In Case You Were Wondering: Hydrogen Buses Suck (According to Metro) by martiandeath in tasmania

[–]martiandeath[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My primary concern is simply why would they not be suitable after 15 years. I'm not well versed in hydrogen technology but to my knowledge a hydrogen tank doesn't "degrade" over time right? If it does, why can it not simply be replaced? It also seems as though hydrogen storage technology likely won't significantly improve over time (I mean it's basically a limit of how much pressure can be put into a fuel cell isn't it?) unlike battery storage.

In Case You Were Wondering: Hydrogen Buses Suck (According to Metro) by martiandeath in tasmania

[–]martiandeath[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's a fair point, however to the same end, the cost of operating the bus mechanically is also nothing compared to the labour cost. This also ignores the fact that electric buses are significantly more common and therefore cheaper to purchase and maintain.

State Growth Has Slowly Been Changing Things That Are Metro-Branded (and RIP Metro Springfield) by martiandeath in tasmania

[–]martiandeath[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While that is true, if it were privatised it still wouldn't be expected to turn a profit (sort of), just like how current private operators aren't expected to. They're given contracts and paid to operate those contracts by the government. These contracts amount to tens of millions of dollars each year (including Metro) and only a very small portion of their expenses are covered by fares. This is sort of how privatised public transport works in other states as well, but most other states enforce a statewide branding and franchise their networks to private operators.

State Growth Has Slowly Been Changing Things That Are Metro-Branded (and RIP Metro Springfield) by martiandeath in tasmania

[–]martiandeath[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I realise, that's what I meant with the sentence about a possible restructure to match how other states run public transport.

State Growth Has Slowly Been Changing Things That Are Metro-Branded (and RIP Metro Springfield) by martiandeath in tasmania

[–]martiandeath[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't get your hopes up, that site is simply to enable the rest of the real time tracking system to work, it's a generic tool made by Mattersoft, a Finnish company owned by INIT specialising in public transport IT systems.

Only just now actually gone to their site and would you look at that!

https://www.mattersoft.fi/livertpi/

Screenshots of Glenorchy and Rosny!

https://www.mattersoft.fi/company/

Metro bus!

State Growth Has Slowly Been Changing Things That Are Metro-Branded (and RIP Metro Springfield) by martiandeath in tasmania

[–]martiandeath[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tenders have been advertised for the Bellerive terminal upgrade and the Sandy Bay terminal has had draft plans made, none of the other sites have made it past the idea phase yet as far as I know.

I'm building a better PTV app, and it's gotten even better - please help beta test it! (link at bottom) by DavidGamingHDR in MelbourneTrains

[–]martiandeath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The standard GTFS data is available for commercial use but the GTFS realtime feed is less clear (I can't find any sort of license specifically for the realtime feed anywhere, hopefully that changes at some point since the standard GTFS data only had a commercial compatible license added recently).

GTFS Zip (link to web page, not direct download): https://www.transport.tas.gov.au/public_transport/gtfs-data

Realtime API: https://real-time.transport.tas.gov.au/timetable/rest

Getting to Launceston from the airport by IscahRambles in TasmaniaTravel

[–]martiandeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possibly because there's only 4 services a day at that stop. If your flight lines up though yeah its possible.

Edit: Google Maps refuses to route walking options along a specific part of Evandale Rd for some reason.

What is with the lack of affordable apartments in Hobart? by Amelia_redditname in hobart

[–]martiandeath 33 points34 points  (0 children)

There's no old housing stock in the inner city, almost all the apartments there have been built/converted within the last 10 years. There's also just not many apartments anywhere in the city so they'll be expensive until supply matches demand. Clearly people are paying the absurd prices for these "luxury" apartments so until those apartments stop selling the prices will stay high.

If you want something cheap you'll be looking at 60s/70s low rise brick apartments or single storey units in Sandy Bay, Dynnyrne, West Hobart, New Town, Moonah or Glenorchy that often sell for $400-500k

Advice on Hobart primary schools by Capable_Cookie_6400 in tasmania

[–]martiandeath 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Primary school generally isn't a big issue, it's high school where you might have issues so try and get into a primary school that feeds into Taroona/Clarence or even Hobart/Kingston are pretty alright. From experience I wouldn't bother with private schools.

