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Sat.17.7.21 Metro Twitter
Buses replace trains Frankston - Stony Point until the last train of Sun 18 Jul (works).
Buses replace trains Blackburn - Lilydale/Belgrave until the last train of Sun 18 Jul (maintenance works).
Upfield line: All trains will terminate/originate at Southern Cross from 5.45 until 0.15 Sun 18 Jul (maintenance works). From loop stations, take a Flinders St train to Southern Cross.
Sunbury/Craigieburn/Upfield lines: All trains run direct to/from Flinders St all day (maintenance works). From loop stations, take a train from pfm 2 to Southern Cross.
Mooroolbark: Station closed until late 2021 (level-crossing works).  There'll be no access to platforms or station facilities during this time. Replacement buses depart from Brice Ave, outside Mooroolbark Community Centre.
Buses replace trains on sections of the Ballarat & Geelong lines until Sunday 25 July. Buses are not stopping at Footscray and Sunshine. Passengers should catch a suburban train to Southern Cross. See https://bit.ly/36zd6wR
0.31 Citybound delays clearing after an earlier train fault at Upfield.

Sat.17.7.21 Melbourne 'Herald Sun' 20 minute suburbs
INNER suburban hot spots Fitzroy, Carlton and St Kilda top the list of the most connected communities, embracing the principles of the 20-minute neighbourhood.
But buyers chasing the Australian dream of a house on a larger block in the outer suburbs could be setting themselves up for depression, an expert warns.
Urban planner Mike Day, co-founder of Hatch Roberts-Day, said the layout of many of Melbourne’s newer suburbs was making people sick.
Developments such as Jubilee in Wyndham Vale, Lilydale’s Kinley estate and Cedar Woods’ Williams Landing made liveability a priority, with houses built around village centres replete with shops, parks and schools. But he said others required residents to own a car to get around.
People felt “marooned” in their homes as a result, leading to feelings of isolation, loneliness and depression, as well as a greater risk of obesity due to a lack of shared paths and parks. Long commutes to work and poor public transport links were other major problems.
“It’s like the planning profession and urban planners have amnesia and we’ve forgotten these fundamental principles of laying out these communities,” Mr Day said.
“Forty per cent of the population haven’t got access to a car  we’re hearing stories of people commuting two or three hours a day to work and the family unit starts to break down because they get home and there’s no time for the family.”
Plan Melbourne — released in 2017 — set out the metropolitan planning strategy for the next 35 years and emphasised the need for 20-minute neighbourhoods. The concept was centred on the principle that a person’s daily needs — including shops, schools and parks - should be met closer to home.
But a 2018 PwC report found Melbourne’s outer northern suburbs had been short-changed on jobs, health, education and transport services, and sports and entertainment facilities. Jobs growth in the area was strong but entertainment options and parks were limited compared with eastern suburbs.
Work-from-home arrangements due to Covid-19 had helped improve liveability in some outer areas by reducing the need to travel, the consultancy found.
But Plans in Motion senior planner Adriano Zarosinski said the 20-minute neighbourhood wasn’t being implemented well in many outer suburbs. He said a “cultural shift” was needed to encourage homeowners away from the Australian dream of a home with a big backyard.
“Plan Melbourne has been a big driver of the 20-minute neighbourhood and it draws on a whole range of ideas from across the globe, but  how well it has been implemented depends on who you are and where you live,” Mr Zarosinski said.
“It’s definitely something that’s being left out of new suburban subdivisions.”
A good way to measure walkability was to check a suburb’s Walk Score online, Mr Day said.
A rating of at least 70 out of 100 meant a car wasn’t needed, and inner suburbs including Carlton, Fitzroy, the CBD and St Kilda topped Melbourne’s walkability list.
Being near Melbourne’s pubs and clubs and cutting commute time to work were the main reasons Sean Mantell and husband Scotty Aston moved to the inner suburbs, specifically Collingwood.
“When we lived in Mernda it used to take me an hour-and-a-half every night to get home, plus an hour in the morning to get to work,” Mr Mantell said. “I could never go back to living that way.”
* Research shows 20 minutes is the longest duration people are willing to walk to meet their daily needs
* Workplaces. schools, shops, parks, playgrounds, cycling paths, pedestrian footpaths and health facilities must be built closer to homes
* Melbourne's inner-ring suburbs are considered some of the most liveable in the world but the middle and outer rings often don't offer the same amenity or access to infrastructure
* Walkable areas feature higher-density development and a diverse mix of uses
* This delivers housing and population densities that make local services and transport viable
* An application of Mixed Use and Residential Growth zones can result in diverse housing and a greater mix of buildings
* Research suggests a minimum density of at least 25 dwellings per hectare is needed
* Walkable neighbourhoods must also facilitate easy access to public transport that connects people to jobs and other services further from home
Source: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning rebecca.dinuzzo@...