Back out on site this morning collecting data to understand how parts of the city work and function. Frustrating for ped markings to be in a shopping centre car park, but not over the adjoining road and desire line….

Car oriented cities are a housing problem.

We’ve done extensive surveying here in Perth - on average around 25-30% of bays associated with multiple dwellings are not used. The sunk cost is huge so none of this article is a surprise.

😠🤨 Car adverts on closed loop audio visual screens in train stations? Seriously?

BBC has started to use “e-motorbikes” instead of “e-bikes” and the accuracy continues with agency now used for crashes. See, journalists, it can be done! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is the content we came for. Seven gravel race in Nannup this weekend - hit us up for a 🍺 after all that hard work #GCN youtu.be/kNvrzEMIufU?...

1) The rider got hit by a human driving the vehicle 2) The tag should be crashes 3) 46 people have been killed this year in vehicles 4) Motorcyclists are massively over represented 5) Our year on year death toll is the worst for a decade an massively over average www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Vehicle violence isn’t only inflicted on people. Our family found this quenda not far from home after it had been hit by a driver and left to die. Shattering end to a Friday.

Todays reminder: www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/trans... “The transport sector is currently our third largest emitter, accounting for around 22% of Australia’s emissions. Passenger cars and light commercial vehicles alone contributed 60% of our transport emissions and over 10% of Australia’s total”

Epic www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

But here, we squabble about the number of parking bays a school “needs”. 😔😑

If it can happen in #Perth, it can happen anywhere. Reducing transport emissions through companies making smart fleet decisions will help. Eliminating them altogether even more - State Govt fleet looking at you. If you want to know what this looks like, that's about 16,000m2 of solar panels.

Nothing beats getting an "event information" email from a ticketing agency about a gig you are going to in a very accessible location like Subiaco but the only travel information you get is on nearby parking. Station is 200m from the door. Pathetic.

everything but.

Road agencies are not urban planning agencies. High density residential development doesn’t actually need parking for everyone. Walking is the original travel choice for people. It’s what legs are for. There’s no such thing as free parking.

Could always put the lions share of that money into active transport and give people the alternative to not drive? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

"authorities said at least 12 people had lost their lives on WA roads and footpaths due to e-rideable accidents since 2022" In the same period, 489 people in cars had been killed. Not counting peds or cyclists killed by drivers. That's over 40 times as many? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

If you are on a #bicycle in #Perth, and want to contribute to a cycling research project on any cycling issue or path safety, throw a pin and a comment on the Safe Paths tool: safepaths.au

Eliminating parking minimums is not about eliminating parking. It's about moving beyond outdated, 1-size-fits-all mandates, originally based on flawed 1900s formulas, that no longer reflect how people live & that drive up the cost of housing in walkable, transit-oriented areas.

Economic policy decisions of governments are actually transport planning decisions. Get it wrong, everyone pays in so many ways. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

This is also a planning article. This shouldn’t be the case for a local butcher or hairdresser in a city. “And lots of them are complaining that they have to travel to come here — about the fuel [cost]." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Keirin race being well controlled up the PSP this afternoon.

Train spotting should also mean crane spotting. Without density around stations, we’re just setting up the fabric and life of this city to weaken in so many ways.

There's never been a better time to transition away from dirty, fragile fossil fuels—and public transport is the perfect place to maximise the benefits of doing so. In today's post, @patrickreynolds.bsky.social tracks how we're doing. (It's electrifying!⚡) www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/15/f...

Fourth - invest massively in active transport networks in cities Fifth - establish incentives and substantial tax breaks for e-bikes and e-rideables Sixth - reduce government fleet Etc etc.. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tail wagging dog sort of stuff www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Interestingly, was looking at the 2024 Australian stats the other day so we've created a similar chart with that data to show a sort of comparison - bear in mind, this is actual, not scaled against 100,000 inhabitants. The 29 fatalities in 2024 equate to one cyclist killed per 930,000 people.

Traffic numbers down year on year on toll roads. Elasticity at play in real time. Imagine what numbers there would be if fuel hits $4/L!

@bicyclensw.bsky.social = 🎯 “Some of the commentators and politicians have all jumped to: ‘You need to cut road taxes and fuel excises’, which I agree with, but no one said you should double down on ebike subsidies,” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Yeah, nah. Making headlines on a limited study on a confined, incredibly dense, expensive and constrained environment that focuses on “price of a property” as a meaningful outcome in a planning and liveability lense is bottom of budgie cage worthy. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Now, if we just had some incentives out there, the uptake would be even higher and quicker. Surely a low cost win-win for Governments in Australia? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Great case of build it and they will come. Incredible leadership in Paris. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

“Every extra EV on an Australian road is litres of petrol saved” And every e-bike, bicycle, cargo bike, scooter and walk trip is one less vehicle trip. That’s the big win in all this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Absolutely trolleyed in Leederville.

🙁😑

Due to myriad reasons, women move through the city much differently than men. Care trips, access to public transport, perceived safety, and vibrant public spaces all impact where and how women travel. We can take a more proactive approach to creating gender equal mobility, where everyone benefits!

“The American 'transportation engineer' is a really a civil engineer who has received a little exposure to the transportation sector.” nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

More Wednesday engagement discussions on Mt Lawley….

“And over coming weeks, if you can switch to catching the train or bus or tram to work, do so.” Or 🚴‍♀️🚴🚴🏻‍♂️🚶🏼🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏼‍♂️

Pretty radical design to convert a multi-storey carpark into 111 apartments in Staffordshire I’d estimate this would save around 30% embodied carbon compared to a new build! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Rumour has it that it was over the cost of a tank of diesel for a Ranger at the Burk servo in Camillo.

In the discussion today about the merits or otherwise of Victoria and Tasmania making public transport free for 1 to 3 months, It's worth noting that these decisions are not PT initiatives The primary objective is not to improve public transport. It is to save fuel and to reduce the cost of living.

Long read on high density living. What starts out as a focus on the external factors zeroes in on the internal and built form design as the kicker. And not one mention of parking…😏 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Dear transportation officials. “Roads” and “streets” are NOT the same things in cities. “Roads” suggest rural or suburban contexts, and a big focus on vehicle movement (“traffic sewers”). Streets suggest urban contexts, multi-modal movement, and a LOT MORE than just movement. Language matters.

Sometimes you just have to look up

Wednesday’s are for structure planning engagement…

Enforcement of bus lanes on Fitzgerald Street through North Perth is either non-existent or a joke. Take your pick. We need to get these basic things right to give PT an actual chance to compete/be a better option for people.

"more than mere infrastructure for cars" “This year’s winners reflect a gentler approach to urban transformation,” Its a car park, designed for parking cars, nothing more and nothing less www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Really good shopping list of ideas here from @greaterauckland.bsky.social that could absolutely apply to Perth / an Australian context. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/03/16/w...

Also file under impact of elasticity of travel costs…..