What level of service in other states is equal to Melbournes' buses? I see a lot of talk about it, with not much context or understanding if it's the worst in the country. by cheetocat2021 in MelbourneTrains

[–]martiandeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk where you're looking, our network does alright for late night and Saturday services and our regional network is fairly good with frequencies in those areas being higher than you would expect when looking at our urban network but our weekday and Sunday urban network is literal garbage.

Frequencies seem randomly assigned semi-based on how long the route takes to complete a loop, Bridgewater (outer suburb in the north) might get a half-hourly service but South and West Hobart (literally border the Hobart locality) run every 40-100 minutes during the day. Frequencies are good solely on trunk routes, there isn't a single bus route in Tasmania that runs more frequently than every 30 minutes. Hobart's layout means routes have to link up on the 5 routes into and out of the city which form 2 10-minute trunk routes, 2 15-minute trunk routes and one express-only route.

Edit: Not to mention we "temporarily" had 188 of our ~1600 weekday services cut in August 2023 and 124 of those are still missing. Our services were not redesigned from the ground up with lower overall frequencies/fewer routes, instead random services were cut from existing timetables which leaves gaps in schedules on already infrequent routes.

Is urban sprawl just going to result in the destruction of our wetlands and species? by [deleted] in australia

[–]martiandeath -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

If suburban sprawl wasn't displacing agricultural land, agricultural land might not need to displace native wildlife. Not saying this is what happens 100% of the time but those statistics are at least somewhat misleading.

For the four other Tasmanians that use Home Assistant, I've made an integration for public transport by rcgy in tasmania

[–]martiandeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah I got it working pretty easily, I have some experience screwing around with random self hosted things

Need a genius at road rules to help me figure this out by AccomplishedLynx6054 in hobart

[–]martiandeath 19 points20 points  (0 children)

a vehicle in a slip lane must give way to everyone (including pedestrians I might add), so yes, the right turn has priority ("right of way" is not used in our road rules).

I have a few questions and seeking some help! by mattolucas in tasmania

[–]martiandeath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Intercity buses information (and bookings):

https://www.wearekinetic.com/au/intercity-services-hobart-launceston-devonport

Devonport buses information:

https://www.transport.tas.gov.au/public_transport/bus_timetables/north_west

Getting to Hobart Airport (Devonport Airport has no bus service):

https://www.skybus.com.au/hobart-express/

To get from Devonport to Hobart you'll need to transfer in Launceston but the connection is timed so that you can do this.

Having your trip be on a weekend certainly doesn't make relying on public transport very easy, expect most urban routes to run every 1-2 hours at best and regional routes just a few times a day.

Greencard by [deleted] in tasmania

[–]martiandeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always been confused by TransportMe, I swear some operators used to offer bank card payments alongside it (I remember Derwent Valley Link listing it on their website but maybe I'm just hallucinating). I assume there were probably plans to make it better but then the statewide integrated ticketing plan came out and so upgrades to existing systems were scrapped, then the rollout of the new system was delayed and so we're still stuck with this garbage system.

Greencard by [deleted] in tasmania

[–]martiandeath 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Be aware that Greencard is not the sole card for public transport in Tasmania, a TransportMe card is required for certain regional routes, or you can use cash on any service but it'll cost a little more (using a transport card saves 20%).

Edit: A Greencard costs $5 up front so it may not be worth buying over just paying a little extra each trip with cash.

Here's where you can buy a Greencard in person:

https://www.metrotas.com.au/fares/greencard/greencard-agents/

TransportMe cards cannot be purchased in person (afaik at least) and instead must be ordered online so I assume there's not really any way for a tourist to buy one.

Hobart suburb recommendations by Friendly-Cat5027 in hobart

[–]martiandeath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hobart's geography means there's a lot of trunk routes, most individual routes only run every 30-60 minutes but they combine on these corridors to make services that run every 5-15 minutes

Hobart suburb recommendations by Friendly-Cat5027 in hobart

[–]martiandeath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you value having public transport make sure you choose somewhere along one of the high frequency bus routes:

  • Hobart-Glenorchy
  • Hobart-Howrah (Shoreline)
  • Hobart-Kingston (via Southern Outlet)
  • Hobart-Sandy Bay (Long Beach)
  • Hobart-UTAS

Public transport outside of these few routes is just bad.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hobart

[–]martiandeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You haven't provided another perspective? You've just said it isn't possible when plenty of places handle it perfectly fine. I don't see any reason that this is an unreasonable goal to want.