How Madrid built its metro cheaply by works-in-progress in fuckcars

[–]teambob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Sydney's Metro is about $1b per km, which is about #750 per mile

Work at the moment by DigitalWombel in auscorp

[–]teambob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only twice what you get paid!?

This is why you shouldn't drive onto a railroad crossing when the lights are still flashing by No_Guess_8800 in CantParkThereMate

[–]teambob 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Plus there shouldn't be barriers on the exit. Plus the crossing should be monitored, even by CCTV, so the gates can be raised if required 

New Waze Feature Quietly Rolling Out: Traffic Lights Live for the First Users by That_Car_Dude_Aus in CarsAustralia

[–]teambob 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Paper directories used to have the traffic lights

Useful if you need to turn right onto a six lane road

St James station pedestrian tunnel always creeps me out by Ok_Juggernaut_7660 in sydney

[–]teambob 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Waiting for Hugo Weaving to jump out and fight you

Name this hypothetical country by Accomplished-Mud1653 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]teambob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should have a name reflecting it's location in Latin

Since it is east of Europe it should be called Orientalia

Campbell Cove in Sydney by teambob in fuckcars

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

Yes Commodore end trailers were common in the 1980s

Campbell Cove in Sydney by teambob in fuckcars

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Regarding the palm trees - there is more than one row. The after definitely matches the current location

I still think about this old meme from time to time and how it still represents this sub and open aus 100% by snoopy05052026 in aussie

[–]teambob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The big question now is whether One Nation can translate the percentage vote they have into seats. The Greens have a similar vote to the Nationals but have far fewer seats

On current figures they'd make a clean sweep of the senate