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180719Th Metro Twitter - YT, Metro & Dysons advertising.

180720F Melbourne 'Herald Sun':
- Croydon pedestrian death.
- energy, Woodside oil & gas. with tdu.
- airport & north east.

180720FTh Metro Twitter - YT coffee-cup tram.

Roderick.

Fri.20.7.18 Metro Twitter
16.09 & 16.14 Werribee/Williamstown lines: Minor Delays (police near
Spotswood).
16.53 Stony Point line: Major delays (a track fault near Hastings).
17.01 Why is there a delay on Cranbourne line? Where is our 16.50 from
Melbourne Central?
17.06 Frankston line: Minor delays (an ill passenger requiring medical
assistance at Carrum).
- 17.19 Probably ill from the constant stress of running late because of
Metro's incompetence.
18.05 YT tram promoting reduced use of disposable coffee cups.
0.32 Lilydale line: Minor delays (police attending to a trespasser near
Ringwood East).

Melbourne Express: Friday, July 20, 2018
8.55 Public transport is still running smoothly as well as peak-hour draws
to a close.
Metro has shared a picture of a cat waiting on a platform yesterday. (Clare
O'Neill).
8.48 A woman has died after being hit by a bus in Croydon this morning. The
61-year-old Kilsyth woman was walking across a zebra crossing at Croydon
train station when she was hit about 6.10am.
Police said she died in hospital. The bus driver stopped and is assisting
police.
The $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel project is under the cloud of deepening
industrial turmoil.
6.59 After some strife yesterday Metro Trains services are looking good this
morning. There's a works alert for the Werribee line and level crossing
removals continue but otherwise services are good. Fingers crossed it stays
that way. Tram services are also running smoothly.
This gem is from Justin McManus, taken on a similarly grey day.
<www.theage.com.au/melbourne-news/melbourne-express-friday-july-20-2018-2018
0720-p4zsjd.html>

Wien's subways hotter than cattle cars: free deodorants for riders 19 July
2018.
Berlin: Europeans are proud of their ability to cope with summer heat
without the icy air-conditioners that are so common in the United States.
But sometimes, even for an Austrian, it's just too much.
When temperatures on up to half of Vienna's U6 subway line reached 35
degrees Celsius this summer, the city decided that it was time to take some
action. (In Europe, even the transport of livestock is restricted to lower
temperatures.) Temperatures on up to half of Vienna's U6 subway line reached
35 degrees. Photo: James Davies But if commuters were hoping to be treated
on an equal level with European livestock, they were soon disappointed.
Defying the temptation of air-conditioning, the publicly owned transport
company decided to hand out 14,000 deodorants instead.
Reactions were mixed. While the smell-concealing gifts were warmly welcomed
by Vienna commuters and were "snatched out of our hands", according to a
spokesman for the company, some wondered about the underlying message of the
initiative.
To some, the slogan of the campaign may very well have been: shower more.
Vienna's subway system Photo: Supplied
While the use of air-conditioning has been on a steady rise across the globe
in recent decades, growth rates in Europe have lagged far behind those of
China and the United States.
As summers are now getting hotter in Europe amid rising temperatures across
the globe, however, European cities are finding themselves increasingly
forced to upgrade their cooling systems on public transport and in offices,
too.
Demographics and the location of the United States' southern states may help
explain Europe's slow air-conditioning use growth rates, but European city
officials also frequently emphasise that they want to avoid shifting
entirely to a USA-style approach to air-conditioning.
Their main concern is that cheap units are about 25 per cent less efficient
than the usual European systems.
But the broader question here is also whether air-conditioning is really
needed, especially as countries seek to reduce their carbon footprints.
Already today, "328 million Americans consume more energy for cooling than
the 4.4 billion people living in all of Africa, Latin America, the Middle
East and Asia," a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA)
cautioned.
Still, capitals such as Vienna and Berlin have a long way to go to match the
AC-density of North American cities. So far, only 3 per cent of households
have air-conditioning in Germany.
In the United States, it's 87 per cent. In Australia, about three-quarter of
homes use a cooler of some type, according to the ABS.
Related Article Record-breaking heat hits Norway, Finland and Sweden Related
Article Killer heat wave blankets flood-ravaged Japan
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e-deodorants-for-riders-20180719-p4zsah.html>

