respect.
"There are a range of measures in place to keep our network safe, and we
continue to look for more ways to protect customers and our dedicated
staff."
PTV spokesman John Lindsay said any abuse on public transport staff was
disgraceful.
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May 26 2017 'Power failure' closes M5 East, cancels light rail services amid
peak hour .
The M5 East has reopened in both directions after a "major power failure"
forced it to close, causing "extensive delays" for commuters, with part of
the light rail network also shut down.
The motorway was closed between Mascot and Beverly Hills for more than two
hours, with motorists advised to avoid the area or catch the train.
Westbound lanes reopened at about 18.15, with eastbound lanes opening
shortly afterwards.
Blackout causes peak hour chaos.
60,000 homes across the Sydney's west and south west are without power,
leading to the closure of the M5 motorway and creating massive traffic
blockages.
The outage began just before 4pm, Ausgrid said, leaving 60,000 homes and
businesses without power and necessitating the closure of major roads.
Cars were diverted from the M5 at General Holmes Drive and King Georges
Road, instead directed through General Holmes Drive, Bestic Street, West
Botany Street, Forest Road, Stoney Creek Road and King Georges Road.
The area impacted by the "major power failure". Photo: Ausgrid .
Even with lanes re-opened, traffic in the area was described as "extremely
heavy", with buses delayed up to 40 minutes in the inner west and south
west. The delays came as thousands of people were expected to head into the
city for the opening night of the Vivid festival.
Sydney Airport advised travellers to take the train to and from the airport
as the M5 delays continued.
When the outage began, up to 100 sets of traffic lights were blacked out in
areas including Croydon Park, Canterbury, Bexley, Bexley North, Roselands,
Kingsgrove, Wolli Creek, Mascot and Burwood Heights. Just after 6pm, around
50 sets of traffic lights remained without power.
Police were tasked to direct traffic at major intersections, with motorists
advised to "exercise extreme caution and allow plenty of additional travel
time".
One man said he had had driven for 25 minutes without seeing one set of
traffic lights that were illuminated. Another commuter described the
situation as "pandemonium in the inner west", with traffic lights out from
Ashfield to Lewisham.
Those planning to catch the light rail also faced delays, with services
replaced by buses between Dulwich Hill and Lilyfield as part of the same
power outage. Services returned as normal at about 6.30pm.
Trains, however, were unaffected, Sydney Trains said. All services were
running "on or close to time".
In a statement, Ausgrid apologised for the disruption and said crews
restored power to all 60,000 homes and businesses, including the M5 tunnel,
by 6.20pm.
Suburbs affected had included parts of Ashbury, Ashfield, Belfield, Burwood
Heights, Campsie, Earlwood, Dulwich Hill and Strathfield South.
"Supply was interrupted just before 4pm after a fault on a piece of
equipment inside our Canterbury substation. Crews are still on site
investigating this evening," an Ausgrid spokesman said.
"We'd like to thank customers and motorists for their patience this
afternoon."
The news would be welcome for customers at the Summer Hill Hotel, who were
facing the prospect of warm beer if the power did not return soon.
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