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  1. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    Anyone else on here doing CoDesign research? Seeking to connect.

    Especially keen to find other folks in

    #kaurnayarta #adelaide #codesign #designresearch #design
  2. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    Researchers, Phd's, HDR's, Master by Research, those of you out there annotating your journals, what do you use the various colours to represent?

    Screenshot from Zotero Reference Manager. Ps. I love Zotero, Open Source and Free and my research will alway availble to me without a fee.

    #referencemanager #colorannotation #highlightingdocuments #phd #hdr #research
  3. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    Facinating write up of the recent rubygems drama's, in what's being named the

    Brings up critically important conversationbs on running small self organising affinity groups and navigating community owned governance.

    My take is this is not as simple as left vs right and that there are many parties involved who have really behaved quite terribly.

    So much in this one.

    rubycentral.org/news/rubygems-

    #rubygemsfracture #ruby #rubyonrails #governance #selforganising #tealorganisations
  4. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    Don’t know what it is, but I love the sound of a sprinkler running in the night.. water running sounds at night amirite..

    Star if u agree 😁

    #summernights
  5. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    Hey @digital_justice_society at past Digital Lounges we’ve some really greate music playing in the background as part of the lounge, which was amazing btw. Such a vibe.

    Could we possibly have a way to play music by local small artists and say show on a screen who’s playing and also to have a playlist folks could get if they want.

    Imagine if this was just using all open tools or at least a more ethical option that Spotify.

    Just an idea, would love peoples suggestions.

    cc @rugclub @goblin @rewind @ryan @koleh @nedhalliday
    and everyone else!

    #digitallounge #spotify #indiemusic #undegroundmusic #unsignedartists #unsignedbands
  6. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    Changes to metro card prices for SA (school) students.

    Word is that 28 day student pass is dropping from over $28 down to $10!

    “As the $10 Student 28-Day Pass will now be cheaper than the Student 14-Day Pass, the 14-Day Student pass will be discontinued on 1 July 2025.”

    Seems for everyone else prices are increasing by around 3% 🤷‍♂️

    No luck for full time uni students either who as concession now need to fork out $59.60 for a 28-day pass.

    Retired and semi-retired boomers still get to travel for free regardless of income or assets, so that’s one to celebrate. No hate on low income older people who need this.

    indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/

    adelaidemetro.com.au/about-us/

    seniorscard.sa.gov.au/membersh

    #adelaide #adelaidemetro
  7. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    So I found this ABC coverage as part of their 2017 Curious Adelaide series.
    "Why was Adelaide's tram network ripped up in the 1950s?"

    The article does play down any car company involvement and laughs off car industry involvement as just unfounded consipracy. But their skeptisism does not align with what we know of the pressure the car industry was putting on phasing out trams.

    From the article:

    "The Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT) introduced a 10-year plan to phase out trams in favour of buses by the mid 50s."

    The public's affection for the network and dismay at its loss is evident in letters to the editor from the time.

    C. Steele of Tusmore seemed to have a window to the future.

    "A tram which carries 100 people has 50 times more right to be on the road than a car which carries only two people."

    A scathing 1955 report by the Council of the South Australian Branch of Australian Electric Traction Association suggested some deeper issues..

    I'll bet the middle/upper class who could afford a shiney new car on new roads had a very different take to more lowly workers who very much relied on the trams up to the end.. hmm

    Im not satisfied that the article covers the question and is the end of it, but its definitley an nteresting read, especially the part on how folks responded in the last days of the tram and to the news of closure.

    abc.net.au/news/2017-12-01/why


    #trams #publictransport #adelaidemetro #walkablecities #adelaidetrams #adelaidepublictransport
  8. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    From the Wikipedia article:
    “By 1945 the MTT was collecting fares for 95 million trips annually, representing 295 trips per head of population (350,000)”.

    No mention of the tire company buying it out. The tramways trust was a gov endorsed tax-exempt non-profit, no mention of a sale.

    I’m curious of if there was any pushback and more of the dynamics / politics leading up to 1958.

    #trams #publictransport #adelaidemetro #walkablecities #adelaidetrams #adelaidepublictransport
  9. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    So I’ve looked over the main Wikipedia article for Tramways in Adelaide (thx Mathi also for sharing this) and it provides some interesting background.

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramwa

    Article raises some suspicion around unrecorded histories. The history section talks ALOT of the era 1901 to 1925, but gets pretty quiet after that. Come the 1940’s the network was pretty far reaching..

    #trams #publictransport #adelaidemetro #walkablecities #adelaidetrams #adelaidepublictransport
  10. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    What happened to 's tram network back in the day? (When it was all ripped out??)

    This illustration, on display in historic Carrick Hill, Springfield of the land around Urbrae/Mitcham/Unley/Springfield just south of city of Adelaide, is pretty interesting.

    Clearly shows (and emphasises) four nearby tram terminus.

    > Mitcham Tram Terminus
    > Kingswood Tram Terminus
    > Fullarton Tram Terminus
    > Glen Osmond Tram Terminus

    Word was that a tram line ran up Glen Osmond Road and terminated near the bottom of the freeway, not far from the OTR/Hungry Jacks.

    And this was all built without the tech of today.

    Curious if anyone can date this further, but clearly this records a tram network that is now long forgotten.

    #adelaide #trams #publictransport #adelaidemetro #walkablecities #adelaidetrams
  11. It's Richie @richiekhoo ·

    Public transport tram infrastructure in is abysmal.

    Our neighbouring big city of has the most incredible tram system by comparison.

    When pressure came to remove the trams in Naarm, its recorded that Professional and friendly ticketeting staff on trams (and their strong union) were an important part of retaining the network as was a much earlier decision when Melbourne was first planned for major roads to be wide enough to 'be able to do a u-turn with a bullock cart".

    Across in Adelaide, which was established by the South Australia Corporation (you heard that right), trams didnt go so well.

    Aparently the tram network once established was somehow bought out by the largest Tire Manufactuer of the day and along with immense pressure applied by the car lobby, the tram tracks were ripped up.

    Anyone know more detail on what exactly happened to the tram network in SA?

    I'm wanting to look beyond car industry history that records that 'people just wanted to drive, so it was pulled out', which seems like an incomplete narrative to me. What folks just went oh well, rip my local tram out, no worries? What went down?

    #adelaide #southaustralia #melbourne #naarm #trams #publictransport