NEG vote will be reality check for emissions cuts 19 July 2018. 33 comments.
<www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/neg-vote-will-be-reality-check-for-emiss
ions-cuts-20180719-p4zsds.html>

National Farmers Federation says electricity best place to make emissions
cuts 19 July 2018. 253 comments.
<www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/national-farmers-federation-says-electri
city-best-place-to-make-emissions-cuts-20180719-p4zseu.html>

Protesters rally against far-right commentator Lauren Southern in
Broadmeadows. [the action was at the station, and included police horses].
Herald Sun Fri.20.7.18.
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d-with-68k-victoria-police-bill/news-story/cb46c6022fd31ced93402f7980d0aae8>

Kilsyth woman hit and killed by bus at Croydon railway station pedestrian
crossing Maroondah Leader July 20, 2018.
Police and emergency services at Croydon railway station this morning, where
a 61-year-old woman was hit by a bus and later died from her injuries.
Picture: NATHAN HILL.
COMMUTERS are in shock and locals are demanding safety upgrades to a busy
road crossing after a 61-year-old woman was hit by a bus and killed at
Croydon railway station this morning.
The woman's death was only 24 hours after a neighbour contacted Maroondah
Council about safety risks in the station precinct.
Maroondah highway patrol Acting Inspector Steve Rosewarne said police
believe the woman was on her way to work, and hit by the bus while walking
on the pedestrian crossing about 6:10am.
The woman, who suffered "extensive" injuries, was rushed by paramedics to
the Royal Melbourne Hospital but died a short time later.
No one else was injured and the male bus driver is assisting police with
their inquiries.
Acting Insp Rosewarne said the "tragic" incident was a reminder for all
commuters and motorists to be wary of their surroundings at railway
stations.
"It doesn't matter whether you're on a pedestrian crossing or you're
crossing with a green light, never accept that nothing is going to happen,
and always be vigilant," he said.
Officers are investigating after woman was hit and killed by a bus at
Croydon station. Picture: Kiel Egging Acting Insp Rosewarne said police
would make recommendations for safety improvements at the station following
their investigations.
"Because this has happened, it gives us an opportunity to assess all of the
area and make recommendations to Metro, the (Maroondah) council, VicRoads,
whoever the relevant stakeholders are," he said.
"We have to identify whatever safety issues might be, and any safety issue
we do identify, they will be reported for rectification."
Regular commuters expressed their shock about this morning's incident.
Croydon's Johnno Sears, 34, said it was his first time in 21 years of
catching the train that he'd seen a fatality.
Lilydale's Mick Rhysnburger said the pedestrian crossings were clearly
marked and he had never had any concerns.
"On Main St, the pedestrian crossings are dangerous, but here I've never
seen a problem, and I've been coming here for years," Mr Rysnburger said.
The crossing where the 61-year-old Kilsyth woman was hit and killed.
Picture: Kiel Egging But Croydon's Nathan Hill, who lives 100m from the
station, said he had contacted the council with safety concerns about the
precinct less than 24 hours earlier.
He called for a pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare between the station and
Main St, footpath and lighting upgrades, and line markings on Pierson Drive.
"More needs to be done, when I spoke to them (the council) yesterday, it was
more around saying, this is becoming more and more of an issue with more
commuters using this precinct."
"And now this has happened, and it's a tragedy for everyone that's
involved."
Any witnesses are urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
EASTERN TRANSPORT COALITION CALLS FOR UPGRADES TO BELGRAVE AND LILYDALE
TRAIN LINES.
RUBBISH TO BE REMOVED FROM RAILWAY TRACKS AT CROYDON RAILWAY STATION.
ARMED MAN ARRESTED AT CROYDON RAILWAY STATION.
<www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/outer-east/kilsyth-woman-hit-and-killed-by-bus-
at-croydon-railway-station-pedestrian-crossing/news-story/0dcb086fb9c179ac4f
b24e37cd41e65a>